Re: Current state of the Linux kernel on SPARC

On 9/5/25 02:11, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> 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 ;-).
> 

Nothing quite so dramatic.
Mostly just some mild curseing at my coffee cup.

> 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.
> 

I am making progress I think. Thank you. However the point still stands
that these old machines are really not very useful. I will try to get my
hands on something with a lot more modern capability.