On Tuesday 28 April 2015 15:31:50 Paul Hargrove wrote:
> I've seen this topic addressed in the archives, and don't want to restart
> any of the arguments about how useful/relevant CFarm has become.
> From my point of view "beggars can't be choosers" and so this email is just
> my observations and a few questions and NOT any sort of complaint.
>
> As others have observed, the gcc-cfarm systems that are currently usable
> are almost exclusively x86-64/Linux.
> There are certainly notable exceptions, such as
> + The POWER7 and POWER8 systems donated by IBM (thanks guys!).
> + AIX and NetBSD on gcc111 and gcc70, respectively
> + The VMs on gcc76
>
> Since most of us probably use Linux or OSX on x86-64 every day, this is not
> "diverse" for some of us (though I know our definitions of "diverse" will
> differ).
> So, I want to ask:
>
> 1) Is there any effort (current or planned for the near-future) to revive
> any of the IA64, ARM, MIPS or SPARC systems?
>
> 2) Is there any desire from users to see QEMU-emulated ARM, MIPS or SPARC
> within cfarm if the real h/w is non-recoverable?
>
> 3) Is there any desire from the users to see newer {Free,Net,Open}BSD than
> presently in gcc76's set of VMs?
The most interesting (in fact, the trickiest) architectures to test software on
OpenBSD are hppa and sparc64. So, I'm not against the amd64 machines but if it
is possible for the admins, please add real machines with OpenBSD on these
archs :)
>
> 4) Is there any desire from the users to see Solaris on x86-64 (either VM
> or bare metal)?
>
> Before somebody jumps on me:
>
> I am *not* trying to push more work on the CFarm admin(s).
> In fact, if there is interest in #2 or #3, I may be able to help by
> providing drive images I use on my own system now.
> If there is interest in #4, Oracle provides pre-packed installers for use
> with VirtualBox.
>
> Of course, if my questions show ignorance of some resources already
> available in the cfarm, please let me know.
>
> -Paul
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