[SPARCbook] Solaris 9 on a 3gx ?

[Federico Lucifredi]

Hello Jonathan,
    I was wondering how it works on Solaris - device drivers are obsolete
between different (kernel) versions ? I do not see why the old weitek FB
driver does not work anymore... HM, let me rephrase that: "as a UNIX user I
wonder exactly what's happening. As a Windows user, I am perfectly aware
things never work between different releases" ;-)

    I just finished downloading the 9.x CDs (I had to use a download manager
even on my DSL - they are waaay too big =) - so, we'll see what happens once
the new HD gets here....

    -Federico

----- Original Message -----
From: "Koyote" <koyote at koyote.cx>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 17:30
Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Solaris 9 on a 3gx ?


> Yes- solaris 9 will run on a 3gx. BUT- the graphics drivers don't exist
for the weitek fb.
>
> so no graphics. BUt I did notice that solaris 9 seems to perform fairly
well on the 3gx (mine has 128meg ram)
>
>
> Solaris 9 DOES support sun4m (4d got EOL'd after 8, but I think that was
all for that change.) (Yes, people will talk about other sun4 archs that are
no longer supported, but those happened with 7 and 8, previous to 9. I'm
being specific)
>
> There's no reason at all not to run solaris 9 if the fb driver can be made
to work- unfortunately, that seems to be beyond my skills. 2.6 isn't "just
as good" for many reasons.
>
> -C
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 02:22:25PM -0800, Jonathan Kalbfeld wrote:
> > You won't really derive much advantage of Sol 9 on a 3gx--Sol 9 gives
you
> > the ability to respond to dynamic reconfiguration events.  The 3gx
doesn't
> > support those AFAIK.  Also, you won't derive any advantage from the
64-bit
> > kernel.  I'd say just run 2.6 (5/98 version from Sun should work) or buy
a
> > copy of the Tadpole Solaris 2.7 version (I think there's probably one or
> > two people on here who might have a copy to sell)
> >
> > I don't even know if 9 will work on sun4m.  Solaris 8 might be the last
> > version that does.  If you find me wrong, let us all know, since it
would
> > be nice to run the latest Sol on my little sparcbook.
> >
> > -jonathan
> >
> > P.S.  If anyone knows of any sysadmin leads, part or full time, I am
> > an unemployed sr. solaris guy.  I'm attempting to make ends meet by
> > moonlighting as a stockbroker but the hours are rought here in San
> > Francisco (6:30 am every day) so I'd rather just go back to babysitting
> > UNIX servers.  There's cash prizes for the winner.
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Federico Lucifredi wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >     I have just joined. I got my hands on a 3gx witha a failed HD unit
and I
> > > am thinking of setting up a newer version of Solaris - possibly the
latest!
> > >
> > >     So... any feedback on setting up solaris 9 on a 3gx ? Did anybody
try ?
> > > what happens with the frame buffer drivers ?
> > >
> > >     -Federico
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