re: Elementary UltraSPARC advice needed.

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

welcome to sparc64 :-)

> I wanted to know a few things:
> 
> - Is 5.0 or 5.1 stable on UltraSPARC (enough to be useful for an enthusiast)

US-I and US-II based systems only (include IIi and IIe).  -current
has support for III* systems.

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

5.1 is better than 5.0, but -current has a heavy-load caused problem
that only happens on SMP IIIi systems.

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

yes.


.mrg.