Subject: Re: netBSD 1.6.1 on a SPARC E3000 ?
To: Andrey Petrov <petrov@netbsd.org>
From: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 09/19/2003 07:39:10
the freebsd guys have drivers for "central" and "fhc",
that should be a good reference.

-Chuck


On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 03:25:07AM -0400, Andrey Petrov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 11:09:08PM +0200, Jakob Strebel wrote:
> > Hello listreaders,
> > 
> > I know Sparc E3000 is not supported, but I tried to boot netBSD 1.6.1
> > on my E3000 from a CD and trough the net. (The crash occurs at the same 
> > place)
> > 
> > Would the SPARC experts on this list please have a look at the startup
> > log below and give me feedback how big are they seeing the chances to
> > bring netBSD to the SPARC E3000.
> > 
> 
> It would be interesting to see ofw configuration (prtconf -pv on
> solaris). I don't know what it is and how important to support 'central' or
> 'fhc' to get system running, I'd guess that custom kernel might work.
> 
> 	Andrey