> On 03/01/2010 17:58, Some Sparc User wrote: > > I have downloaded the new Opensolaris 2009.06 Sparc > auto install iso to give it a try. Little do I know > that it is so difficult to get it install on Sparc? > The CD is not even bootable. And it seems like that I > need to install another Opensolaris Automated > Installer Server to install my first client. Talking > about chicken and egg problem. Plus the documentation > is not at all helpful. > > > > Seems Sun like have forgotten about the Sparc user > based, and evaluating Opensolaris has to wait. BTW, > we are mainly a Sun Sparc shop and we are looking for > a future those systems. > > > > > > Yours, > > > The latest snv_130 build has an option of bootable > installation CD for > SPARC (it's the same image which is used for > autoinstall). > See details here: > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=1 > 20631&tstart=0 > > However I had issues when installing it on Sun Blade > 2500. It didn't > contain a driver for Sun XVR-1200 video card. Are > drivers supposed to be > included on SPARC CD or they are expected to be > provided somehow > additionally? I didn't figure that out. I guess it's > still pretty raw > and is yet in active development.
SPARC graphics drivers have always been closed source and unfortunately SPARC Solaris has just transitioned from XSun to Xorg which means all the old closed source graphics drivers are useless. Sun only supports Xorg on cards that have not been EOLed with is about 3 the last time I checked. It is not possible to open source the existing SPARC graphics drivers, however some work has been done by Martin Bochnig et al to port the pre-existing Xorg drivers to SPARC Solaris. Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
