From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 6 22:08:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sparc64@freebsd.org 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 D6B8D16A41C for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:08:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (newtrinity.zeist.de [217.24.217.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A9443D1F for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:08:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by newtrinity.zeist.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/ZEIST.DE) with ESMTP id j56M8PLO082236; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:08:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by newtrinity.zeist.de (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) id j56M8KbS082235; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:08:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:08:20 +0200 From: Marius Strobl To: Ralf-Philipp Weinmann Message-ID: <20050607000820.B80563@newtrinity.zeist.de> References: <42A4C2E0.9010007@cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <42A4C2E0.9010007@cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>; from weinmann@cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de on Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 11:40:48PM +0200 X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter (version: 1.1.0-4; AVE: 6.30.0.15; VDF: 6.30.0.230; host: newtrinity.zeist.de) Cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUCCESS: Sun Blade 100 with Firewire-attached HDD (IEEE 1394) 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, 06 Jun 2005 22:08:33 -0000 On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 11:40:48PM +0200, Ralf-Philipp Weinmann wrote: > Hi list, > > I've applied Marius Strobl's patch (posted to this list on May 15, 2005, > see [1]) for the firewire controller used in the Sun Blade 100's against > a 5.4R and have attached and successfully tested a HDD in an external > Firewire enclosure the last couple of days. > > Works great! Thanks Marius! Thanks for testing :) > > The FreeBSD/sparc64 5.4R Hardware Notes list this machine as "fully > supported" (section 2.1). This seems odd to me, since it is clearly NOT > the case. Without this patch, the controller simply wasn't initialized > correctly. > Yeah, the sparc64 hardware notes have to be read in the context of the time when they where written which was mainly when e.g. the MD PCI code was fixed to work on stuff like E450 and some of the weirder USII[e,i] based systems etc. From a today's perspective they sound more like propaganda... I think one actually can't call any sun4u machine "fully supported" by FreeBSD, yet. We got closer to it over time but there are still a few things like e.g. the EBus and SBus printer ports and all of the floppy controllers left before some machines can be considered "fully supported" from a hardware point of view. Of course some of the existing drivers also still need improvement... Marius