From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Grundler Subject: Re: debian hppa Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 18:43:36 -0600 Message-ID: <20110703004336.GD20434@parisc-linux.org> References: <20110527213516.GH21744@dannf.org> <20110527233738.0B95D4FCB@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> <20110601021049.GB3984@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> <20110602213549.GA21839@parisc-linux.org> <20110629193346.GA12729@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Thibaut VARENE , dann frazier , carlos@systemhalted.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Rick Jones To: John David Anglin Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110629193346.GA12729@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 03:33:47PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote: > Hi Grant, > > On Thu, 02 Jun 2011, Grant Grundler wrote: > > > As discussed off list a few months ago, HW salvaged from the Cupertino > > Test Ring should be headed your way in the near future. > > I learned Monday that NRC wasn't going renew to my guest appointment. > There have been problems with some other appointments at HIA. > > NRC has a new President and major changes are occuring within the > organization. Guest Worker appointments now have to be approved by > NRC legal and a VP, so they are much more difficult and visible. > It seems to take months for an appointment to be processed. There > are concerns about liability, IP, etc. That's unfortunate. :( > It's still not clear whether I end now or at the end of December. > I plan to take home the rp3440 and c3750 at NRC. That's about all > that I can fit in my office at home. I might fit another server > with internal drives on top of the rp3440, but that's about it. Ok. > I can continue some Linux GCC support from home, but there is no room > anymore for HP-UX. > > If HP hasn't shipped the Cup stuff, probably the matter should be reviewed. I thought it was but don't know if Rick (CC'd) was able to find a contact in HP (Kanata or anything near Ottawa) to handle transfer. Thanks! grant