Subject: Re: Ultra30 support?
To: Michael Maciolek <mikem@noop.org>
From: Grant Beattie <grant@grunta.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 10/17/2001 09:48:36
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 02:27:45PM -0400, Michael Maciolek wrote:
> On a lark, I just tried booting the 1.5.2 miniroot on an Ultra-30.
>
> I didn't expect much, since the Ultra-30 isn't on the supported
> hardware list anyhow, but here's the result of the boot, below.
>
> Is Ultra-30 support expected in a future release, say, 1.5.3?
>
> What is the lineage of the Ultra-30 motherboard? What's its
> closest relative? Ultra-60? E250? Netra-T1?
A large chunk of code for Ultra's is only in -current, so it probably
won't make it into 1.5.x.
I haven't attempted to boot a -current kernel on the U30 here
recently, so I'll build one and give it a shot.
The U30's closest relative is the U60/220, I believe.
g.