From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 13 21:48:52 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 31200106568D for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:48:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (alchemy.franken.de [194.94.249.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3ECA8FC13 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/ALCHEMY.FRANKEN.DE) with ESMTP id o0DLmn5U027528; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:48:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0DLmnde027527; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:48:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:48:49 +0100 From: Marius Strobl To: Kaya Saman Message-ID: <20100113214849.GA18141@alchemy.franken.de> References: <4B4A6FA5.1010002@netscape.net> <4B4B6E37.3050005@netscape.net> <9dd082311001111056j1ca3afb4le14ba84270fb730@mail.gmail.com> <20100111193300.GD49006@uriah.heep.sax.de> <20100112093910.GC61863@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4B4CBD29.9000703@netscape.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B4CBD29.9000703@netscape.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie to FreeBSD on SPARC - questions about Sun hardware 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: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:48:52 -0000 On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 08:19:21PM +0200, Kaya Saman wrote: > Many thanks for all the responses and the help and advice that you guys > have given!!! :-) > > This has been one really good ride in terms of learning about what can > and can't be done with a server before purchasing it. > > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > >On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 08:33:00PM +0100, Joerg Wunsch wrote: > > > >>I've never run a sound driver on my Sparc hardware, so I can't tell > >>about multimedia capabilities. I guess now that many of the older Sun > >>Blades have been retired from their first life, other people here > >>probably made experience with running those under FreeBSD. > >> > > > >I've sound on blade 1500 FreeBSD 9.0-current all right. > > > > > Hi Anton isn't the current FreeBSD 8.0?? > > [quote] > > FreeBSD currently crashes on older models of V480 when attempting > to use an on-board NIC due to what appears to be a CPU bug which > needs to be worked around. It appears to work fine on later V480 > equipped with version 7 Schizo bridges (that's just an indicator > and unlikely related to the problem) though, but FreeBSD 7.3 will > be the first release (besides the current stable branches) to work > > [/quote] > > Thank you Marius for that information! I will be installing the latest > FreeBSD stable or current which is 8.0 (at least for x86) so I am not > sure if that will work with both new and old systems or if what you are > saying is that the earlier models of the V480 will not work with ANY > Linux or BSD version?? > Well, I can only speak with certainty about FreeBSD but there you won't currently be able to use the on-board NICs of old V480. Marius