[rescue] What Linux can run on Sun Fire V890 (UltraSparc IV+) server

[Jonathan Groll]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:07:51AM +0200, Jonathan Groll wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 05:39:09PM -0500, nate at portents.com wrote:
>> Speaking of fast SPARC hardware, how about Fujitsu's SPARC64 VIIIfx CPU (8
>> cores, 128 gigaflops)?
>>
>
> Something I've been unable to gauge accurately in my web wandering is
> - how much better are Fujitsu's SPARC processors, when compared to the
> recent Sun offerings?
>
> The wikipedia SPARC page(1) lists them in a column ranked by processor
> freq. and cores, is this something like the actual performance
> ability?:
>
> Name (codename)		                Model	Frequency (MHz)		Arch. version	Year
Total threads
>
> UltraSPARC IV (Jaguar) 			Sun SME1167 	1050b1350 	V9 	        2004
>  1C2=2  UltraSPARC IV+ (Panther) 		Sun SME1167A 	1500b2100 	V9 		2005
>         1C2=2  UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara) 	        Sun SME1905 	1000b1400
> 	V9 / UA 2005 	2005 	       4C8=32  SPARC64 VI (Olympus-C) 			Fujitsu
> 	2150b2400 	V9/JPS2 	2007           2C2=4  UltraSPARC T2 (Niagara 2)
> 		Sun SME1908A 	1000b1600       V9 / UA 2007    2007           8C8=64
> UltraSPARC T2 Plus (Victoria Falls) 	Sun SME1910A 	1200b1600 	V9 / UA
> 2007    2008           8C8=64  SPARC64 VII (Jupiter) [10]
> Fujitsu 	2400b2520 	V9/JPS2(?) 	2008           2C4=8 	     UltraSPARC
> RK (Rock)[11] 	        Sun SME1832	2300 		V9 / UA__?__  canceled?[12]
> 2C16=32 SPARC64 VIIIfx (Venus)[13][14] 		? 		?               V9 		TBA
>         8 cores
>
> Also, anyone able to comment on the future of UltraSparc RK (Rock) ==
> is it still going to be produced?
>
A (somewhat) tidier version of the above table:

Name (codename)                     Model         Frequency (MHz) Total
threads
UltraSPARC IV (Jaguar)              Sun SME1167   1050b1350      1C2=2
UltraSPARC IV+ (Panther)            Sun SME1167A  1500b2100      1C2=2
UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara)             Sun SME1905   1000b1400      4C8=32
SPARC64 VI (Olympus-C)              Fujitsu       2150b2400      2C2=4
UltraSPARC T2 (Niagara 2)           Sun SME1908A  1000b1600      8C8=64
UltraSPARC T2 Plus (Victoria Falls) Sun SME1910A  1200b1600      8C8=64
SPARC64 VII (Jupiter) [10]          Fujitsu       2400b2520      2C4=8
UltraSPARC RK (Rock)[11]            Sun SME1832   2300           2C16=32
SPARC64 VIIIfx (Venus)[13][14]      ?             ?              8 cores

Apologies for the tabs originally,
Jonathan.