RE: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

From: Julian Calaby > Sent: 20 December 2020 08:55 > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 6:46 PM Romain Dolbeau wrote: > > > > Le sam. 19 déc. 2020 à 22:41, Sam Ravnborg a écrit : > > > Another said that it would be a shame to sunset sun4m and sun4d because > > > there are so many machines around, and net

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

Hi Romain, On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 8:26 PM Romain Dolbeau wrote: > > Le dim. 20 déc. 2020 à 09:54, Julian Calaby a écrit > : > > If I want to run them, assuming the hardware still works, I need to > > netboot them as I cannot find working, compatible HDDs for them as > > everything has switched

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

Le dim. 20 déc. 2020 à 09:54, Julian Calaby a écrit : > If I want to run them, assuming the hardware still works, I need to > netboot them as I cannot find working, compatible HDDs for them as > everything has switched to SATA or SAS. SCSI2SD ()

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

Hi Romain, Sam, On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 6:46 PM Romain Dolbeau wrote: > > Le sam. 19 déc. 2020 à 22:41, Sam Ravnborg a écrit : > > Another said that it would be a shame to sunset sun4m and sun4d because > > there are so many machines around, and netbsd is also active on the > > sparc32 area. > >

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

Le sam. 19 déc. 2020 à 22:41, Sam Ravnborg a écrit : > Another said that it would be a shame to sunset sun4m and sun4d because > there are so many machines around, and netbsd is also active on the > sparc32 area. Yes, those were plentiful back in the day and there's still quite a few around. > T

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

On 12/19/20 10:40 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > Please keep the inputs coming independent if you are pro or not > for the sunset of sun4m and sun4d. I would personally be in favor of keeping it and I should finally get my SPARCstation 5 up and running again. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaub

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

Hi all, On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 07:43:34PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > The sun4m and sun4d based SPARC machines was very popular in the > 90'ties and was then replaced by the more powerful sparc64 > class of machines. I have received a couple of mails in private. One said it was better to sunset

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

On 18/12/2020, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > The sun4m and sun4d based SPARC machines was very popular in the > 90'ties and was then replaced by the more powerful sparc64 > class of machines. > Today there is only Gentoo that to my best knowledge supports > sparc32 and people have moved on to more capable

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/13] sparc32: sunset sun4m and sun4d

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 7:43 PM Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > The sun4m and sun4d based SPARC machines was very popular in the > 90'ties and was then replaced by the more powerful sparc64 > class of machines. > Today there is only Gentoo that to my best knowledge supports > sparc32 and people have moved