Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:18:53 -0500 From: Tom Grove <freebsd@voidmain.net> To: Gheorghe Ardelean <ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 1 support Message-ID: <43A9AA9D.30608@voidmain.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0512211113130.22324-100000@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0512211113130.22324-100000@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de>
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Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: >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. > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > <random thoughts>Being that the Ultra 1 is supported by OpenBSD I'm wondering how hard it would be to port some things from them over. </random thoughts> I don't have any working FreeBSD sparc machines so how, exactly, would I go about creating a sparc loader without gzip? I'm thinking that if I can at least get a running system of some sort I could work on porting some OpenBSD code. -Tom
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