***LOL***:
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Alan Coopersmith
wrote:
> I've made updated test binary packages available for our upcoming integration
> of Xorg 1.5 / Mesa 7.2 and all the associated driver updates for Nevada at:
>
> Internal/NFS:
>/net/xserver.sfbay/export/space/alanc/Xo
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From: Martin Bochnig
To: Alan Coopersmith
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Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:29:43 PM
Subject: [osol-discuss] *LOL* : - "Xorg on SPARC will not work with any driver
except the included wsfb (which only works on m64 graphi
Martin Bochnig wrote:
> ***LOL***:
And here I thought the part you'd appreciate most was going to be
that no one downloaded the builds I announced either.
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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Octave Orgeron wrote:
> I'm still at a loss as to what the thinking is around Xorg support on SPARC.
> Supporting an 8-bit card in a world where many folks have upgraded, thanks to
> ebay, to something more modern with 24-bit graphics is a bit backward. I hope
> there are plans on supporting som
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Alan Coopersmith
wrote:
> Martin Bochnig wrote:
>> ***LOL***:
>
> And here I thought the part you'd appreciate most was going to be
> that no one downloaded the builds I announced either
No, why should I?
The lack of interest on the ( only SPARC?) side of this com
Martin Bochnig wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Alan Coopersmith
> wrote:
>
>> Martin Bochnig wrote:
>>
>>> ***LOL***:
>>>
>> And here I thought the part you'd appreciate most was going to be
>> that no one downloaded the builds I announced either
>>
>
> No, why should
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On Dec 28, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Martin Bochnig wrote:
> Unfortunately at the cost of some of their year-long loyal SUN*W*
> SPARC customers (those who still need SPARC for misc. reasons).
I have to say that when Sun ceased production of the last SPARC
desktop, I winced a bit. And I agree, though,
Dale Ghent wrote:
> I have to say that when Sun ceased production of the last SPARC
> desktop, I winced a bit. And I agree, though, that the need for SPARC
> workstations in this day and age are clearly for the "misc. reasons"
> you speak of.
>
> In light of that, I cannot imagine those users
rk with any
driver except the included wsfb (which only works on m64 graphics in 8-bit
mode) unless you get updated matching driver packages from the SPARC graphics
team, since this release break
Dale Ghent wrote:
> I have to say that when Sun ceased production of the last SPARC
> desktop,
Octave Orgeron wrote:
> Agreed.. this is definitely pushing the SPARC workstation market to an end.
Sun already ended sales of SPARC workstations several months ago -
there's no more pushing to that point to do.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com
Sun Micros
thus Alan Coopersmith spake:
> Octave Orgeron wrote:
>> Agreed.. this is definitely pushing the SPARC workstation market to an end.
>
> Sun already ended sales of SPARC workstations several months ago -
> there's no more pushing to that point to do.
IBM sells POWER-based workstations. I like work
Timo Schoeler wrote:
> thus Alan Coopersmith spake:
> > Octave Orgeron wrote:
> >> Agreed.. this is definitely pushing the SPARC workstation market to an end.
> >
> > Sun already ended sales of SPARC workstations several months ago -
> > there's no more pushing to that point to do.
>
> IBM sells
Hi,
Joerg Schilling píše v út 30. 12. 2008 v 13:49 +0100:
> Timo Schoeler wrote:
>
> > thus Alan Coopersmith spake:
> > > Octave Orgeron wrote:
> > >> Agreed.. this is definitely pushing the SPARC workstation market to an
> > >> end.
> > >
> > > Sun already ended sales of SPARC workstations se
Timo Schoeler wrote:
> thus Alan Coopersmith spake:
>> Octave Orgeron wrote:
>>> Agreed.. this is definitely pushing the SPARC workstation market to an end.
>> Sun already ended sales of SPARC workstations several months ago -
>> there's no more pushing to that point to do.
>
> IBM sells POWER-bas
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:09:41 -0800 (PST) Octave Orgeron
wrote:
> Well there is no doubt that the shift about 8-10 years ago at Sun to
> focus on SMP servers caused the SPARC workstations to suffer. So
> much focus was placed on making mid-range to high-end servers that
> did not have the require
thus Alan Coopersmith spake:
> Timo Schoeler wrote:
>> thus Alan Coopersmith spake:
>>> Octave Orgeron wrote:
Agreed.. this is definitely pushing the SPARC workstation market to an end.
>>> Sun already ended sales of SPARC workstations several months ago -
>>> there's no more pushing to that p
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