I suspected as much. Thanks for the clarification.
I expect we'll want an answer to the question I've asked in the future,
but it isn't needed for this case.
-- Garrett
Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> This driver is SPARC only. The only OpenSolaris release shipped for SPARC
> is a early developer preview that shipped last week - no supported version
> of OpenSolaris has shipped on SPARC, and the version that shipped has no
> X support for these graphics cards since they only have Xsun support and
> OpenSolaris has no Xsun.
>
> -alan-
>
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>> Actually, this case does raise one question (which doesn't impact my +1
>> below) -- we've already "shipped" some OpenSolaris releases.
>>
>> It isn't clear to me what the EOF rules would be for things that shipped
>> in OpenSolaris releases should be ... although I don't think this
>> particular driver has ever shipped in an OpenSolaris case so it may be
>> moot here.
>>
>> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>
>>> +1.
>>>
>>> -- Garrett
>>>
>>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am sponsoring this case on behalf of the recently combined X server
>>>> and SPARC graphics teams. It has been split out from the larger
>>>> PSARC 2009/072 case into this separate fasttrack.
>>>>
>>>> The timeout is set for Tuesday, Feb. 17, due to the US holiday on
>>>> Monday.
>>>>
>>>> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>>>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>>>>
>>>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
>>>> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
>>>> 1. Introduction
>>>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>>> EOF of Elite3D (afb) SPARC graphics
>>>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>>> Author: Alan Coopersmith
>>>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>>>> 09 February, 2009
>>>> 4. Technical Description
>>>>
>>>> This case announces the EOF of, and removes, the support in Solaris
>>>> for the Elite3D SPARC graphics cards. The cards, listed with their
>>>> last ship dates (end of hardware support is generally 5 years after
>>>> last ship) are:
>>>>
>>>> Card/Device (code names): Last Ship: Driver Name:
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Elite3D (AFB) 09/06/2002 afb
>>>>
>>>> Since this case only removes support from an upcoming minor or greater
>>>> release of Solaris, and Solaris 10 end of support is not likely to
>>>> happen until 2014 or later, this will give purchasers of the newest of
>>>> these cards at least 12 years of software support.
>>>>
>>>> This case delivers in two phases:
>>>>
>>>> 1) In a patch release, announces the obsolesence of and future
>>>> removal plans
>>>> for these drivers.
>>>>
>>>> 2) In a minor release, removes the following packages, currently
>>>> delivered by the Graphics consolidation:
>>>>
>>>> SUNWafb Elite3D Graphics System Software/Device Driver
>>>> SUNWafbcf Elite3D Graphics Configuration Software
>>>> SUNWafbr Elite3D Graphics System Software (Root)
>>>> SUNWafbw Elite3D Graphics Window System Support
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>>>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>>>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>>>> Graphics
>>>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>>>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
>
