Hi,
I just thought I should point out the fact that some
Sun systems need firmware updates. The 220R specifically
needed an update on the system that was used for the
initial OpenBSD/sparc64 port, I do not know the details
as to why that was necessary.
Unfortunately with the change in licensing of Solaris and
the way Sun supports Solaris and their systems you can no
longer download these updates from the SunSolve FTP site
without a support contract. I do not know if its possible
to find these updates elsewhere.
>From INSTALL.sparc64...
Updating your firmware:
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If OpenBSD does not boot or install properly on your machine, it might need
a firmware update.
Updating your firmware is a dangerous operation which may damage your
hardware. Be sure to carefully follow these instructions and, if in doubt,
please don't do this.
You will need to have a working operating system installed on your machine,
in order to perform the update. If this is not the case, you might be able
to boot the flash updater software via network, but this has not been tested
and is not supported by Sun.
The firmware update is delivered as a specific patch, depending on your
machine:
Machine Patch number
Blade 100/150 111179
Enterprise 220R 106455
Enterprise 250 106503
Enterprise 420R 109082
Enterprise 450 106122
Enterprise 3x00/4x00/5x00/6x00 103346
Netra T1 200 111991
Netra X1 111952
Ultra 1 104881
Ultra 1E 104288
Ultra 2 104169
Ultra 5/10 106121
Ultra 30 105930
Ultra 60 106455
Ultra 80 109082
Get the patch installation notes from SunSolve, as
ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/104169.readme
(replace 104169 with the correct patch number).
Check the Patch-ID# line in this readme file to get the patch filename, for
example 104169-08. The patch filename will then be either
ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/104169-08.tar.Z
or
ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/104169-08.zip
Follow the patch installation notes very carefully. You will need to open
your machine in order to apply this patch.
