There's not yet a full set of well-tested instructions for x86, which is
where the focus of Illumos is at right this moment. Once x86 has settled in,
getting SPARC up to speed will probably be an easier task than it would be
right now. Illumos is still young. Be patient. :)
My 2 cents,
--Matt
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From: "Jasse Jansson" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, 19 August, 2010 1:47
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [illumos-Discuss] SPARC
Is there a doc somewhere on how to set up a "official" build environment
for SPARC ???
I have a Blade 100 that has not been switched on in the last two years.
Might try to make it useful again.
I need to check if I still have all the pieces to make it run, but I think
so.
I'll check next week when I'm home again.
On 19/08/2010 10:28, Joerg Schilling wrote:
"Matt Lewandowsky"<[email protected]> wrote:
I agree with Garrett on "x86 first, then see what breaks on SPARC", at
least
while Illumos is young. The project is currently at a point where it
needs
to be usable on at least one architecture. Unfortunately, the resources
to
keep both in sync aren't yet there, I don't think. That means a decision
needs to be made as to which gets priority. I think everyone will agree
that
x86 is the no-brainer answer.
Starting this way may cause a similar desater as we see with the include
files
with interfaces from the kernel. In 2003 the Linux kernel developers
started to
destroy their include files (making them inconsistent when included from
a user
level application). If they had been chided for this early enough, there
had
been a chace to avoid the resulting problem.
I strongly vote for fixing bugs early.
This however means that someone needs to install a Sparc with the right
sw base
to be able to compile and report.
Jörg
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