Subject: Re: Anyone running a Sparc5/170 ??
To: None <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
From: Greg Earle <earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/30/1997 18:11:42
>> I'm trying to get NetBSD on a Sparc5/170.
>> I tried the miniroot-121.fs.sun4c with netbsd.GENERIC and get::
>> 
>> NetBSD 1.2.1 (GENERIC) #5: Fri Mar 21 11:12:23 MET 1997
>>     pk@flambard ..,
>> ....
>> cpu0 at mainbus0: FMI,MB86907 @ 170 MHz, on-chip FPU
> 
> Support for this new Fujitsu chip is not in 1.2.1.

Doh!!!

I'm glad you said that, because I've been delaying a long-overdue upgrade
of ol' wheezing "isolar" here until the SPARCstation 5/200 models come out
(assuming Sun doesn't do something stupid and bag it - anyone remember the
 Sun486i?).  Oh yes, the 5/200 exists btw - it's amazing what you can find out
while trolling through the SunSolve bug report database ...

What's involved with supporting the Fujitsu TurboSPARC chips?  Is it likely
to be reasonably supported by 1.3?

	- Greg
	  (Who continues to be amazed at how rock-solid his SS20/71 is under
	   1.2.1 w/ only a MAXTSIZ bump + mb_map fix and pmap fixes added)