Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:45:07 +0200 From: Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net> To: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun Fire V480 compatibility question? Message-ID: <4B54BA43.5080604@netscape.net> In-Reply-To: <20100118193222.GL18141@alchemy.franken.de> References: <4B549896.8090309@netscape.net> <20100118193222.GL18141@alchemy.franken.de>
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Many thanks for the response Marius! :-) I appreciate your help so much. > > It's the other way around, version 4 and 7 refer to the contents > of the "version#" property of these bridges in the Open Firmware > device tree, which can be translated into 2.x revision numbers for > exampled based on the table present in the Schizo Errata [1], i.e. > version 7 translates to revision 2.5 and version 4 translates to > revision 2.2. The sunsolve document you refer to actuall is in > line with this information. > Ok now I get it.... > I highly suspect this problem is related to the infamous BugID > 4898531, just that Solaris can work around it to some extent or > that FreeBSD happens to better a triggering it (I actually have > a version of cas(4) which makes it less likely but still doesn't > work around it completely), so V480 equipped with 501-6780 and > 501-6790 centerplanes should be fine while those with 501-5819 > and 501-6733 are prone to fail. > > Marius > > 1: http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/External_Schizo_Errata.pdf > 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? 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. According to this: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/v12n/views/v12n_ldoms.page1.html it only supports Linux and Solaris? Just that I am still stuck between deciding to use OpenSolaris on the machine or BSD as the real thing pulling me towards BSD is the software: Cacti and Munin mainly. Apart from that I am more familiar and happier using Solaris zones as I will create a primary/secondary combo. As we have been through this already in my last post which got many responses I don't want to dwell on this topic and will just have to play around I guess as to see which one suites my needs overall best. Regards, Kaya
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