Linux on sparc64

[Kevin Hodle]

Also, if numa or anyone else has any 50ns 168-pin ECC JEDEC DIMMs, or any UltrasparcIIi processors 
> 270Mhz, I will trade my first born whenever it comes along (I can also trade $$ or other 
componenets :).

 
Kevin Hodle
Alexander Open Systems
Network Operations Center
(913)-307-2366
kevinh at aos5.com

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Kevin Hodle  
> Sent:	Friday, April 18, 2003 7:17 PM
> To:	'kclug at kclug.org'
> Subject:	Linux on sparc64
> 
> I am currently running debian woody with custom 2.4.20 kernel on my sparc ultra 5.. For those not 
familiar w/ the ultrasparc family, this is a uniprocessor workstation utilizing PCI and ATA 
architectures instead of SBUS/SCSI.. I was able to drop a new 40 gig ultraATA hard drive in it with 
no problems (no problems for debian anyway).
> 
> Here are afew other flavors/OS's I have tried to throw on the thing:
> 
> - Aurora (someone mentioned it, it is basically an updated version of the original redhat 6 sparc 
release)> ...>  I had problems with it.  It would fully lock the system during HD partitioning 
(manual or autopartitioning)
> - FreeBSD 5 sparc version.. Seemed like it would work okay, but the initial setup screens prompt 
you to select terminal emulation, and 'sun' is not one of the options (seems strange since it was 
the sparc release).. I tried ANSI/VT100/VT220 and they all either completely mangled the screen 
output or would not properly accept input from the arrow keys, required to navigate installation 
menus, VERY annoying.
> - OpenBSD sparc, failed to detect any HD (?? Clueless on this one, maybe because of the new ATA 
drive I added)
> - Mandrake 7.3 sparc edition, installed and worked flawlessly, but I love apt-get.
> 
> I was thinking about installing gentoo sparc release, but the installation notes seem to be 
crappy and I've heard bad things about its support for X windows on sparc'n (if anyone has gentoo 
on a sparc64 and has gotten X windows running, let me know!).
> 
> I have installed solaris 9 on it before, with no problems on the new HD.
> 
> Maybe some of the problems I am experiencing are because I need to flash my promlib with the 
latest version, but I havent read up on how to do this under linux (anyone have any how-to URLs 
handy?)
> 
> 
> Anyway, here is my /proc/cpuinfo:
> 
> 
> farp at sunshine:~> cat /proc/cpuinfo 
> cpu             : TI UltraSparc IIi
> fpu             : UltraSparc IIi integrated FPU
> promlib         : Version 3 Revision 11
> prom            : 3.11.12
> type            : sun4u
> ncpus probed    : 1
> ncpus active    : 1
> Cpu0Bogo        : 539.03
> Cpu0ClkTck      : 000000001017df80
> MMU Type        : Spitfire
> 
>  
> Kevin Hodle
> Alexander Open Systems
> Network Operations Center
> (913)-307-2366
> kevinh at aos5.com
>