From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 12:22:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC2516A41F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:22:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jpeg@thilelli.net) Received: from smtp.thilelli.net (smtp.thilelli.net [213.41.129.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CED6243D45 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:22:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jpeg@thilelli.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E39564C2; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:22:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from bento.thilelli.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bento.thilelli.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 57826-04; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:22:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.thilelli.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9DB3564C1; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:22:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from 145.248.192.30 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jgabel) by webmail.thilelli.net with HTTP; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:22:25 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <14668.145.248.192.30.1132230145.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <437BA7B1.5060200@deadcafe.de> References: <44611.145.248.192.30.1132154034.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> <437BA7B1.5060200@deadcafe.de> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:22:25 +0100 (CET) From: "Julien Gabel" To: "Daniel Rock" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at thilelli.net Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun U20 supported, fully/partially working... or not at all? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jpeg@thilelli.net List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:22:29 -0000 >> I am currently looking for feedback on using a Sun Ultra 20 Workstation. >> >> I didn't found anything on freebsd-amd64@, nor in the list of supported >> motherboards (http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html). >> Only the Sun Fire V20z seems ok. > The Ultra-20 contains just an ordinary Tyan Tomcat K8E (S2865) mainboard > with some components stripped off (just like the X2100 server BTW). I see > no reason why it shouldn't run FreeBSD. Certainly, even if the FreeBSD report's feedback is not very optimist on this particular mainboard (mainly because some of the main components are not _yet_ tested, as PCI-E or onboard Gig-E). > The following components from a normal S2865 are missing on the U-20: > - no PS/2 mouse/keyboard ports - USB should work though > - no serial port Not having a serial port may be a problem. Is it possible to use the USB port to act a serial for console access? > - no bge ethernet, only nve > > The last one should be really annoying since the nve driver on FreeBSD > is still quite buggy. Since we certainly will use an other ethernet card on bus PCI, the last point is annoying but not for the moment (we doesn't use Gig-E yet, just 100Mbps (as with nve(4), it seems)). Thank you. -- -jpeg.