> Hello,
>
>> the SP machines are Ultra 5's.
>>
>> however, i run many machines on NetBSD (many different platforms), so 
>> i
>> don't mind :)
> If you don't need threads you'll probably be fine with NetBSD, but if 
> you do need them you're in for all kinds of nastiness. Some of it is 
> fixed ( didn't see a kernel panic or a deadlock for a while ) in 
> -current but we still get apparently random SIGSEGV and SIGBUS from 
> libpthread. Some threaded applications work just fine, some don't work 
> at all or crash randomly.
> So if you want stable workhorses go with Solaris right now, maybe keep 
> one U5 with NetBSD to play with, there's still a chance it will do 
> what you need.
>
> have fun
> Michael

threads is not the problem, i'm much more afraid of that 'sleeps 
forever' issue because the machine is being colocated -- and 
unfortunately that are neither able to do a power cycle (at least, it's 
not available 24/7) nor to provide a serial connection (console)...

because it's a production machine i think i'll go Solaris even with the 
SP machines :/

however, i personally never ran into sleep forever (i have U1E, U2E 
running at home and 'til last autumn an U10)...

cheers,


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