Re: NetBSD 9, hyperSPARC SMP, SCSI2SD V6: success report

[Mike Spooner <mike.spooner.ux%gmail.com@localhost>]

Fantastic news, thanks for investigating. It must now be time to once
more (since 4.01) try NetBSD again on my dual-180MHz SS10.
I've been waiting a looooong time for this!

-- Mike S.

On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 12:04, Romain Dolbeau <romain%dolbeau.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A loooong time ago there was issue with SMP on hyperSPARC...
> I just wanted to post a success report saying that everything works
> fine for me in NetBSD 9.0.
>
> The setup:
>
> a) SPARCstation 20, TGX, 512 MiB RAM (8*64 MiB, the maximum supported
> by the hardware)
>
> b) Two dual-CPU hyperSPARC modules, 125 & 90 MHz (might as well push
> to the limit :-) ) :
>
> #####
> (dolbeau)ss20ross:~> cpuctl list
> Num  HwId Unbound LWPs Interrupts Last change              #Intr
> ---- ---- ------------ ---------- ------------------------ -----
> 0    0    online       intr       Sun May 31 12:50:22 2020 0
> 1    1    online       intr       Sun May 31 12:50:22 2020 0
> 2    2    online       intr       Sun May 31 12:50:22 2020 0
> 3    3    online       intr       Sun May 31 12:50:22 2020 0
> (dolbeau)ss20ross:~> for X in $(seq 0 3); do cpuctl identify $X; done
> cpu0: mid 8: Ross,RT625 @ 125 MHz, on-chip FPU
> cpu0: 256K byte write-back, 64 bytes/line, sw flush: cache enabled
> cpu0: SPARC v8
> cpu1: mid 9: Ross,RT625 @ 125 MHz, on-chip FPU
> cpu1: 256K byte write-back, 64 bytes/line, sw flush: cache enabled
> cpu1: SPARC v8
> cpu2: mid 10: Ross,RT625 @ 90 MHz, on-chip FPU
> cpu2: 256K byte write-back, 64 bytes/line, sw flush: cache enabled
> cpu2: SPARC v8
> cpu3: mid 11: Ross,RT625 @ 90 MHz, on-chip FPU
> cpu3: 256K byte write-back, 64 bytes/line, sw flush: cache enabled
> cpu3: SPARC v8
> #####
>
> c) SCSI2SD V6 for the main storage with a Kingston 32 GB sd card:
>
> #####
> (dolbeau)ss20ross:~> dmesg |grep sd0
> [     3.493279] sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <codesrc, SCSI2SD V6,
> 6.0> disk fixed
> [     3.533285] sd0: 29619 MB, 3775 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512
> bytes/sect x 60660736 sectors
> [     3.563291] sd0: sync (100.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (10.000MB/s) transfers
> #####
>
> The SCSI2SD V6 isn't lightning fast, but it's faster than a V5. I've
> plugged it as a replacement to the CDROM, as I have no use for it .I
> also have a vintage SUN36G [though less vintage than the SS20] in the
> primary disk slot, hosting Solaris 7. Everything works just fine. I
> was able to install binary packages from my home-built pkgsrc, and
> rebuilding a couple in parallel mode, system has been rock-solid so
> far.
>
> Kudos to everyone involved, we're talking about 25+ years old hardware here :-)
>
> Cordially,
>
> --
> Romain Dolbeau