[OpenIndiana-discuss] The Register today

[Volker A. Brandt]

Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss writes:
> Please note that while IPD is filed, there is not yet line drawn, at least I
> want to get few updates integrated so whoever will decide to create fork,
> will get those bits too. That includes support for cpio boot archive (needs
> forth boot code to read cpio), code to recognize T4 cpu properties and
> perhaps few other bits.

We appreciate your work, Toomas!

What I find strange is that "public" reactions (like The Register) all
mention lack of hardware.  There is a lot of hardware available, and
hosting has been offered as well.

IMHO it's not hardware, it's people.

I would be interested in a description of the compiler problem that
needs to be fixed to move SPARC forward, preferably in layman's terms.
:-)  Or is it a number of unrelated issues?

TBH I never paid much attention because I just assumed that my skillset
isn't up to understanding the problem anyway, let alone fixing it.

We are very close to having a self-hosted OpenIndiana for SPARC, and I
would like to investigate how to leverage that.


Thanks -- Volker
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