Re: Current state of the Linux kernel on SPARC

Hi Dennis,

On Fri, 2025-09-05 at 00:22 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> On 8/24/25 17:09, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > since there has been a lot of recent activity around the Linux kernel on SPARC
> > and there are also a lot of issues to be dealt with and unmerged patches, I have
> > decided to summarize the current state of the Linux kernel on SPARC to bring
> > anyone interested up to date.
> > 
> 
>      I want to thank you for the incredible support and work that you do.

You're welcome.

>      It seems clear to me that testing anything on old Sun hardware is
>      likely a waste of time. That hardware is for a museum or perhaps
>      just a recycle pile. Experiments done on such hardware is a waste
>      of time regardless if it works or not.

Well, you should at least give me the time to response before you rage-quit ;-).

I have replied to your previous mail and I think the problem is that you just
misconfigured SILO and also made some wrong assumptions on how it works.

>      I think a modern server such a the ORACLE S7 is a better direction
>      wherein the work done has future value. Even the Fujitsu M4000 type
>      machines are getting very long in the tooth.

People have successfully verified the patched kernel on UltraSPARC II machines,
so I think it should work on your machine as well.

Adrian

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