> Hi people! > > It's been a long time since I've seen any discussion of the Solaris > PPC port - is it as dead as it was sounding? Well, I wanted to be > sure everyone is aware of the Power Station now available through > Fixstars. That company bought Yellow Dog, and so they offer a system > now that is essentially an upgraded G5 tower (quad 2.5 Ghz G5) with > awesome expandability. It's the perfect target for a Solaris PPC > port, just as the PS3 remains a decent target. And this system is > "open," according to their site. > > I figure it's a great excuse to revive the port and the perfect > target to aim for. Thoughts? Does it depend on getting them to fund > the effort, supply a machine or two for development?
The single biggest problme is that the current codebase ( almost a year old now or worse ) was very very specific to the now long dead Genesi PPC workstation based on the Pegasos motherboard. Any new hardware would require extensive work. Dennis Clarke
