Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread David Arnold
-->"Steven" == Steven Ringwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steven> I joined the sparc32 list with the intention of Steven> contributing. My surprise, and disappointment, is because Steven> the first message that I saw regarding the architecture is Steven> that it is going to be retired. i

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread Steven Ringwald
Hi Steven and Denyer, We are *also* sad to see sparc32 go, but these kinds of messages are only a repeat of similar reactions on earlier threads. What we need to sparc32 alive - not only in Debian, but in Linux in general - is not people who are sad, but people who are willing to invest ti

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread Robert Reif
andrew holway wrote: just thinkin, I don't think a sparc32 chip has been released in more than 12 years. Surely these cannot be energy efficient machines ;) Andrew moonet.co.uk Aren't the Sun Rays which are still shipping using microSparc IIep chips? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread andrew holway
just thinkin, I don't think a sparc32 chip has been released in more than 12 years. Surely these cannot be energy efficient machines ;) Andrew moonet.co.uk On 15/07/07, Hamish Greig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Austin (Ozz) Denyer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread Hamish Greig
Austin (Ozz) Denyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:18:00 +0200, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 15 July 2007 03:53, Austin Denyer wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:57 -0700, Steven Ringwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I, for one, will be so

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread Ozz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:18:00 +0200, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 15 July 2007 03:53, Austin Denyer wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:57 -0700, Steven Ringwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I, for one, will be sorry to see it go,

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread BERTRAND Joël
Frans Pop wrote: On Sunday 15 July 2007 03:53, Austin Denyer wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:57 -0700, Steven Ringwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I, for one, will be sorry to see it go, as I actively use my SS10's and 20's. Anyone know of any other Linux distros out there that support the Sparc32 ar

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread Chris Andrew
I love it for my dual processor SS20. Is there another linux distro I can use? On 15/07/07, Ozz Austin Denyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:57 -0700, Steven Ringwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jurij Smakov wrote: > > If

Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

2007-07-15 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 15 July 2007 03:53, Austin Denyer wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:57 -0700, Steven Ringwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I, for one, will be sorry to see it go, as I actively use my SS10's > > and 20's. Anyone know of any other Linux distros out there that > > support the Sparc32 architect

Bug#433187: linux-2.6 - [sparc64-smp] produces unkillable processes

2007-07-15 Thread Bastian Blank
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.18-5 Severity: grave Forwarded: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sparc64 kernels produces unkillable dpkg-query processes (only seen in a buildd environment yet). Each process sucks one cpu and 3GiB of memory. Even the OOM killer is not able to kill them. This problem exists up t