Re: sparc status? A cry for information, and an offer to help
>>>>> "Jules" == Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:
Jules> I'm glad I have a second. I now would like some response
Jules> from the people who got the port as far as it is, so I know
Jules> the current status of things...
Before you can get terribly far at all, you need a perl package (most
of the deb* stuff relies on it). I've buit perl a couple of time (as
have a number of others) but there's a problem with the kernel support
for FP. I'm currently (as tuits come to hand) trying to find a kernel
which resolves this issue. My next attempt will be Derrick Brashear's
2.0.35 source snapshot which may or may not get touched today (R/L &
all that).
After that, UltraSparc here I come...
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Stephen
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