Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-04 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 01:28:23PM +0100, Martin wrote: > > > > Do you mean to tell me that XML is _not_ taking over the world? > > > In some applications. I'm more interested in lower level software. > > > There is no XML version of machine code or IP - and something tells me > > > there never wi

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-04 Thread Martin
> > > Do you mean to tell me that XML is _not_ taking over the world? > > In some applications. I'm more interested in lower level software. > > There is no XML version of machine code or IP - and something tells me > > there never will be :-) > Would RFC3252 change your mind? I stand corrected *b

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-04 Thread Peter Haworth
On 04 Jun 2003 10:11:31 +0100, Martin wrote: > > Do you mean to tell me that XML is _not_ taking over the world? > In some applications. I'm more interested in lower level software. > There is no XML version of machine code or IP - and something tells me > there never will be :-) Would RFC3252 ch

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-04 Thread Martin
> > > Be aware of CPU "endian-ness". This is a concern in Intel to Sparc > > > porting. Not sure about HP to Sparc. Google on "endian" for more info. > > > It may only be a concern if you exchange binary information with other > > > computers in units large than a byte (octet of bits). > > In

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-03 Thread Martin
> > - Debian Linux distro available on debian site is for SPARC so will this > > work > > on this ULTRA10 machine? > Your Ultra10 *is* a Sparc machine. In fact, it's an UltraSparc machine (64 > bits). So Debian *will* work on it. The classes of Sparc processor in Sun Microsystems equipment are su

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-03 Thread Mike M
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 13:34, Erwann Abalea wrote: > > - Are there any porting guidelines document available? If yes then where > > can I find them? > > A good C or C++ compiler, a good debugger, a good documentation of your > product, and a lot of cleverness. That's all you need. Be aware of CPU

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-03 Thread Erwann Abalea
Hello, On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Amit Mehra wrote: > Thank you very much for your reply. I am new to Sun and systems and hence Sun *and* systems? You're new to computers? > these questions. In order to start my work on this I need to first find out > the Sun system configuration I am using. What I kn

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-03 Thread Martin
> - Debian Linux distro available on debian site is for SPARC so will this work > on this ULTRA10 machine? Works on this one. > - The application which I want to port uses C/C++, Informix7.1, DataView (for > GUI features). This application is originally built on HP-UX 10.20. So is > Debian a goo

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-03 Thread Amit Mehra
Thank you very much for your reply. I am new to Sun and systems and hence these questions. In order to start my work on this I need to first find out the Sun system configuration I am using. What I know is its a Sun Ultra10 (4 PCI, SPARC-IIi 300MHz and 256 RAM). Which I found after looking at the s

Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10

2003-06-02 Thread Erwann Abalea
Hello, On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Amit Mehra wrote: > Few questions to the linux users who have worked on Sun Ultra 10 And others, too. > I have a Sun Ultra10 workstation(UltraSPARC-IIi 300MHz, 256 MB RAM) and > plan > to port a HPUX 10.20 based system on this machine using Linux. My > questions are: