Subject: Re: cypersparc, hypersparc
To: Carl S Shapiro <cshapiro@ic.sunysb.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/20/1996 15:04:01
On Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:32:29 -0400 (EDT) 
 Carl S Shapiro <cshapiro@ic.sunysb.edu> wrote:

 > 	Will NetBSD-1.2 support HyperSparc (RT62x?) and or the pre Fujitsu 
 > era Cypress/Ross "CyperSparc" (RT605) MBus CPU modules?  Second, the 4/6xx
 > machines are of the Sun4m architecture, yet are not listed in the 1.2 sparc
 > hardware compatability list (distrib/notes/sparc/hardware).  Have these
 > machines ever been tested? 

	- HyperSPARC CPUs, to my knowledge, are not yet properly
	  supported.  Aaron/Paul, please correct me if I'm wrong...

	- To my knowledge, the 4/600-series is not yet supported.
	  It may not be that hard to make it work, but it'll probably
	  require some work.  If you have a 4/600, you're a perfect
	  candidate to work on it, and I'm sure Aaron/Paul/others
	  would be happy to help you out.

Ciao.

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