From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Jelinek Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:29:14 +0000 Subject: Re: Booting An Ultra Sparc 10 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org > > On Wed, 13 May 1998, Eddie C. Dost wrote: > > > > yep :) > > > > > > took it out and it installed ok > > > > You need to reinstall newer kernels once available before you put the > > card back in... > i'll look at that this evening > ps can i normally use the stnd linux kernel (2.1.101?) No > > or where to get patches (as with the alpha i have) > or .... ftp://vger.rutgers.edu/pub/linux/README.CVS > (sun ultra sparc 10) > > can i just plugin a pc scsi card /ethernet (ncr/adaptec/3com) > pci card ? > > and are these supported by the kernel ? > (can i use a 3com 3c900 (100mbit tcpip)) Well, it might and might not work. The issue is that if the adapter needs to be initialized by the on-card BIOS, you'll be in big trouble: Ultra10 has no Intel emulator nor is it currently implemented in Linux kernel. That's one thing. The other thing is that you need to hack up a bit the driver, at least check it if it is 64bit clean and does not use any intelisms. Cheers, Jakub ___________________________________________________________________ Jakub Jelinek | jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz Administrator of SunSITE Czech Republic, MFF, Charles University ___________________________________________________________________ Ultralinux - first 64bit OS to take full power of the UltraSparc Linux version 2.1.101 on a sparc64 machine (498.80 BogoMips). ___________________________________________________________________