The FreeBSD/Sparc64 platform port was initiated by Jason Evans in 1997. +
The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform port was initiated by Jason Evans in 1997. Originally, the port was backed by Sun Microelectronics, but they have since backed out. This is quite interesting, given this @@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ href="http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+archive/1998/freebsd-sparc/19980405.freebsd-sparc">Jason's post suggesting that somebody needed to take the reins.
-FreeBSD/Sparc64 didn't die, however disheartening the news of Sun's +
FreeBSD/sparc64 didn't die, however disheartening the news of Sun's retreat was. The mailing list did go on hiatus for a while while several people working on coding. Late in October 1998, a source code tarball was made available.
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@The Sparc64 platform port is in it's infancy. We've done a good bit of - research into what needs to be done in order to make FreeBSD/Sparc64 a + research into what needs to be done in order to make FreeBSD/sparc64 a reality, but the vast majority of the work has yet to be done.
Here's a short history of what led up to this porting effort. Sun @@ -203,9 +204,9 @@
Currently? None. The port is a long way away from running on anything. We have plans to support every machine we can. It is - safe to assume that FreeBSD/Sparc64 will run on at least all PCI / IDE + safe to assume that FreeBSD/sparc64 will run on at least all PCI / IDE based workstations.
-See question #3.
-It is reasonable to say that FreeBSD/Sparc64 will provide some +
It is reasonable to say that FreeBSD/sparc64 will provide some Solaris/SunOS emulation. It is too early in the life of the port to answer this any more specifically.