[request-sponsor] Revive UltraSPARC I support
Hello Rainer, Thanks for submitting the request to revive the UltraSPARC I support. Rather than integrating this into the ON consolidation due to engineering constraints (see below), the best way forward is for this support to be maintained either by yourself and/or an interested team of OpenSolaris folks as an OpenSolaris project. This would be hosted on the www.opensolaris.org website. Have a read of http://www.opensolaris.org/os/communities/ as a starting point for this; posting to the opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org would be the point to start the ball rolling for the project. Supporting old hardware from an engineering perspective is non trivial. The reasons being that the older hardware may not actually support the newer facilities within ON, for example the FMA framework and dtrace or they may support it in some limited fashion and thus cause exceptions within the code base. Having the older hardware would increase the test matrix and as such increase the time it takes for the tests to complete. Maintaining that many old machines/systems may also prove to be unreasonable (thinking about hardware failures here). Cheers pete Assitant Tech Lead for Nevada
[request-sponsor] Revive UltraSPARC I support
Jan, Actually I've gotten quite good at the product/cat/subcat game. It just takes filing a bunch of bugs. Given the stream I've gotten from you (Rainer) in the past, I'm sure you'll be up to speed in no time. :) probably :-) E.g., I've tried to build the sfwnv consolidation inside a local zone over the weekend and noticed a couple of problems, both generic and related to building inside a zone. Expect a new stream of CRs (and patches) as soon as I find the time :-) Rainer
[request-sponsor] Revive UltraSPARC I support
Valerie Anne Bubb writes: [bugs.opensolaris.org categories/subcategories] This is often a problem internally as well! :( So I'm not alone :-) We're working on at least making new categories subcategories that come under the solaris umbrella to be more obvious and fixing things whenever that area is touched, but it's a big job to fix it all. Understood, especially if you have to recategorize existings CRs in the process. Rainer - Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
[request-sponsor] Revive UltraSPARC I support
Two days ago, I opened a new CR on bugs.opensolaris.org Revive UltraSPARC I support Unlike the flurry of other reports I submitted at the same time, I haven't received the CR id yet. Anyway, this is a duplicate of 5004452 Should 64-bit UltraSPARC-I rise from the grave? which was previously closed as wontfix. I have a large part of the (trivial/mechanical) fixes ready, but a couple of open questions remain before I post the webrev. So I'm looking for a sponsor to help with those questions and guide me through the integration of this much-requested change. I've just received independent confirmation that an ufsboot built from the patched snv 20060327 sources allowed an Enterprise 4000 with 4 167 MHz CPUs to boot Solaris 10 successfully. Regards. Rainer - Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
[request-sponsor] Revive UltraSPARC I support
Karyn, Sorry about that... It has been filed: 6414867. fine, thanks. It hasn't been assigned to the appropriate category/subcategory yet, which is why you can't find it on bugs.opensolaris.org. Ok. I had some difficulty finding an appropriate category myself. Btw., it would be useful to have a complete overview of the categories/subcategories on b.o.o. somewhere and perhaps some guidelines which ones to use. Right now you have to try a couple of combinations before you have even a chance to find the right one. Rainer - Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
[request-sponsor] Revive UltraSPARC I support
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Rainer Orth wrote: Karyn, Sorry about that... It has been filed: 6414867. fine, thanks. It hasn't been assigned to the appropriate category/subcategory yet, which is why you can't find it on bugs.opensolaris.org. Ok. I had some difficulty finding an appropriate category myself. Btw., it would be useful to have a complete overview of the categories/subcategories on b.o.o. somewhere and perhaps some guidelines which ones to use. Right now you have to try a couple of combinations before you have even a chance to find the right one. This is often a problem internally as well! :( We're working on at least making new categories subcategories that come under the solaris umbrella to be more obvious and fixing things whenever that area is touched, but it's a big job to fix it all. Valerie -- Sponsor me in the Breathe Easy 2 Rock Ride - 65 miles! Money raised goes to the American Lung Association: http://www.mrsnv.com/evt/e01/part.jsp?id=805acct=0273018478rid=0 I'll take care of the Sun matching gift for you! Easy! Valerie Bubb, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. 650-786-0461
[request-sponsor] Revive UltraSPARC I support
Sorry about that... It has been filed: 6414867. It hasn't been assigned to the appropriate category/subcategory yet, which is why you can't find it on bugs.opensolaris.org. - Karyn Rainer Orth wrote: Two days ago, I opened a new CR on bugs.opensolaris.org Revive UltraSPARC I support Unlike the flurry of other reports I submitted at the same time, I haven't received the CR id yet. Anyway, this is a duplicate of 5004452 Should 64-bit UltraSPARC-I rise from the grave? which was previously closed as wontfix. I have a large part of the (trivial/mechanical) fixes ready, but a couple of open questions remain before I post the webrev. So I'm looking for a sponsor to help with those questions and guide me through the integration of this much-requested change. I've just received independent confirmation that an ufsboot built from the patched snv 20060327 sources allowed an Enterprise 4000 with 4 167 MHz CPUs to boot Solaris 10 successfully. Regards. Rainer - Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University ___ request-sponsor mailing list request-sponsor at opensolaris.org
