> 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).
I don't know anything about SPARC graphics cards I'm afraid - the Sun designations just confuse me. I can tell you that if Alan didn't list it then it won't work - he is in charge of Sun's Xorg team which was recently merged with SPARC graphics. Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
