[rescue] FreeBSD, was Re: [geeks] Solaris being discontinued? Rumors flying

[Kevin Bowling]

If it's as easy as lobbing an insult, let's see your sun4v support patches
for any OS.  sun4u was done when SPARC was plentiful and somewhat
relevant.  When Oracle acquired Sun, most people saw the writing on the
wall immediately.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

>   Ahh.  Typically misguided FreeBSD developers.  Gee, let's support the
> architecture that hasn't been current for years, but de-support the
> current one because it isn't "relevant".
>
>   Morons.
>
>              -Dave
>
> On 12/03/2016 04:57 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote:
> > FreeBSD only supports sun4u.  Work was started a sun4v port, and you can
> > find the code, but it was prioritized as it's not academically or
> > commercially relevant.
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/03/2016 10:26 AM, Doug McIntyre wrote:
> >>>> ..As far as Solaris goes, i have been looking around for a good
> upgrade
> >>>> fromOpenSolars...
> >>>
> >>> I really like FreeBSD.
> >>
> >>   How is its SPARC support, specifically for the T-series processors?
> >>
> >>             -Dave
> >>
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