I wonder how reusable this will be on the SPARC64 port.
There was never enough interest in Linux/SPARC to make a Xen or KVM port feasible. But OpenBSD's community is a different animal.
There was never enough interest in Linux/SPARC to make a Xen or KVM port feasible. But OpenBSD's community is a different animal.
"It is important to spread sparc64 around the development community, since it is the most strict platform for detecting non-portable or buggy code."
in a larger sense, it's because Oracle's support policies make the market-clearing price for used SPARC hardware very, very reasonable. The value of 3-year-old SPARC gear is essentially $1.
As a real Solaris/SPARC customer, it's cheaper to buy new than try to get a piece of used equipment into Oracle's good graces.
Interesting enough, even the AlphaServers still sell for good money on eBay. Certainly they were great servers in their day but performance is way behind. While faster Itaniums from SGI you can get for $100-200. Old hardware market isn't linear or predictable. Personally, though, I think those AlphaServers are still worth if if one understands OpenVMS clusters or PALcode. ;)