Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 12:55:41 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: status? Message-ID: <364202BD.D217FD0D@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811051208440.10448-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > ok, well there does seem to be a few people subscribed to this list. > > some questions to help me get started: > > a) Any URLs to Usparc assembler language (detailed) > b) Any recommended books > > a&b for: sbus info, creator info, the scsi interface, serial interface The first place to look is http://docs.sun.com/ They may have much of what you need on-line, in HTML or PDF. > i don't plan on supporting much as this is the first time i'm doing > something like this. however i did purchase the box explicilty for this > purpose. so i'm really counting on some pointers. > > other stuff: > > netbsd seems to have a usparc port, but i don't see any support in their > source tree, any pointers/clues? As mentioned in another response, the sparc64 port is in the -current build tree. They currently support the ultra1/ultra2 systems, not the PCI-based ultra5 and ultra10. You may want to contact the NetBSD sparc64 port maintainer and find out what they're doing. > if anyone wants to donate a book on the arch to me i'll pay for > shipping+whatever (if you want a small return on the book) > unfortunatly all i have is books on PA-RISC, x86 and PPC archs, well > PDP-11 if you count the Lions Book. :) I have several SPARClite books around, but that isn't going to help you, as they are a (distant) subset of UltraSPARC. Good luck! -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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