Re: Debian GNU/(k)NetBSD and sparc32 hardware?

[ludo@chbouib.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi,

BERTRAND Joël <joel.bertrand@systella.fr> writes:

> 	Maybe, but NetBSD kernel does not correctly work on sun4m/SMP,
> like Linux. Today, no one OS can be used on sun4m/SMP workstations,
> and I think that it will be easier to fix linux 2.6 sparc32 kernel
> than work on debian/xBSD sparc32 port.

I had reports stating the contrary, as far as HyperSPARC SMP is
concerned (which seems like the less-likely-to-work configuration):

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sparc/6945
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sparc/6943

OTOH, there were mixed reports related to SMP with other processors:

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sparc/6931
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sparc/6914

Thanks,
Ludovic.