Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:47:10 -0400 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: Leigh V <leighv@roq.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun Netra X1 success, almost Message-ID: <20020813214710.B44324@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <004e01c24332$7159c6d0$2d01a8c0@michael>; from leighv@roq.com on Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 11:32:24AM %2B1000 References: <006001c23d39$2d4daa50$2d01a8c0@michael> <20020806113331.E76014@locore.ca> <004e01c24332$7159c6d0$2d01a8c0@michael>
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Apparently, On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 11:32:24AM +1000, Leigh V said words to the effect of; > > FYI the davicom ethernet in the netra x1 is not supported so you'll have > > no network. > If that is the case, how was I able to net boot into the kernel? Because the kernel is booted by the loader, which uses the prom to access the ethernet card. > And I noticed that OpenBSD and NetBSD have support for the davicom ethernet, > will freebsd ever have it? Yes. When is another matter. The driver needs some changes to work on FreeBSD/sparc64. > I installed solaris 9 on it because I had enough of trying to put an open > source OS on the Netra X1. Its not for everyone; we do our best. Jake To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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