Martin wrote: > I was under the impression that there were other SPARC based embedded > chips around. Is it worth contacting the developers of the Leon about > this? IIRC one of their selling points was a full, free OS and tool > chain. I suspect if Debian stops supporting sparc32 then the amount of > work done on keeping it viable will drop andthe bit rot will set in. > Thus I can see some advantage to them commiting some time to keeping it > live.
At that point it might be worth having a Debian subproject specifically for SPARC kernel 2.4 in the same vein as Debian GNU/Hurd. Discard any GUI that takes an excessive amount of CPU resources, discard audio, streaming video etc. and concentrate on a reliable toolchain and kernel. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
