From owner-freebsd-sparc Fri Mar 15 11:47:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from ext-ch1gw-1.online-age.net (ext-ch1gw-1.online-age.net [216.34.191.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7C237B428; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:47:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from int-ch1gw-1.online-age.net (int-ch1gw-1 [3.159.232.65]) by ext-ch1gw-1.online-age.net (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id OAA20403; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:47:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from plvctnet1edcge.edc.ge.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by int-ch1gw-1.online-age.net (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id OAA23721; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:47:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from combs.salem.ge.com (combs.salem.ge.com [3.29.5.200]) by plvctnet1edcge.edc.ge.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A199E66DB; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:47:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from indsys.ge.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by combs.salem.ge.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B017E159A3; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:46:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3C924FAF.A14112B5@indsys.ge.com> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:46:55 -0500 From: "Stephen F. Combs" Organization: GE Drive Systems, Salem, VA X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Questions on the Sparc64 port of FreeBSD References: <3C921652.D9B47272@indsys.ge.com> <20020315113028.A96088@dragon.nuxi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org IF I get my internet access back up, I'll D/L the iso image and we'll see.... I've got the Ultra1 at home and an Ultra60 here at work (with enough spare disk space so I can put a small boot on it....)... Where you from (in roanoke....)? I've lived here for the last 40+ years (moved here when I was 10... and haven't found a place that I liked better AND could get the right job....)... I'm thinking about purchasing an Ultra10 for a "Home" machine... we'll see... obrien@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 10:42:10AM -0500, Stephen F. Combs wrote: > > General Question..... I have access to an old Ultra1/170E (Ultra1, > ... > > i.e. does it support Ultra1 with the HME and onboard SCSI (also have > > SBUS SCSI card as well, don't remember the model, but 'tis fast/wide > > SCSI...) does it have ANY Creator3D (ffb) device support??? > > HME is supported. But I am having a problem with my U1 (non-E) with an > HME add-in card. It would be great if you would try your U1E to see how > well we work on it. Several people I know have U1E's, but none have > tried FreeBSD on them yet. The on-board SCSI is not supported yet, so > you'll have to use an NFS /. This is not such a bad thing. I still use > NFS / for my ultrasparc and it does have a supported IDE and SCSI > devices. > > I have no idea about the FB support -- all the main developers are using > serial console. > > > Not going to have a LOT of time, but got hardware and am willing to > > devote some hours/week to the project... > > It would be great if you could try the latest kernels on your various > UltraSparc hardware so we can get a better idea of what works and what > doesn't. > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > P.S. > Salem, VA > Ah, my own home town (well Roanoke actually). :-) -- Stephen F. Combs Lead Security Analyst, Global Security/e-Business GE Industrial Systems phone: 540.387.8828 Salem, VA mobile: 540.520.4032 E-Mail: steve.combs@indsys.ge.com dialcom: 278.8828 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message