Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:43:17 +0300 From: "Reko Turja" <reko.turja@liukuma.net> To: "Joachim Rosenfeld" <joerosenfeld@gmail.com>, <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: status of freebsd on ultrasparc? Message-ID: <83EC4D93C067475888875471456C3DEB@rivendell> References: <6e5cf6a70806051341x95eb814j6222c04dbfd7fb2d@mail.gmail.com>
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From: "Joachim Rosenfeld" <joerosenfeld@gmail.com> > I'm a little confused about the status of FreeBSD on UltraSparc. > > This page says it is a fully supported Tier 1 platform: > > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html > If you check the "Getting FreeBSD" page at project site, there is both 6.x and 7.x available for ultrasparc - it has been Tier1 since 6.0 or so. I haven't run it on any "serious" hardware or in serious use. My one dedicated DNS and other diverse services ultra 10 box has served me flawlessly in lab though. > I am considering running FreeBSD on a Sun Fire V210 UltaSparc > system. My > whole reason for wanting to put FreeBSD on this box (which currently > runs Solaris 10) is to run bind and build ports. Quick check on sparc hardware notes: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/hardware.html#PROC-SPARC64 shows that the USIII family still isn't supported - I think the support is a work in progress, but somewhat hampered by the lack of documentation about the architecture? > So I guess my question is this: (1) is FreeBSD an acceptable OS to > run on > this Sun box and (2) will I have any major problems building ports? Not yet at least. Running BIND shouldn't be a problem in the future - are you thinking about crosscompiling for intel/amd in the box or making UltraSparc builds? -Reko
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