Re: Creation of Sparc (32-bit) port.
On the subject, if anyone can add anything to this page, it would be
helpful to sparc (32 bit only) users.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparc32_linux_distributions
Cheers,
Chris.
On 21/08/07, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> It seems that people are very keen to see 32 bit support die. Who do
> I have to contact to get a separate 32 bit sparc port set-up? As
> suggested before, we can give the new port 6 months, and see what
> happens? At the moment, 32 bit future is not looking good, at least
> let's go out trying!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris.
>
> On 21/08/07, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 12:39:16AM +0100, Martin wrote:
> > > As far as I know nothing has happened for precisely the same reason that
> > > sparc32 had to be dropped - there isn't anyone to work on the kernel.
> > > Without that then a separate port isn't going to get too far, but if
> > > there was some one / some people who were willing to work on it, there
> > > wouldn't need to be a separate port...
> >
> > Actually, there would be unless you add additional CPU emulation to
> > Linux. Chris is suggesting the only viable option.
> >
>
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