Re: update needed on /ports/m68k webpage
Francesca Ciceri dixit:
>@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
>
> <p>The Motorola 680x0 series of processors have powered personal
> computers and workstations since the mid-1980s. Debian currently runs
>-on the 68020, 68030, 68040 and 68060 processors.
>+on the 68020, 68030, 68040 and 68060 processors: this is an unofficial port
>+meaning that there's not an official and released m68k port but this port is
>+under development.</p>
>
> <p>Please note that a
> <a href="http://foldoc.org/foldoc.cgi?query=memory+management+unit";>
I’d add “… and released m68k port _any more_” here, since it used
to be and people hope it will eventually become one.
>@@ -20,10 +22,31 @@
> <h2>Status</h2>
>
> <p>The Debian m68k port was first officially released with Debian 2.0
>-(hamm).</p>
>+(hamm) and was an official port until Debian 4.0 (etch). There's now an effort
>+to revive this port.</p>
>
>-<p>Current Debian releases support Atari, Amiga, VMEbus, and some Macintosh
>-systems.</p>
>+<p>Currently, the Debian/m68k port supports Atari, Amiga, VMEbus, and some
>+Macintosh systems.</p>
lgtm
>+<p>For now, the m68k team is facing two pressing issues <a
>+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc/2010/11/msg00077.html";><tt>res_init()</tt>
>+segfaults</a> and <a
Yes, no feedback on that from either 68k or eglibc yet,
but I’ll try to look deeper into it and/or prod more
people when getting back from VAC (possibly starting today).
>+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2010/12/msg00000.html";>gcj, possibly
>+boehm-gc, fails out in <tt>sem_wait</tt></a>, but
Working on it, new eglibc is compiling, thanks _again_
to Andreas Schwab. Maybe it helps, maybe it isn’t.
I think we shouldn’t hardcode such things on the main
website but refer to something like the as-of-yet not
created https://wiki.debian.org/M68k/Status instead.
>+<p>
>+Thorsten Glaser has created <a
>+href="http://people.debian.org/~tg";>a tarball</a> of a freshly made
http://people.debian.org/~tg/f/m68k/
I had that linked from https://wiki.debian.org/M68k/Cowbuilder
which you mentioned, but maybe not visibly enough. (I’m not
really good at structuring documentation, admittedly.)
>+<tt>/var/cache/pbuilder/base.cow</tt> (which can also be used as a chroot
>+of Debian unstable on any Linux/m68k machine, or as starting point for that)
… machine with a TLS capable kernel, …
>+and he plan to upgrade it quite regularly.
At least for some time. I don’t promise I stick with m68k for
long, but it peeked my interest, and I’m learning a lot.
Rest looks good too.
Thanks,
//mirabilos
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