[rescue] SUN Ultra 1 with Linux

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Thu Nov 15 12:12:20 CST 2001


lacks a maintainer for *SPARC* not ultrasparc.  Ultrasparc has a
maintainer (though I forget who).  sparc works fairly well (my quad
hypersparc is running quite nicely).
=09Nick

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> I heard that Dave Miller made a recent update for
> SPARC hardware in the kernel... Support exists, just
> not as "formal" as some other platforms...
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> Ken
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> --- Thomas Bader <thomasb at trash.net> wrote:
> > Hi all
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> > I got a SUN Ultra 1.  And I wanna run Linux on it.=20
> > I plan
> > to use a kernel of the 2.4 series, LVM, RAID and
> > grsecurity.
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> > I used this setup some times on x86.  But I heard,
> > that
> > there are some problems with 2.4 on Sparc.  Browsing
> > trough
> > lkml, I found out, that 2.4 lacks a maintainer for
> > Sparc.
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> > Any comments about using 2.4 on Sparc?  Or should I
> > forget
> > it an take an other OS?
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> > Cheers
> > --=20
> >   .-.   Thomas Bader =B7 thomasb at trash.net.remove =B7
> > http://www.t-bader.ch/  .-.
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