On 04/01/2010 10:39, andrew wrote: >> 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. > Thanks, Alan mentioned that only XVR-50, XVR-100, XVR-300, XVR-2500, and AST are supported. XVR-100 is listed as compatible, but do you know any better cards which have drivers available for Sun Blade 2500 / OpenSolaris? (It has 33/66 MHz PCI slots).
Hillel.
