From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 28 06:03:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A0BE16A4C0 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay1-f77.bay1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.77]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B10E43FE9 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:03:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rob_macgregor@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:03:53 -0700 Received: from 217.40.34.137 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:03:53 GMT X-Originating-IP: [217.40.34.137] X-Originating-Email: [rob_macgregor@hotmail.com] From: "Rob MacGregor" To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:03:53 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Aug 2003 13:03:53.0302 (UTC) FILETIME=[D4EDD760:01C36D64] Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE on SunFire V100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: me@privacy.net List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:03:56 -0000 >From: Pete Bentley > >Depends what you mean by "live". FreeBSD/sparc64 is definitely >getting there but (at least on this low-end hardware) I don't think >it's production quality yet... > >I had one IOMMU-related panic last night, but unfortunately lost >the details (unexpectedly short xterm scrollback, sorry) about >an hour *after* it completed a cvsup+make world... And then there >was the vfork()/perl weirdness just recently. > >I'd say hammer on it and track down/report/fix bugs but don't use >it for an application where crashes are unacceptable. Well, I've just proven that any attempt to ping causes an IOMMU fault :-( I'll be using NetBSD on this box by the looks of things. If I get another box and enough spare time I'll raise a bug report. Please DO NOT send me ANY email directly unless it's a privacy issue. Reply-to mangled to assist those who don't read the above. -- Rob | What part of "no" was it you didn't understand? _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband