On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Tim Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > We're beginning work on getting a SPARC version of the OpenSolaris > distro from Sun. This version will target Q1 of CY '09 (hopefully early > Q1). > Although when doing a port much of this code will simply work on a > number of SPARC hardware configs, we're going to make sure we focus on a > couple (1 or 2) configurations/architectures as we get our first cut > ready (and we'll expand/test on more configs over time). > The 2 questions I have: > > 1. As a developer, which SPARC configuration would you be able/willing > to utilize for creating applications? Do you have old SPARC machines > that you would repurpose for this? Or would you prefer to target some > of the later offerings? Would the non-existence of a liveCD hamper you > (i.e. what if we could only use the automated installer to install the > bits)? Do you absolutely need graphics capability (i.e. do you need a > desktop environment or would just using compilers be ok for the first cut)?
I am most likely to do development on my personal machines (Ultra 2, V210). I am much more likely to use graphics via VNC than direct attachment. An automated installer is preferred, so long as a way to bootstrap the entire process exists. That is, in the old days I had to have a Solaris box running to act as a jumpstart server or customize media before I could perform an automated installation. Hopefully I can use a SXCE as the automated install server. If the Ultra 2 isn't supportable right away, I would not be too upset - it seems to have been getting a little slower as each year passes. I am most likely to do testing for enterprise use on sun4v boxes (T2000, T5120, T5220) - most likely inside a logical domain. No open development will be done here. If graphics is required, it needs to work over VNC or similar. > 2. As a deployer, which SPARC configuration would you believe we could > target for applications/packages in the repository? Mostly looking for > old vs. new machine question above. Most likely the same sun4v boxes above and again, most likely in logical domains. Any sun4u testing is more likely to be done on a 25k than any other platform. > Thanks for any feedback, we're taking this very seriously Thanks for asking! -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
