On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 02:55, Axel Scheepers wrote: > Thanks for the pointers, I've just installed the bridge-utils-64 package and > I'm able to get somewhat further. But some funny things are happening; > > plog0:/home/axel# brctl addbr br0 > plog0:/home/axel# brctl addif br0 eth0 > bridge br0 doesn't exist! > plog0:/home/axel# brctl show > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces > plog0:/home/axel# brctl addbr br0 > device br0 already exists; can't create bridge with the same name > plog0:/home/axel# brctl delbr br0 > plog0:/home/axel# > > Kind of 'it doesn't exist! -It does! it doesn't!' ;-) > (I guess this means compiling it myself with -g and do some debugging) > > The machine in question is a netra x1. It has no floppy/cdrom so I have to > netboot it to install, with FreeBSD 5.2.1 I get a 'Fast Data MMU miss' every > time the loader tries to reallocate the kernel. I've already posted this to > relevant lists. We've got about 6 of these, all with 1gb mem, in our > basement doing nothing, I figured they'd do nice as a pop/mailhub cluster > (the remaining 5) and for firewalling (this one). > I've also tried OpenBSD, which in fact runs pretty fine on them. We do have > some enterprise 450 machines also which I can probably get my hands on (4way > smp las time I checked :-) OpenBSD doesn't have decent smp support, and my > experiences with NetBSD is somewhat dissapointing under heavy loads. So > that's why I'm trying debian now. (I really like the way things are handled > compared to the other distros available) > I don't like keeping a mix of more then 4 operating systems at our site, in > fact, I'm trying to bring it all down a bit to ease configuration and > migration. > We don't have that many people who can manage solaris decently (only 2) so > I'd be giving myself some extra work if we keep using that.. ;-)
You're in the same situation I am. Most people here CAN manage solaris, but with the ridiculous install time, patching time, and buggy utilities(awk, sed, tar), it's nice to have something that works. I revised my initial reply to the link above, which I found using google. I was originially going to state that I simply don't think linux or *bsd supports bridging on the sparc64 arch yet. I don't really know why, but I think it has more to do with 64 bit vs 32 bit. This is probably what I should revert back to, I just don't think it's working yet. Sun is famous for their screwed up hardware, though they are more famous for their buggy CPUs/Memory, which they claim are transient errors that a reboot will fix. Personally, I've tried it quite few times, and haven't been able to get it to work, but I've only tried on Netra t105s and quad hme cards.
