The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce the availability of a port to
Sun UltraSPARC hardware.  NetBSD/sparc64 is the product of a 2-year
volunteer effort by Eduardo Horvath, along with assistance from the
following people (in no particular order):

        Matthew Green (32-bit emulation, other miscellaneous help)
        Paul Kranenburg (machine-independent SBUS drivers)
        Chuck Cranor (VM-related issues)
        Chris Demetriou (miscellaneous good suggestions)
        Jason Thorpe (driver interface issues)

Currently supported hardware:

        UltraSPARC I and II CPUs
        esp SCSI controllers
        le ethernet controllers
        zs serial ports
        cgsix graphics controllers

Any of the other drivers from the NetBSD/sparc port might also work.

Presently, NetBSD/sparc64 supports certain Ultra platforms with the
devices listed above.  The 32-bit kernel runs most NetBSD/sparc binaries.
A 64-bit version of the system currently exists and runs on some
hardware, but requires further development to be fully functional.

Many thanks go to Eduardo for his hard work and perseverance.  We look
forward to continued development of this exciting new port!

For more information on NetBSD, see www.netbsd.org.

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The NetBSD Core Group