Supported Hardware

Red Hat Linux/SPARC supports a variety of hardware based on the SPARC architecture. The most recent list of hardware supported on Red Hat Linux/SPARC can be found on Red Hat's Web site at http://www.redhat.com/hardware.

The following list was current at the time this manual was produced:

• sun4c architecture machines (IPC, SS1, etc)

• sun4m architecture machines (Classic, SS5, SS10, etc)

• sun4u (UltraSPARC-1, UltraSPARC-2, UltraSPARC-5, Ultra-SPARC-10, Enterprise UltraSparc servers)

• bwtwo, cg3, cg6, TCX frame buffers (24 bit on the TCX)

• Creator, Creator3D, and Elite3D frame buffers (on UltraSPARC systems)

• Mach64/PGX24/PCI and PGX32/PCI frame buffers (on UltraSPARC systems)

• LEO frame buffer (on sun4m systems)

• cg14 frame buffer (in cg3 mode)

• SCSI and Ethernet on all of the above

• type 4, type 5 and type 6 keyboards and mice

• external SCSI drives

• CD-ROM drives (external and internal)

• SCSI/Ether SBUS expansion cards

• Any original equipment Sun monitor for the frame buffers listed

Unsupported Hardware -- The following list contains hardware that is currently unsupported:

• VME-based sun4m machines, such as the 4/690

• SPARC 5 Model 170 machines

• sun4d (SS1000, SS2000)

• sun4 architecture

• Eurocard sun4c machines, called the "sun4e" under Solaris2.4 and others, are not supported. These are VME-bus sun4c machines, to which the kernel has not been ported yet.

• The following types of CD-ROMs are unsupported (for more information on CD-ROM compatibility issues, please visit http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq):

  • All NEC models

  • Some Toshiba XM-4101B revisions

  • Toshiba XM-3201B

  • AppleCD 300 Plus on older SPARC PROM

  • Apple CD600i