I was looking at the Sparc 64 4.7 or 4.8 port, wondering if its in any state to put on my Solaris v100. Just need the basics, eide, network, kbm,mouse, graphics (x). A bonus would be support for the lom (light out management) features and the flash card. Reason for change is I HOPE that the math (ssl) performance is better on FBSD, as well as I am just tired of keeping track of /opt/bin,/usr/opt/bin,/usr/bin//spare/user/opt/bin/,/opt/sfw and the mired of other paths. It looks like mixed message there, with one page saying it supports the v100, another saying it does yet. And if nor FBSD, then which one? OpenBSD, NetBSD? Anyone have any performance tests? -- Michael Scheidell SECNAP Network Security, LLC Sales: 866-SECNAPNET / (1-866-732-6276) Main: 561-368-9561 / www.secnap.net
On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 10:28, Michael Scheidell wrote:> I was looking at the Sparc 64 4.7 or 4.8 port, wondering if its in any state > to put on my Solaris v100.Sparc64 support is only available on the 5.0 branch. I recommend checking the release notes to see what is supported and what is not. - Julian -- -- Julian C. Dunn, B.A.Sc. <jdunn@verticalscope.com> -- Software Developer / UNIX Systems Administrator -- VerticalScope Inc. -- 111 Peter St., Suite 700, Toronto, ON -- Tel: (416) 341-8950 x236 Fax: (416) 341-8959
Thank you, I did try to read those but they conflict each other (which is wat I stated in first email) (both of these links are under the release notes.. on says v100 is supported, one says its not) as in its NOT supported: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/relnotes-sparc64.html#AEN401 or as in it IS supported? http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html#hw
Apparently, On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:28:15AM -0400, Michael Scheidell said words to the effect of;> I was looking at the Sparc 64 4.7 or 4.8 port, wondering if its in any state > to put on my Solaris v100. > Just need the basics, eide, network, kbm,mouse, graphics (x). > > A bonus would be support for the lom (light out management) features and the > flash card. > > Reason for change is I HOPE that the math (ssl) performance is better on > FBSD, as well as I am just tired of keeping track of > /opt/bin,/usr/opt/bin,/usr/bin//spare/user/opt/bin/,/opt/sfw and the mired > of other paths. > > It looks like mixed message there, with one page saying it supports the > v100, another saying it does yet. > > And if nor FBSD, then which one? OpenBSD, NetBSD? > Anyone have any performance tests?5.0-RELEASE should install on that machine, but if you want to use it for more than a headless box we're probably not ready for you yet. The console support is still rudimentary at best, you want to be using a serial console if at all possible. And yes, as Julian pointed (hi Julian), its best to ask on the sparc64 list. Jake
thanks all. again, sometimes its hard to know if the web docs are out of date, and hoping that someone in a wide audience would have tried it.> -----Original Message----- > From: Jake Burkholder [mailto:jake@locore.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 3:56 PM > To: Michael Scheidell > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Status of SPARC64 port? > > > Apparently, On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:28:15AM -0400, > Michael Scheidell said words to the effect of; > > > I was looking at the Sparc 64 4.7 or 4.8 port, wondering if > its in any state > > to put on my Solaris v100. > > Just need the basics, eide, network, kbm,mouse, graphics (x). > > > > A bonus would be support for the lom (light out management) > features and the > > flash card. > > > > Reason for change is I HOPE that the math (ssl) performance > is better on > > FBSD, as well as I am just tired of keeping track of > > > /opt/bin,/usr/opt/bin,/usr/bin//spare/user/opt/bin/,/opt/sfw > and the mired > > of other paths. > > > > It looks like mixed message there, with one page saying it > supports the > > v100, another saying it does yet. > > > > And if nor FBSD, then which one? OpenBSD, NetBSD? > > Anyone have any performance tests? > > 5.0-RELEASE should install on that machine, but if you want > to use it for > more than a headless box we're probably not ready for you > yet. The console > support is still rudimentary at best, you want to be using a > serial console > if at all possible. > > And yes, as Julian pointed (hi Julian), its best to ask on > the sparc64 list. > > Jake > >
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:28:15AM -0400, Michael Scheidell wrote:> I was looking at the Sparc 64 4.7 or 4.8 port, wondering if its in any state > to put on my Solaris v100. > Just need the basics, eide, network, kbm,mouse, graphics (x). > > A bonus would be support for the lom (light out management) features and the > flash card. > > Reason for change is I HOPE that the math (ssl) performance is better on > FBSD, as well as I am just tired of keeping track of > /opt/bin,/usr/opt/bin,/usr/bin//spare/user/opt/bin/,/opt/sfw and the mired > of other paths.Check out the "path" program described at <http://www.alphazed.co.uk/software/path/> for managing PATH, MANPATH and other environment variables. If you build applications from sources (as opposed to installing binary packages), you might want to consider installing in such a way as to conform to the guidelines presented at <http://www.alphazed.co.uk/admin/ofa-apps.pdf>. (Apologies for drifting off-topic.)> It looks like mixed message there, with one page saying it supports the > v100, another saying it does yet. > > And if nor FBSD, then which one? OpenBSD, NetBSD? > Anyone have any performance tests? > -- > Michael Scheidell > SECNAP Network Security, LLC > Sales: 866-SECNAPNET / (1-866-732-6276) > Main: 561-368-9561 / www.secnap.net-- daniel lawrence AlphaZed Ltd mailto:danny@alphazed.com http://www.alphazed.co.uk +44 (0)20 8312 0723 London