Re: Can't boot linux on sun blade 2000

["Mustafa Hussein" <mustafa.hussein@comcast.net>]

>"Patrick Finnegan"
> Has anyone gotten a version of 2.6 to boot on any Ultrasparc hardware?
> I've been using the latest kernel (2.6.0 through 2.6.4) with the latest
> toolchain in testing to compile it, yet it doesn't boot... the last time
> I tried it, it spit out a bunch of whitespace to my serial console, and
> then froze the machine (couldn't break back to OpenBoot).

2.6.x works fine on my Ultra10. The only issues are:
a) mouse does not work with X. This was mentioned on this list before
b)ioctl32 problem with ALSA and CS4231, the box locks hard when snd-ioctl32
module is loaded.
c) XFree86 does not work with the built-in ATI Rage graphics card, but works
well with Elite3D fb. Ben Collins provided a workaround for this issue on
this list.


Mustafa