Re: Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2019-05-09
On 5/11/19 3:37 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> A few folks from Oracle got back to me and let me know that they don't
> have Linux on sparc at all. Period. Some stupid sales rep just says to
> me "yes, sure, we run that !" when in fact he hasn't a damn clue.
That's not correct though.
Here's some proof:
> https://oss.oracle.com/projects/linux-sparc/
> https://blogs.oracle.com/wim/oracle-linux-6-for-sparc
What's true is that Oracle first poured resources into Linux on SPARC
and later decided to drop it. They even ported things like Valgrind
and Golang to Linux for SPARC (although the latter was initially
ported to Solaris/SPARC).
> So there is no Linux on sparc as far as Oracle is concerned. Nobody
> gives a damn about Solaris anymore so I don't know what they are smoking
> at Oracle but it is very weird stuff to be sure.
You can still download it here:
> http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-oracle-sparc/
Adrian
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