From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 15:05:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCE416A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:05:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.mho.com (smtp.mho.net [64.58.4.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5185B43FE5 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:05:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scottl@freebsd.org) Received: (qmail 95339 invoked by uid 1002); 5 Dec 2003 23:05:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.4.1.5?) (64.58.1.252) by smtp.mho.net with SMTP; 5 Dec 2003 23:05:14 -0000 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 16:09:16 -0700 (MST) From: Scott Long X-X-Sender: scottl@pooker.samsco.home To: Doug White In-Reply-To: <20031205135606.U87691@carver.gumbysoft.com> Message-ID: <20031205160702.A71074@pooker.samsco.home> References: <0F89A7EF-274F-11D8-B8AD-000502C708CB@sitetronics.com> <20031205135606.U87691@carver.gumbysoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org cc: "Devon H. O'Dell" cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: New sparc64 5.2-BETA ISO images available X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:05:19 -0000 On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > Would these happen to support my ``red-dot'' ultra 1? If not, how can I > > > help get support for it? > > > > The hardware list still says "no". The most effective way to get > > support added would be to sponsor a developer to do the work. If > > there are a group of people and/or companies who would like to run > > FreeBSD on ultra 1 machines and can each kick in, this might not be so > > bad. > > The big killer is still the missing scsi driver. I don't think we'll see > any progress on that until 5.2 is out the door. In the meantime if you > have a U1E then you can netboot it. > > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org > > Yes, the U1e and U2 machines need the esp(4) driver from NetBSD. I'm in the middle of porting it right now, but it will still take some time. Netbooting these machines works very well for me at the moment; a netbooted U2 builds world faster than an Alpha XP1000 with a local disk. You can also search out an SBus isp(4) card from ebay if you're inpatient. Scott