From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Aug 13 18:39:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD5937B400 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:39:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k6.locore.ca (k6.locore.ca [198.96.117.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AEF943E6A for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:39:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: from k6.locore.ca (jake@localhost.locore.ca [127.0.0.1]) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.5/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7E1lBVA050855; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:47:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: (from jake@localhost) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g7E1lBan050854; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:47:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:47:10 -0400 From: Jake Burkholder To: Leigh V Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun Netra X1 success, almost Message-ID: <20020813214710.B44324@locore.ca> References: <006001c23d39$2d4daa50$2d01a8c0@michael> <20020806113331.E76014@locore.ca> <004e01c24332$7159c6d0$2d01a8c0@michael> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <004e01c24332$7159c6d0$2d01a8c0@michael>; from leighv@roq.com on Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 11:32:24AM +1000 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 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