I'm getting back into it: http://solarisdesktop.blogspot.com/2013/02/illumos-on-raspberrypi.html
Francois -- solarisdesktop.blogspot.com - raspberry-python.blogspot.com - @f_dion On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 5:00 PM, ken mays <maybird1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Bob, > > Yes, there are a few developers interesting porting to this platform and > other ARM products > in which the base is there. David Clack @ Oracle seem still in the mix of > things. I'd > start through the old discussions and with David. > > See: > https://blogs.oracle.com/oslab/entry/solaris_11_on_arm_server#comment-1318412416700 > > The older code is still available online. > > ~K > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> > To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 11:32 AM > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Calxeda ECX-1000 (OpenIndiana ARM platform > port) > > On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, ken mays wrote: > >> >> >> Hello, >> >> Calxeda EnergyCore ECX-1000 Series (Quad-core 1.4Ghz ARM Cortex A9) > > I see that you hijacked an existing discussion thread so threaded mail > readers will show this thread as part of an earlier unrelated thread. > > Is anyone still actively working on the ARM port? Support for ARM (and > particularly ARM64) would be very useful and open Illumos-based systems to > new opportunities. This is the sort of work that developers should be paid > to do. > > The various ARM-based server platforms I see emerging are very I/O-centric > and focus more on getting data to/from the CPU than on CPU compute power. > This is good fit for problems that VMs are trying to solve today. VMs try to > solve the problem that CPUs have become very powerful (and power-hungry) so > they provide a way to offer more "servers" per system, yet they do not help > with the I/O issues. ARM-based servers typically provide a built-in switching > matrix so that there is an optimized path to each mini-server in the larger > server chassis. > > Bob > -- Bob Friesenhahn > bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
