Re: Creation of Sparc (32-bit) port.

["Chris Andrew" <cjhandrew@gmail.com>]

Andy,

Thanks for your reply.  It is because of this situation that I am trying to get people to think about the separate port.  All distro' are held back by one thing, and that is kernel development.  

The last thing I want to see is everyone with perfectly good hardware, having to move to *BSD.

Thanks for your comment.

Chris.

On 20/08/07, andrew holway <andrew@moonet.co.uk> wrote:

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It would seem that sparc32 is being quietly left to die. There has
been much wailing and nashing of teeth but no one actually stepped
forward and offered to work towards keeping it going.

Most linux distributions have been abandoning support for sparc32.

Andy

On 20/08/07, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew@gmail.com > wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I know that discussion is on-going regarding the future of 32-bit sparc.
>
> I heard it suggested that a separate port could be set-up for 32 -bit sparc,
> permitting maintainers and supporters to pool resources and work-out whether
> 32-bit support is possible.  This would also give sparc64 the chance to be
> optimised, without worrying about 32-bit.
>
> Does anybody know whether any plans have been made for this to happen?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>