From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 13:12:18 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 47C4137B401 for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 13:12:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-d01.mx.aol.com (imo-d01.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A9EF43F75 for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nealelliott@netscape.net) Received: from nealelliott@netscape.net by imo-d01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.22.) id b.eb.88afeee (22683); Mon, 5 May 2003 16:12:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from netscape.net (star.niddk.nih.gov [128.231.82.93]) by air-in04.mx.aol.com (v93.12) with ESMTP id MAILININ44-589b3eb6c597f8; Mon, 05 May 2003 16:12:07 -0400 Message-ID: <3EB6C594.3040605@netscape.net> Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 16:12:04 -0400 From: neal elliott User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: will@csociety.org References: <3EB6BB8D.5070409@netscape.net> <20030505195156.GU26372@procyon.firepipe.net> X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD usable as a workstation on a blade 100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 20:12:18 -0000 where is the todo list for FreeBSD on a blade 100? will@csociety.org wrote: >On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 03:29:17PM -0400, neal elliott wrote: > > >> >> Now I Have FreeBSD installed on my blade 100 system I noticed how much >> faster it >>is then solaris. Is there anyone who uses FreeBSD on their blade 100 as a >>full blown >>workstation with XFree86 installed and useable? when I connect the usb >>keyboard to >>the system then boot into FreeBSD I get a error "panic: pcib unrecoverable >>DMA error AFAR 0x84008 AFSR 0x4100ff00208" then the system goes in to a >>endless rebooting loop. has anyone seen this problem before? I'm guessing >>this must be a USB keyboard related issue; >>this only happens when I connect the USB keyboard. when I disconnect the >>keyboard and >>leave the mouse connected everything works fine I just have to use the >>serial console. >> >> > >No, I only use my Blade 100 headless. The USB stack is not >usable on FreeBSD/sparc64. X11 servers don't work (AFAIK). That >is all on the todo list, but I don't anticipate a Blade 100 being >usable as a FreeBSD workstation for a few months at least. > >Regards, > >