Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:43:51 +0200 From: Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net> To: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun Fire V480 compatibility question? Message-ID: <4B54C807.7030403@netscape.net> In-Reply-To: <20100118195825.GO18141@alchemy.franken.de> References: <4B549896.8090309@netscape.net> <20100118193222.GL18141@alchemy.franken.de> <4B54BA43.5080604@netscape.net> <20100118195825.GO18141@alchemy.franken.de>
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Many thanks for everything Marius!!! This has helped me tremendously :-) Best regards, Kaya Marius Strobl wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 09:45:07PM +0200, Kaya Saman wrote: > >> Just some more quick questions if you don't mind: >> >> Can I add extra NICs to the v480 that will work with BSD - provided I >> have a bridge that is supported? >> > > Yes, NICs driven by drivers included in GENERIC should work fine: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC > > V480 with version 4 Schizos also seem to work fine with Sun HME > NICs (which are 32-bit) when leaving the on-board Cassini+ alone, > which would be in line with the information provide for BugID > 4898531. > > >> Last question is can I virtualize on this machine?? Obviously things >> like Xen, Vbox, VMware, Xvm are all built for x86 machines but I have >> heard about LDoms although I don't know if they will work with SPARC or >> the v480 and most importantly BSD. >> > > With FreeBSD 8.0 it might be possible to use VIMAGE but I don't > know how mature this generally is, I just know that a sparc64 > kernel with options VIMAGE at least doesn't instantly blow :) > Otherwise you are limited to FreeBSD jails at best. > > >> According to this: >> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/v12n/views/v12n_ldoms.page1.html >> >> it only supports Linux and Solaris? >> > > LDom support requires some changes to the boot loader and the > kernel not present in FreeBSD so far. > > Marius > >
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