Project:SPARC
| SPARC Development | |
|---|---|
| Description | Gentoo/SPARC is a Gentoo project designed to bring the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system to the SPARC and UltraSPARC platforms. Gentoo/SPARC aims to provide a usable server and desktop environment for your various SPARC related endeavors. |
| Project email | sparc@gentoo.org |
| IRC channel | #gentoo-sparc (webchat) |
| Bugs | Related bugs |
| Lead(s) | none No lead election date set |
| Member(s) |
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| Subproject(s) (and inherited member(s)) |
(none) |
| Parent Project | Gentoo |
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Key facts
- SPARC is big-endian
- SPARC can come in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors
- SPARC is notoriously strict on aligned access to memory; unaligned accesses often lead to SIGBUSes being sent. See bug #371525.
- Our current developer hardware is catbus (previously we had bender).
Keywording policy
ARCH=sparc has best-effort stable keywords: both stage3s and the installcd use stable packages.
Please keep adding sparc@ to the CC list for STABLEREQs if sparc already has stable keywords for a package.
Recruitment
We are currently looking for users interested in helping the project with one or more jobs.
To learn more, visit the Staffing Needs page.
Subprojects
The Gentoo SPARC project has the following subprojects:
| Project | Lead | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sparc AT | jmorgan | Architecture Testers for Gentoo/SPARC |
Documentation
The following is a list of available documentation for Gentoo on the SPARC platform.
- Gentoo/SPARC handbook
- Gentoo/SPARC Architecture Tester Guide
- Gentoo/SPARC Frequently Asked Questions
- Multilib migration guide
- Gentoo/SPARC Linux based Netboot HOWTO
- OBP Reference
- Non-Sun hardware compatibility list
- Sun hardware compatibility list
Additional notes
If you have something that you think would make a good sparc subproject, please contact the sparc team via email. This list will be updated to reflect new projects as they arise.
Work in progress; contributors are sorted alphabetically, only most important contributions are listed for each contributor. Your name should probably be here, if it isn't, remind us by mailing sparc@gentoo.org