On 12/11/2007, Holger Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 12, 2007 6:01 PM, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/11/2007, Holger Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 11, 2007 3:36 AM, John Sonnenschein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing an IA64/Itanium port > > > > of OpenSolaris? > > > > > > > > My reasoning is that Solaris already runs on two of the 4 major > > > > enterprise architectures (SPARC & x86/amd64) and a port to a third is > > > > making strides recently ( I'm referring to the ppc32 port ). > > > > > > > > Since Sun already had an IA64 port underway half a decade ago, they > > > > may be able to look in to the legalities of opening it back up. I'm > > > > sure there's some sort of legal wrangling between them and Intel that > > > > can go on, since Intel would undoubtedly love to see more ia64 > > > > customers, and Sun already sells Solaris to HP's x86 customers. > > > > > > > > Failing that, of course, if anyone's interested in doing a straight-up > > > > re-port based on the current onnv-gate ( or ppc-dev gate, if that > > > > proves to be more portable ) that's an option as well. > > > > > > > > This port may actually prove easier logistically than the PPC port, as > > > > there's already an accurate ia64 simulator ( it's called ski ) out > > > > there, though it only runs on HPUX, Linux ( I haven't tried it with > > > > brandZ ) & FreeBSD. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, that in mind, any comments? > > > > > > The project will not have a chance. The Solaris/IA64 project was > > > > The source code is open and no one can stop such a thing from > > happening; Sun may not have any desire to help and may actively not > > help at all. So, actually, the project has a very good chance of > > succeeding. There are no rules to prevent integration of said source > > code either. > > Unlike the Polaris project you'd have to start from scratch, without > sources of a previous project. You don't have machines or funding > either, right?
I wasn't suggesting I would be the done to do it; I was just pointing out that regardless of Sun's feelings the project can succeed. Also, I would point out that there are many other code bases that do run on IA64 architecture so they can be used as a reference point. Machines or funding is not a question for me to answer as I have no interest in working on such a port. I'm certain that if a qualified individual asked for hardware to begin such a port that Intel would be more than happy to work something out with them. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
