Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:22:25 +0100 (CET) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: "Daniel Rock" <freebsd@deadcafe.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun U20 supported, fully/partially working... or not at all? Message-ID: <14668.145.248.192.30.1132230145.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <437BA7B1.5060200@deadcafe.de> References: <44611.145.248.192.30.1132154034.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> <437BA7B1.5060200@deadcafe.de>
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>> I am currently looking for feedback on using a Sun Ultra 20 Workstation. >> >> I didn't found anything on freebsd-amd64@, nor in the list of supported >> motherboards (http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html). >> Only the Sun Fire V20z seems ok. > The Ultra-20 contains just an ordinary Tyan Tomcat K8E (S2865) mainboard > with some components stripped off (just like the X2100 server BTW). I see > no reason why it shouldn't run FreeBSD. Certainly, even if the FreeBSD report's feedback is not very optimist on this particular mainboard (mainly because some of the main components are not _yet_ tested, as PCI-E or onboard Gig-E). > The following components from a normal S2865 are missing on the U-20: > - no PS/2 mouse/keyboard ports - USB should work though > - no serial port Not having a serial port may be a problem. Is it possible to use the USB port to act a serial for console access? > - no bge ethernet, only nve > > The last one should be really annoying since the nve driver on FreeBSD > is still quite buggy. Since we certainly will use an other ethernet card on bus PCI, the last point is annoying but not for the moment (we doesn't use Gig-E yet, just 100Mbps (as with nve(4), it seems)). Thank you. -- -jpeg.
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