[rescue] Re: sunpci note: TWO cards now available

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 14:37, Dan Sikorski wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 17:01, Linc Fessenden wrote:
> > They didn't.  6.2 was the last sparc port.  Debian and Suse are still
> > actively persuing their own sparc port though.  In fact, I would love to
> > hear from anyone running debian on their sparc to see how it actually
> > runs.  Suse might be neat as well, but it's far too bulky afaiac.
> 
> i just installed debian on a sparc5, but it's a rather stipped down
> install, i'm using the machine for a rather specific purpose, so i don't
> have X and i left out a lot of other stuff.  I also installed it on a
> sparc classic, but once again, a rather specific use, and a small
> install.
> 
> The big problem is getting a 2.4 kernel to compile on sparc.  Currently,
> there's no maintainer for the sparc port of the linux kernel, and it
> won't compile (at least some of the drivers won't compile, if you really
> want to know, when i get things nailed down, i can tell you what i find)

As far as I know, David Miller is still hacking the kernel on SPARCs
Unless you're talking about 32-bit SPARCs specifically, in which case I
don't think there are (m)any active hackers.
	Greg

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