On 9/29/19 12:07 PM, Hector Oron wrote: >> So, would -project be willing to support our cause through Debian funds? > > I have been looking at > https://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/m68k, I was expecting > some answers to the questions proposed at > https://ftp-master.debian.org/archive-criteria.html, it looks to me > that ArchiveQualification/m68k wiki page needs updating. > > Have you also checked with m68k porters listed in that page? (I assume > most of them are retired from m68k work)
I communicated the issue to multiple mailing lists, so I assume the active m68k people have received my mail. But I haven't heard back from them. > Is there any real m68k hardware available nowadays or is it all > virtual&emulated? Yes, there are the Apollo accelerators for one: > https://www.apollo-accelerators.com/ And there are embedded open source Coldfire boards being developed: > http://sysam.it/cff_amcore.html > http://sysam.it/cff_stmark2.html What are the use cases for the port? The m68k CPU has still a very large hobbyist scene as it's a CPU with an easy to learn assembler. There are many hobbyist forums like a1k.org, amiga.org, eab.abime.net, www.atari-forum.com and so on with people working on open hard- and software projects around the m68k CPU. As Linus stated in his mail, the Amiga never dies: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/24/993 But I think the list on the page archive criteria is a bit dishonest as well when it asks "Are machines available to buy for the general public?" while I don't think an IBM Z mainframe is available to buy for the general public. I don't think anyone outside banks, goverments and very large companies can buy an IBM Z mainframe, yet Debian provides an official port for these. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913