Message-ID: <03273D4BC7F4D511AC440008C7E6F88154234E@nlntmail2b.ats.nld.alcatel.nl> From: "Witvliet, Hans" <Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:21:48 +0200 Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] SuSE 8.0 for Sparc?
Yes,
Unless beta-test-runs become available (would love that) waiting is the only
thing we can do.
Last rumours I heard, was that sparc-32 is still problematic (in contrast to
ultra-sparc)
Don't know about the latest compiler, but I guess (!!!) the considerations
for 64-bit userland are for sparc not different
then for the linux port on PA-RISC (HP). On their latest version, the system
can fully handle 64-bit (lots of systems with >> 4GB available.
But it was considered a complete waste of time for creating 64-bit userland
applications, yet.
Furthermore, I would not count on an OO port for linux/sparc. I'm subscribed
to the porting list of OpenOffice and that would be the first place to
detect any attempts. Porting a project such enormous big is not a single
person job. I tried go get some people to post OO to PA-RISC (either HP-UX
or linux), but all I could get was seven people, with only three having the
opportunity to compile something: My, Myself and I......
At home, I only have small machines (LX, SS4, and SS20), so not really
machines to start huge compilations on.
And at work (well as long as the company is not going bust) I would become
quite impopulair if I would "allocate" some of the U80 or E450 to run linux,
shame though...
Hans
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott A Micciche [SMTP:scottmicciche@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:16 AM
To: Witvliet, Hans
Cc: 'Scott Micciche'; Suse Mail List
Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] SuSE 8.0 for Sparc?
Thanks all, I'll await the 8.x release. Maybe it will have gcc 3.1?
I
utilize this on solaris and it works very well compiling 64 capable
code.... maybe 64 bit userland is next for linux/sparc?
On Tue, 25 Jun
2002, Witvliet, Hans wrote:
> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:03:04 +0200
> From: "Witvliet, Hans" <Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl>
> To: 'Scott Micciche' <scottmicciche@sbcglobal.net>,
> Suse Mail List <suse-sparc@suse.com>
> Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] SuSE 8.0 for Sparc?
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> Some time ago, same question was answered on the list.
> No, there will not be an 8.0 release, next will be 8.1.
> As the main 8.0 release is still quite fresh, I would not hold my
breath
> until the release date <;-))
>
> Hans
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott A Micciche [SMTP:scottmicciche@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:32 AM
> To: Suse Mail List
> Subject: [suse-sparc] SuSE 8.0 for Sparc?
>
> Will there by an 8.0 release for the Sparc 32/64 platform?
I
> haven't seen
> anything related to Sparc on the roadmap. Thanks in
advance.
>
> Scott Micciche
>
>
>
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