Subject: Re: Anyone want to port NetBSD to a SPARC powered cray ?
To: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@turbolinux.com>
From: Matt Ragan <mragan@uk.tivoli.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/28/2000 17:38:11
Eduardo Horvath wrote:
> 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
Is this the same machine which became the E10000?