From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 20:44:17 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 409E9106566B for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:44:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from samankaya@netscape.net) Received: from imr-da01.mx.aol.com (imr-da01.mx.aol.com [205.188.105.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B838FC08 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imo-da01.mx.aol.com (imo-da01.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.199]) by imr-da01.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o0IKhtM2011476; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:43:55 -0500 Received: from samankaya@netscape.net by imo-da01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id 3.d64.4a1ac2c3 (34967); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:43:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from [172.16.1.52] (mail.reformkurumsal.com [212.156.209.87]) by cia-da07.mx.aol.com (v127.7) with ESMTP id MAILCIADA074-88974b54c807e7; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:43:53 -0500 Message-ID: <4B54C807.7030403@netscape.net> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:43:51 +0200 From: Kaya Saman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090323) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marius Strobl References: <4B549896.8090309@netscape.net> <20100118193222.GL18141@alchemy.franken.de> <4B54BA43.5080604@netscape.net> <20100118195825.GO18141@alchemy.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <20100118195825.GO18141@alchemy.franken.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AOL-IP: 212.156.209.87 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) X-Spam-Flag: NO X-AOL-SENDER: samankaya@netscape.net 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 20:44:17 -0000 Many thanks for everything Marius!!! This has helped me tremendously :-) Best regards, Kaya Marius Strobl wrote: > 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 > >