Subject: Re: Last ditch effort to get my 10 running
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Rob Goode <goode@nc3a.nato.int>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/12/1997 10:07:31
Is everyone who has :
 A TI TMS390Z50 SuperSPARC chip (FAB 3.x or later)
 A TI TMS390Z55 SuperCache
in their machine having the problem of random core dumps
when compiling large programs (like NetBSD) under NetBSD-1.2?

Rob Goode

Andre.Skarzynski wrote :

> Hi,
> 
> I presume the system works fine under SunOS?
> 
> Kevin P. Neal wrote:
> > 
> > My machine is a SS10, FRU: 501-2365, ROM 2.25. Rev 4.50? -4.50?
> > It has an SM51 in it. Four 16Mb SIMMS, part no 501-2273
> >
> 
> Are you sure that the SM51 is not your problem. As far as I recall, is
> that NetBSD does not work well with SuperCache as yet. the SM51 is a 
> SuperSPARC Module with SuperCache. Try and get a SM50 or so.
>  
> [..]
> > 
> > Here is info from a pair of Sun employees:
> 
> I didi not get this stuff, seemded to have got munged.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andre'
> 
> -- 
>  Andre' B. Skarzynski
>  andre@vector.co.za
>