Re: Elementary UltraSPARC advice needed.

["Volkmar Seifert" <vs%nifelheim.info@localhost>]

Hello Mark,


> - Is 5.0 or 5.1 stable on UltraSPARC (enough to be useful for an
> enthusiast)

I am running NetBSD on several UltraSPARC (IIi) machines since version
3.1, and they are fast, rock-solid systems.


> - What is the status of SMP support on SPARC64? The last update on the
> NetBSD site is dated 2008.

NetBSD 5.1 runs stable and wonderful on my Ultra60, which is equipped with
two 450MHz UltraSPARC II CPUs.


> - Will USB 2.0 and/or IEEE1394 work via PCI bus?

Yes, definitely, I have such a setup on my U60 :)

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