> > does anyone actually run a SPARCserver 1000 (or 2000 -- any sun4d > > machine) in SMP mode using Debian/SPARC? and if so, what kernel? > No, there is no SMP support for sun4d. A friend of mine spent a lot of > time trying to make it work with no success. I was under the impression that sun4d was supported undeer the 2.2 series but had been broken (and not fixed) under 2.4. I also thought all sun4d boxen were SMP.
> > i've just acquired a 6-way SS1000 and i'm keen to get it running > > something other than Solaris. > Afaik solaris is the only OS out there with sun4d SMP support. NetBSD? I can't see anything about sun4d on their site but they seem to support some of the SPARCbooks and IIRC some of them were sun4e for which support is even rarer... If you haven't asked already then these people http://www.sunhelp.org/lists.php may well be able to shed some light on the situation. I have a 2 CPU SS1000E on the desk next to me and would dearly love to get it running something more up to date and useable than the current broken version of Solaris on it - please do let me / us know if you find anything. Sweet Dreams, - Martin -- Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Seasons change, things come to pass"
