Thank you, Joshua, for inputting me. The price of Netra X1 sounds so attractive to me, and it's a pity it uses different chips. But I have patience with a bit hope.;)
When I checked the pdf file in www.sun.com/netra/whitepapers/NetraX1.pdf, I found Netra X1 doesn't have any U2Ps and any UPA buses and I was surprised. Is it right ? UltraSPARCIIe can handle a PCI bus directly without a bridge chip ? If so, actually the architecture is different from what I'm familiar with. Eiji > * Eiji Ota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010118 10:36]: > > Can Linux run on the new Netra server ? > > # I attach the information from Sun's Web. > > > > If so, we can get the SPARCV9 platform at almost the same price as PC's! > > # I don't care if it has a framebuffer or not. ;) > > I believe that SPARC/Linux will run on the Netra T1 (if memory serves > me, Sun gave one to DaveM to work on), but it curently won't work on the > Netra X1. The Netra X1 has a new CPU (UltraSPARC-IIi), a new PCI > chipset for SPARC (ALi), and I beleive a new IDE controller (VIA?). > Basically, have patience (or work on it). :)
