Feb 14, 2002 at the same time, the company plans to expand the cobalt line of server appliances, which run linux and use intel pentium iii and amd k6 processors. You can compile a configured kernel in one command as root. Thanx gary i found only ubuntu, fedora and oracle linux compatible with this processor, but not rhel centos oracle linux is a full copy of rhel, just like centos, with a few modifications. Suns ultrasparc cpu roadmap and more anandtech forums. Fmi, the united states subsidiary of the japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company fujitsu limited located in san jose, california. New yorksun microsystems has hired lineo to bring linux and related programming tools to suns ultrasparc iie processor for embedded computing devices. Linux is a family of free and opensource software operating systems based on the linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on september 17, 1991 by linus torvalds. Highest version of ubuntu for sun fire v100 ultrasparciie 648mhz.
Sun releases economy ultrasparc chip sun microsystems inc. At least, one software vendor claims to have gnulinux running on this cpu. Sun taps lineo embedix to run on ultrasparc iie processor. Sun has also inked a deal with lineo to port its embedded linux operating system to the ultrasparc iie platform. For the purpose of this example, i will be installing solaris 8 on a sun blade 150 with the following configuration. I wrote a new target to add a vlan tag to specified packets. Linux command to find the system configuration and. Emerging applications include embedded servers, or dedicated modules. Run ubuntu gnulinux or gentoo linux for ultrasparc t1. Alternative method to restorechange ethernet address and host id. It is an entrylevel 64bit ultrasparciie workstation a few years old, and begging for either an upgrade to solaris 10 or an entirely new operating system.
Developers will also have free access to a basic version of embedded linux operating system fine tuned to run on the ultrasparc iie processor. Oracle will offer oracle linux on the ultrasparc platform, and the port was scheduled to be available. Memory 2 gb maximum, ecc sdram default 512 mb note. Highest version of ubuntu for sun fire v100 ultrasparc. Designed to lower the energy consumption of server computers, the cpu typically uses 72 w of power at 1. At the same time, the company plans to expand the cobalt line of server appliances, which run linux and use intel pentium iii and amd k6 processors. Sun microsystems ultrasparc t1 microprocessor, known until its 14 november 2005. The ultrasparc iiii, code named jalapeno, is a derivative of the ultrasparc iii for workstations and lowend one to four processor servers introduced in 2003.
This was on an intel soyo motherboard 440bx chipset running a piii 400. Not all architectures support booting from local media, but for those that do you can get started with just the boot image, and perform the rest of the installation over ftp. Being an opensource software developer, i naturally perform all my work on the. This adds the cpufreq driver for ultrasparciie processors. The ultrasparc iie hummingbird was an embedded version introduced in 2000 that operated at 400 to 500 mhz, fabricated in a 0. To compile a linux kernel for sun4u, youll need to use the linux 2. Mar 19, 2002 lineo is working to create a fullfeatured ultrasparc iie processorfocused software development kit complete with the lineo embedix operating system. The ultrasparc ii architecture will support 600mbytesecond sustained, and 1. Sunblade100 idprom randomizer linux sun eeprom nvram. The ultrasparc is a microprocessor developed by sun microsystems and fabricated by texas.
Sep 16, 2015 thanx gary i found only ubuntu, fedora and oracle linux compatible with this processor, but not rhel centos oracle linux is a full copy of rhel, just like centos, with a few modifications. Apr 26, 2019 sun fire x4100 cluster sun fire x4200 servers. The system was based on the inmos transputer microprocessor, later also using sparc. Hello i used to red hat and the common linux commands, but now i have to deal with a scounix unix ware 7. Despite that, the blade series still brings value t. Following is a list of code names that have been used to identify computer hardware and software products while in development. And a thread on the linux sparc mailing list although already from 2015 also speaks of adding support for sparc64 machines. Jun 28, 2011 oracle solaris 11 to abandon elderly servers. Suns ultrasparc iii processor 550 mhz or 650 mhz processor with 512 kb onchip l2 cache, doubling the 256 kb of the ultrasparc iie processor. It is hence assumed that systems with sparc64 cpus are not yet supported by linux. Ultrasparc an enhanced series of sparc chips introduced by sun in 1995. To operate a sun fire 280r server with an ultrasparc iii cu cpu module, your system must have specific versions of the solaris operating environment software and of the system prom firmware installed.
Ultrasparc iie article about ultrasparc iie by the free. Mac systems require a computer with a g3 processor 500mhz and 256 mb ram. The turbosparc is a microprocessor that implements the sparc v8 instruction set architecture isa developed by fujitsu microelectronics, inc. Gnu linux runs on the following servers from this manufacturer.
Unlike linux, solaris has excellent backwards compatibility, so if a version build on one release of solaris, it is almost guaranteed to build on a more recent version. Ultrasparc chips are 64bit cpus that run all 32bit sparc applications. You would probably have to do a fresh install since support for 7. Hi, this question is related to headroom for bridging question. Oracle makes sparc, so this is by far your best fit. Linux command to find the system configuration and hardware. Currently the linux kernel is not working on at least two systems with sparc64 cpus from fujitsu. Sun blade 150 ultrasparc iie 650mhz, no keyboard, openboot 4. Sparc64 vii the linux kernel is not working on sparc enterprise m3000. For sgi systems a mips r4000 processor is required and for compaq system a alpha 21064 processor is required. It operates at 1064 to 1593 mhz, has an ondie l2 cache and an integrated memory controller, and is capable of fourway multiprocessing with a glueless system bus optimized for the. In some cases, the code name became the completed products name, but most of these code names are no longer used once the associated products are released. Ultrasparc article about ultrasparc by the free dictionary. Gnulinux sparc64 sparc64 ultrasparc t1 niagara all all any, coreutils 7.
