>> 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.
>
> Well, www.rmkhome.com/ftp.rmkhome.com is an Ultra5 running NetBSD 
> 2.0.1, which
> I will upgrade soon to 2.0.2. I use a Symbios SCSI controller and SCSI 
> drives
> instead of the lame sun IDE controller. Apache 1.3.xx. No threads, and 
> it runs
> pretty well. I had one possible "sleeps forever" before I upgraded 
> from 2.0.
> -- 
> Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.com

yes, maybe IDE machines are more often affected than SCSI machines (as 
written a minute ago, i run U1E and U2E here).

does the symbios integrate well into OF so that it's bootable?

cheers,

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