From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 25 16:12:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A459A1065672 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:12:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zenxyzzy@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gg0-f182.google.com (mail-gg0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CCFB8FC20 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:12:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnm2 with SMTP id m2so3483811ggn.13 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:12:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=Ph/hnJWZnELJV/29L9Fix2PGzx5RLBwJCh1DZfQ1jjg=; b=L3WRoBt8pDq2LBpfxFKIuOuq8zgH09eMawv/Znq1v+vbmYfP2anLlkghcBodE46rkO N2jd3KGgzQHZpRqjomC4uhDuW06Ew4pY5Fo5tAKtNz+NfyA4meg7Cl8xvMJCteyInyVg tFYXRW6TRHnGLaqKk+HKPDPLvbEDp0SfvCD1TF/DMur7JYiCke5bvzeRJVWdNto62EZY WCj8fCCd7asjiPH2V8GO7dYijAYXBrZGOBaGuHYGI7hRw0Ql4iKU21BosLCHGgo6uHX+ nNx7K9AiBVM3U+DFjqPHod+3lr4GMaXwRXZWnqUAxb0zXRNRphtJvS0icY/a56W+PC45 XMkw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.104.167 with SMTP id gf7mr8767769igb.38.1340640762327; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.29.133 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:12:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:12:42 -0700 Message-ID: From: zenxyzzy To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: what's the status on getting the fan control on a excalibur? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:12:43 -0000 On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:05 AM, zenxyzzy wrote: > aka Blade 1000/2000/280R/Netra20. getting very inexpenvie these days. $400 > bucks can get you > a very fat SB1000. you can get fiberchannel 73 GB 15k rpm drives for about > $20, and the system themselves run $200. > > BUT. the broken/nonexistent fan support makes for a very noisy > workstation. Busted on linux, too, Illumos don't SPARC, so pretty much the > only reason to continue running solaris. > > ALSO, has anybody ever run 16 GB in these? it's rumored to work. I've only > got 4GB - this upgrade is still pricey. > > I'm working on getting accelerated XVR-1000 and XVR-600 Xorg and kernel > drivers going. > don't hold your breath - decompiling solaris is slow going. > > --curt > > > regarding decompilation - has there ever been a court case applying fair use to orphan hard/software? it seems to me, a non-legal type, that once you abandon a hunk of hardware or software, your proprietary (trade secret and copyright) rights are pretty much out of the window. specifically, if you abandon it, decompilation can't cause damages. thanks to mickey mouse's lawyers, copyright infringement is criminal. ramble ramble.