Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:38:58 +0100 (CET) From: Gheorghe Ardelean <ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de> To: Lee <bagawk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 1 support Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0512211113130.22324-100000@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de> In-Reply-To: <2e3d0b9e0512202039m37513670m14088a6ff3497d37@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, > I have been looking to install free-bsd on my Ultra 1 Creator, but on > the unsupported machines is listed the Ultra 1, however the 'Ultra 1E' > is listed as supported. What is the 'E' version? I have never heard of > such, it is the Creator? Ultra 1E is definitely supported (to some extent also a plain Ultra1). It has an 100BaseTX hme(4) Ethernet interface (while the plain Ultra 1 has an 10BaseT interface which is not yet supported). Ultra 1E has also a Creator frame buffer which is supported by FreeBSD. IIRC E in 1E comes from Enterprise version! There is an easy way to recognize an 1E from plain Ultra 1 by looking at the Ultra 1 logo plate on the case. On 1E the number 1 is written in a red circle while on plain ultra 1 is written in some sort of teal circle. To summarize: -on 1E we support the onboard disk controller + onboard ethernet -on plain Ultra 1 we support ONLY the onboard esp(4) diskcontroller and one has to use a specially build loader (without gzip support -- for more on this please read this list's archives). (at least this apply for 6.0-RELEASE) To make also a plane Ultra1 useful one has to give it 1E "flavors" by installing an SBUS hme interface (this is what I have done to mine) and eventually an SBUS Creator Card. Regards, Johny.
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