Welcome to scotts sun sunfire v100 ultrasparc server page. Sun blade 150 ultrasparciie 650mhz, no keyboard, openboot 4. I decided, after finding a dearth of information online about getting started with one of these machines, that i would make my own little v100 repository on the web for people looking to get some help with suns most basic ultrasparc server the sunfire v100 is an entry level, 1u, one way, 64bit ultrasparc ii risc server that. Linux is a free unixtype operating system originally created by linus torvalds with the assistance. We highly suggest you also use the kernelpackage package to help with the installation and management of kernels. Gnulinux ppc64 ppc64 ppc 970fx all all linux mint 10 julia 64bit linux. Lineo is working to create a fullfeatured ultrasparc iie processorfocused software development kit complete with the lineo embedixr. Sun spins ultrasparc processor for embedded apps ee times. Sun introduces 64bit sun blade 150 workstation designed to accept suns new, higher clock rate ultrasparc iie processors at 750 mhz and above, themis uspiiecpci supports both psb and 64bit cpci. Highest version of ubuntu for sun fire v100 ultrasparciie. As a software professional, i appreciate elegant design. Solaris 8 patches and maintenance updates from also installed without a hitch. Installing linux on an ultrasparc ii machine solutions. The first step in installing solaris 10 is to boot the machine from disk 1 of the solaris 10 software cds.
General software has announced the fastest bios boot time on record. The new sun blade 100 workstation, which is a followon to suns ultra 5 2d graphics unix workstation, is based on the recently unveiled 64bit ultrasparc iie 500mhz processor with features including 2gb memory, the solaris 8 operating environment and professionallevel 3d graphics capabilities. Specific hardware software combinations on which sage has been built are. Find answers to installing linux on an ultrasparc ii machine from the expert community at experts exchange. Contribute to torvaldslinux development by creating an account on github. The ultra sparc ii is an improvement of the ultra sparc, the ultra sparciii is. System software your system must be running the solaris 8 1001 operating environment software to support an ultrasparc iii cu cpu module. I had no problem running precompiled binaries from sunfreeware on the sparcle. The main article, tuning applications on ultrasparc t1 chip multithreading systems. The first dual core ultrasparc came out in 2004, targeted at the midrange server market. In almost all cases, you will be installing the solaris 10 software on a new system where it will not be necessary to preserve any data already on the hard drive. Oracle solaris 11 to abandon elderly servers the register. Sun sees blue sky ahead for the iie, said craig osullivan, the ultrasparc iie senior product. Short takes sense of touch enhances autocad software san jose, ca immersion corp.
The ultrasparc ii, codenamed blackbird, is a microprocessor implementation of the sparc v9 instruction set architecture isa developed by sun microsystems. Sep 15, 2006 download gentoo linux for ultrasparc t1 servers. It was introduced in 2001 and operates at 600 to 900 mhz. The software giant and hardware player has put out an end of life notice for specific. I bought the ultra 5 containing a 270 mhz ultrasparc ii processor, 64mb of. Using oracle linux on sparc would be my first choice for sure. These machines can be tricky to install on as currently the driver. You can do this by shutting the system down using init 0. Nov 02, 2005 it is an entrylevel 64bit ultrasparciie workstation a few years old, and begging for either an upgrade to solaris 10 or an entirely new operating system. Ubuntu supports the ultrasparc t1 and ultrasparc t2. Sparcsun hardware compatibility list gentoo wiki gentoo linux.
The system was based on the inmos transputer microprocessor, later also. Memory configuration 512mb configuration includes two 256mb sodimm. It dissipated a maximum of w at 500 mhz, used a 1. Solaris 10 032005 the very first solaris 10 release. Gnulinux runs on the following servers from this manufacturer. The system uses an ultrasparciie cpu and runs normal solaris with added drivers for the video display and wireless networking features, so there are. Sparc systems require a workstation with an ultrasparciie processor of 500mhz and 256 mb ram for example, sunblade 100. Linux is typically packaged in a linux distribution. Sun microsystems sun4u netra t1 200 ultrasparc iie 500mhz here i am. The ultrasparc iie offers a 64bit word width, internal buses that support 144bitwide data and 64bitwide instruction transfers, 64bit io and a 128bitwide memory to cpu bus. Processor ultrasparc iii 550650mhz, ultrasparc iie 400mhz.
This article documents installing the 202 release of solaris 8 from cdrom. You probably know that when you type banner at the prom ok prompt, you see the systems serial number, hostid and mac address. The ultrasparc iii, codenamed cheetah, is a microprocessor that implements the sparc v9 instruction set architecture isa developed by sun microsystems and fabricated by texas instruments. Jan 29, 2002 lineo is working to create a fullfeatured ultrasparc iie processorfocused software development kit complete with the lineo embedix operating system. A year later, sun introduced the ultrasparc t1, its first multicore and multithreaded cpu. Using oracle linux on sparc would be my first choice for.
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