[rescue] OBP Question

Jonathan J. M. Katz jon at jonworld.com
Mon Aug 3 16:55:08 CDT 2009


Sounds like it may be a SparcEngine AXi board. Search with the AXi nameplate
and you may get a lot further.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us>wrote:

> " From: "Jonathan J. M. Katz" <jon at jonworld.com>
> "
> " http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub will link you to the specific
> systems
> " you're interested in. Included on those info pages is a link to the
> " latest/most current OBP that system supports.
>
> it doesn't have anything on my sparcengine ultra 20.  i would love to
> update its obp, stuck at 3.7.
>
> and no, this is not the x64 u20; it's an aurora-size board that's part
> u1e, part u2, and takes a single usI/usII cpu module.  the only docs
> on it i've been able to find is manual p/n 805-2705-01 marked
> preliminary and having no mention of the 300MHz usII cpu on mine.  i
> believe it was made as a replacement for the bare-board sparcengine 5
> and 20 in embedded apps.
>
> apparently all references to this product's existence have been
> removed from sun.com.  a few searches just turned up empty.
>
> uname -a reports it as an u2, but the obp code -is-not- compatible.



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