Hi Ben, Thanks for the info. When I tftp boot the kernel image, I get:
Bus Error at Virtual address 0xFFECC01E (Physical address 0xFF20401E) with PC 0xFFE82D38. Page Table entry is marked INVALID. Type 2. This is with a 2.4.19-pre7 kernel so I guess there are problems with the kernel. I would think userspace would be the same as sparc32. Only the kernel and boot image would be different. I don't need to use this machine for anything useful. I am developing a vme bus driver for the SS600MP and I thought I would also try the board drivers on a sun4 because they would be more useful there (and also sun3 but I don't have any hardware). If sun4 is real broken, then I'm not that interested in porting the drivers to it. Thanks, Bob. Ben Collins wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:48:20PM -0400, Robert Reif wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a sun4/300 series machine that I would like use > > so I'm asking about the possibility of a sun4 port. > > > > I can compile a sun4 kernel on my sun4m system but > > it doesn't look like silo/tilo supports sun4. Is this the only > > obstacle to sun4 support or are there other issues. If not, > > can someone help me in getting sun4 support working? > > You should be able to use the resulting image for tftp booting the sun4. > The problem problem you will have is acceptable userspace. I don't know > of any userspace for sun4. I don't think there's enough people > interested to get it going. I would certainly not like to see Debian use > up 3-4gigs on the mirrors for a sun4 port. > > I think you are all on your own for this one. That's ok though, because > building a system from scratch is the greatest way to learn :) > > -- > Debian - http://www.debian.org/ > Linux 1394 - http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/ > Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ > Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
