Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:55:56 -0400 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: Michael Scheidell <scheidell@secnap.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of SPARC64 port? Message-ID: <20030408195556.GC78831@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <000501c2fddb$17ab1b70$0103460a@secnap.com> References: <000501c2fddb$17ab1b70$0103460a@secnap.com>
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Apparently, On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:28:15AM -0400, Michael Scheidell said words to the effect of; > I was looking at the Sparc 64 4.7 or 4.8 port, wondering if its in any state > to put on my Solaris v100. > Just need the basics, eide, network, kbm,mouse, graphics (x). > > A bonus would be support for the lom (light out management) features and the > flash card. > > Reason for change is I HOPE that the math (ssl) performance is better on > FBSD, as well as I am just tired of keeping track of > /opt/bin,/usr/opt/bin,/usr/bin//spare/user/opt/bin/,/opt/sfw and the mired > of other paths. > > It looks like mixed message there, with one page saying it supports the > v100, another saying it does yet. > > And if nor FBSD, then which one? OpenBSD, NetBSD? > Anyone have any performance tests? 5.0-RELEASE should install on that machine, but if you want to use it for more than a headless box we're probably not ready for you yet. The console support is still rudimentary at best, you want to be using a serial console if at all possible. And yes, as Julian pointed (hi Julian), its best to ask on the sparc64 list. Jake
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