Re: Curernt support for SS1000?
> > I was under the impression that sun4d was supported undeer the 2.2
> > series but had been broken (and not fixed) under 2.4. I also thought
> > all sun4d boxen were SMP.
> Well, you can boot a SMP box and use only one CPU. According to what
> I've heard about sun4d, linux 2.2.x does not boot if SMP is enabled.
> I've to admit that I played only a few hours with a sun4d box by myself
> but the guy who tried is not a newby and as I said he spent a lot of
> time on this issue.
Fair enough. I only got as far as playing with the Debian 2.4 kernels
and finding out that the ones labeled sun4cdm weren't quite. I wish I
had the time to devote to this problem but alas at the moment I
haven't. As I see it it's only really kernel hacking that needs to be
done and most of the drivers, etc. are already done.
> > > Afaik solaris is the only OS out there with sun4d SMP support.
> > NetBSD? I can't see anything about sun4d on their site
> Iirc NetBSD does not even boot on sun4d (yes there is at least *ONE*
> architecture that they do not support).
It was just a thought. I don't think they support the original (HAL)
sparc64 either. Another machine I'd love toget ahold of.
Cheers,
- Martin
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Martin
inkubus@interalpha.co.uk
"Seasons change, things come to pass"
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