Subject: Re: Anyone want to port NetBSD to a SPARC powered cray ?
To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
From: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@turbolinux.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/28/2000 08:31:16
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Darren Reed wrote:
> And if you need hardware:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=312237510
>
> ...it runs SunOS so why not NetBSD ?
Gee, an S-MP. Not even a CS6400.
Ignoring the 3-phase 30+W power requirements and likely air conditioning
requirements, I know Cray had access to SunOS sources so it probably runs
a custom version of the OS. Now that Cray's down the tubes where do you
expect to get hardware details on this beastie? If it runs on a custom
backplane like the other Cray SPARC machines you will most likely need to
write some low level bus probe/attach code.
Eduardo Horvath