Subject: Re: SPARCstation 1+ installation
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/17/2003 08:44:06
Hello Jukka,

  JM> Well, if you manage to install it, it still won't work
    > too well, due to the cache flush problem of those old
    > Sparcs.  :-(

I have heard about "mmu problems with sun4c", is that the
same thing you're referring to?  I've been told that there's
a work-around in NetBSD/sparc that, although not ideal,
enables it to run.

How severe is the problem?  I won't try real-time 3d walk-
throughs or even X on this 25 MHz machine.  That said, I
suppose with a slower system any dent in performance might
be more noticeable.  :-/

- Andy Ball