Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:30:31 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: status? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9811050917110.8020-100000@feral-gw> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811051208440.10448-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net>
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NetBSD and linux have quite usable and complete ports. I've heard that OpenBSD does as well. URL's I dunno. Try http://www.clbooks.com and search for SPARC- that'll get you the Sparc assembly reference guide. Try also http://www.sparc.org. The SBus information used to be available from Sun- you could get an SBus developers kit which had OBP (prom) info as well as other information. You might dig around http://www.sun.com. The onboard SCSI is the Emulex ESP100 (aka NCR 53C90). I don't know whether there's an existing HBA driver in FreeBSD for this. It isn't in the tree. I'd suggest that NetBSD is closer to what you want than Linux- which box did you get though- NetBSD isn't running on Ultras yet. -matt On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > ok, well there does seem to be a few people subscribed to this list. > > some questions to help me get started: > > a) Any URLs to Usparc assembler language (detailed) > b) Any recommended books > > a&b for: sbus info, creator info, the scsi interface, serial interface > > i don't plan on supporting much as this is the first time i'm doing > something like this. however i did purchase the box explicilty for this > purpose. so i'm really counting on some pointers. > > other stuff: > > netbsd seems to have a usparc port, but i don't see any support in their > source tree, any pointers/clues? > > i'm thinking of installing UltraPenguine as a build enviorment but would > rather use netbsd for obvious reasons. > > so, opinions/comments? > > if anyone wants to donate a book on the arch to me i'll pay for > shipping+whatever (if you want a small return on the book) > unfortunatly all i have is books on PA-RISC, x86 and PPC archs, well > PDP-11 if you count the Lions Book. :) > > thanks all, > Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com > -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. > -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current > > On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Unfurl wrote: > > > > > "ee's pineing for the fields..." > > > > > > So there really is *no* work being done on this port? > > > > > > That I cannot say. If there is, it's been very quiet. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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