Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:57:06 -0400 From: <Scheidell@secnap.com> To: <jake@locore.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Status of SPARC64 port? Message-ID: <B3BCAF4246A8A84983A80DAB50FE72420312F5@secnap2.secnap.com>
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thanks all. again, sometimes its hard to know if the web docs are out of date, and hoping that someone in a wide audience would have tried it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jake Burkholder [mailto:jake@locore.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 3:56 PM > To: Michael Scheidell > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Status of SPARC64 port? > > > 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 > >home | help
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