[SunRescue] SS4/SS5/SS10 funzies.....(:+}}...

[James Lockwood]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, User Bobkeys BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak wrote:

> 36mhz... geesh, my IPX is faster then... YUK.

No, the SS10 is over twice as fast:

System            CPU        ClkMHz  Cache      SPECint SPECfp  Info
Name              (NUMx)Type ext/in  Ext+I/D      92      92    Date
================= ========== ======= ========== ======= ======= =====
Sun SS/IPX        FJMB86903  40      64           21.8    21.5  Nov92
Sun SS10/30       SuprSP     36      20/16        45.2    54.0  Apr93

The SuperSparcs can do up to 3-way issue and have a much faster memory bus
(64-bit 36MHz in your case vs 32-bit 20MHz for the IPX).  A fast (75MHz+)
SuperSparc will easily be more than 5-6x as fast as your IPX.

> I can't see anything on the SS5 processor.  Nothing speedwise came
> up in the boot, that I could tell.
>
> I got sol8 booting on the SS5, now.... keeping fingers crossed...

Try a psrinfo once you get Solaris booted.

-James