Subject: Re: NetBSD Sparc64 SMP
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 02/22/2005 22:36:20
Dave McGuire said:
> Earlier someone stated that the main kernel people have all the SMP
>hardware they need to continue development...So I have to ask, what can
>the user community do to move SMP development forward? There is
>clearly a great deal of desire, and the hardware is there. The biggest
>problem from what I've seen over the years is lack of time. So what
>would motivate the Powers That Be to take some time away from other
>projects, sleep, etc., to hack on this?
One problem may well be a lack of technical documentation. Sun gave a lot of
stuff to Linux system developers.
--
Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.com
http://www.rmkhome.com/
http://rkba.rmkhome.com/