[Aurora-sparc-user] Wikipedia sparc 32 support.

[Jima]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Chris Andrew wrote:
> I've just joined the list.  Can I just say thanks very much to Tom _Spot_
> Calloway, for adding information to the new sparc (32) Wikipedia
> page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparc32_linux_distributions>.
> If anybody wants to add any more content, then please feel free.  I have
> great concerns that the 32-bit implementation is going to die.

  With no upstream kernel maintainer, things look pretty bleak.  Any bugs 
that pop up need to be dealt with downstream.  It's not easy.

> BTW, has anybody managed to get Aurora to install on an SS20, with 2
> processors?  If so, can you point me to the ISO you used.

  SS20?  Maybe.  With SMP?  Good luck.  Due to compatibility issues between 
sparc32 SMP and 2.6 kernels, it hasn't really been supported since Aurora 
1.0 (which had a 2.4 kernel).  ISTR people barely getting it to work (by 
compiling their own heavily modified kernels), but I don't believe 
anyone's achieved stability.  UP, however, ought to work, although I 
haven't fired up my SS20 in quite some time to check.

      Jima