From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 19:58:27 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A143106566B for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:58:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (alchemy.franken.de [194.94.249.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 912848FC12 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:58:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/ALCHEMY.FRANKEN.DE) with ESMTP id o0IJwP1c003399; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:58:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0IJwPu8003398; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:58:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:58:25 +0100 From: Marius Strobl To: Kaya Saman Message-ID: <20100118195825.GO18141@alchemy.franken.de> References: <4B549896.8090309@netscape.net> <20100118193222.GL18141@alchemy.franken.de> <4B54BA43.5080604@netscape.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B54BA43.5080604@netscape.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun Fire V480 compatibility question? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:58:27 -0000 On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 09:45:07PM +0200, Kaya Saman wrote: > > Just some more quick questions if you don't mind: > > Can I add extra NICs to the v480 that will work with BSD - provided I > have a bridge that is supported? Yes, NICs driven by drivers included in GENERIC should work fine: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC V480 with version 4 Schizos also seem to work fine with Sun HME NICs (which are 32-bit) when leaving the on-board Cassini+ alone, which would be in line with the information provide for BugID 4898531. > > Last question is can I virtualize on this machine?? Obviously things > like Xen, Vbox, VMware, Xvm are all built for x86 machines but I have > heard about LDoms although I don't know if they will work with SPARC or > the v480 and most importantly BSD. With FreeBSD 8.0 it might be possible to use VIMAGE but I don't know how mature this generally is, I just know that a sparc64 kernel with options VIMAGE at least doesn't instantly blow :) Otherwise you are limited to FreeBSD jails at best. > > According to this: > http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/v12n/views/v12n_ldoms.page1.html > > it only supports Linux and Solaris? LDom support requires some changes to the boot loader and the kernel not present in FreeBSD so far. Marius