On 05/29/2017 10:22 PM, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > Well, fpc has a SPARCv9 switch, but it does little to none and it was only > supposed to enable > SPARCv9 instructions in 32 bit only mode. SPARC64 is another story: it needs > some more work, it is > basically a new target for the compiler though a lot of code can be reused > from SPARC32.
I see, thanks for the explanation. > I am also interested on working on a SPARC64. Actually, several weeks ago, I > literally un-dusted my Ultra 5 > which sat in the attic for years. But I did not start to work on the port > yet, but I still plan to In case you want to install a current release of Debian/sparc64: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2016/06/msg00126.html This explains how. It's still a bit bumpy, but it should work. > do so, so at a certain point access to a fast SPARC64 machine would be nice > indeed. We have a SPARC-T5 with lots of RAM and even more compute power. The machine is much faster than even most x86_64 machines ;). Just drop me a private mail with your SSH public key when you want to have an account. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel