From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 10 20:29:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCA3B16A4CE for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:29:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail1.speakeasy.net (mail1.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1A1F43D1F for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:29:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 20052 invoked from network); 10 Jun 2004 20:29:26 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 10 Jun 2004 20:29:26 -0000 Received: from 10.50.41.233 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5AKTMNv028193; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:29:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:30:12 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <40C89CA9.40607@mWare.ca> <20040610190148.GE70201@sirius.firepipe.net> <40C8B93C.9020003@mWare.ca> In-Reply-To: <40C8B93C.9020003@mWare.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406101630.12374.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Mykel cc: kensmith@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an Ultra2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:29:29 -0000 On Thursday 10 June 2004 03:40 pm, Mykel wrote: > Will Andrews wrote: > >On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 08:49:47PM +0200, Joerg Wunsch wrote: > >>I think so, since the SCSI controller isn't supported at all (as > >>I understand the docs). > > > >Actually, this changed very recently with Scott's import of the > >esp(4) driver, ported from NetBSD. > > > >regards, > > This /sounds/ encouraging to me, but does this just solve the > pre-install boot situation or the installation too? > > Can you point me at an appropriate ISO with this fix? (or tell me which > version to look for) Someone will have to build an ISO as it was just committed yesterday, but with the driver you won't need to netboot at all. Ken, do you feel like rolling a snapshot release for sparc64 and sticking it on ftp-master? You might want to coordinate with scottl@ in case he thinks he can fix the tagging corruption problem in the next couple of days. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org