Bruce, My knowledge of *BSD is slim (to say the least). I have a dual processor SS20, which distro would you recommend (Open/ Net/ Free), given that GNU/Linux support looks like it is on it's way out?
Many thanks. Cheers, Chris. Many thanks, Chris. On 27/07/07, Bruce O'Neel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have recently run OpenBSD on number of Sparc32 systems and it runs fine. > No SMP though. > > Right now I have one SS20 running with a Dual 142 and a Dual 100, with > NetBSD > 3.1. It runs well. > > I also have another SS20 that until a few days ago was running either > Dual 180s, or a 180 and a 200. This was also under NetBSD 3.1. I've > switched > this to a 85mhz SuperSparc II and a 60mhz SuperSparc for testing, still > running > the same NetBSD 3.1 > > The only change I've found to make things reliable is that you must > increase > NMBCLUSTERS. I've made mine to 4096 from 256. Otherwise a lot of input > net > traffic will hang the networking stack. > http://www.netbsd.org/docs/kernel/index.html#mclpool-limit > > cheers > > bruce > > > > > ----- Message d'origine ----- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ludovic Courtès) > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:50:31 +0200 > Sujet: Re: Sparc32 systems and power consumption > À: "Bruce O'Neel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > > >Hi, > > > >"Bruce O'Neel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> As a result I've done some power measurements on them in order to find > the lowest > >> power system that will do what I need. > > > >Interesting! > > > >> SS20/Dual 100 hypersparc 75watts > >> SS20/180 Hypersparc 77watts > >> SS20/Dual 55 hypersparc 80watts > > > >[...] > > > >> SS20/133 hypersparc 85watts > >> SS20/200 hypersparc 90watts > >> SS20/Dual 90 hypersparc 90watts > >> SS20/Dual 142 hypersparc 115watts > > > >These are all ROSS RT62[56] modules, right? > > > >Can you tell us which version of NetBSD successfully runs with these > >configurations, especially the SMP ones? Does the latest NetBSD support > >some of these configurations? > > > >I vaguely remember reading reports saying that roughly no current OS > >(including Solaris) is able to handle them correctly, especially in SMP > >mode, so that would be an improvement. > > > >Thanks, > >Ludovic. > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
