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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/sparc.sgml,v 1.27 2006/08/19 21:20:40 hrs Exp $">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/sparc.sgml,v 1.28 2006/10/16 18:06:12 danger Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/sparc64 Project">
<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-sparc64'>
<!ENTITY % navinclude.developers "INCLUDE">
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<h3><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h3>
<p>This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to Sun Microsystem's
UltraSPARC&reg; architecture. UltraSPARC is a
<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">
Tier 1</a> architecture, and as such is fully supported by the
<a href="&base;">FreeBSD</a> project. However, the port
is not as mature as the existing i386 or amd64 ports. Discussion of the
UltraSPARC port takes place on the
UltraSPARC&reg; architecture. Discussion of the UltraSPARC port takes
place on the
<a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64">freebsd-sparc</a>
mailing list.</p>
<h3><a name="toc">Table Of Contents</a></h3>
<h3>Table Of Contents</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="#who">Credits</a></li>
<li><a href="#news">Latest News</a></li>
<li><a href="#status">Status</a></li>
<li><a href="#hw">Hardware List</a></li>
<li><a href="#todo">What Needs To Be Done</a></li>
<li><a href="#links">Pointers Of Interest</a></li>
<li><a href="#who">Credits</a></li>
<li><a href="#list">FreeBSD/sparc64 mailing list</a></li>
<li><a href="#links">Points of Interest</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="who">Credits</a></h3>
<h3><a name="status">Status</a></h3>
<p>The following people have been working either in the spotlights or behind
the scenes to get the FreeBSD port off the ground:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="mailto:jake@FreeBSD.org">&a.jake;</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:tmm@FreeBSD.org">&a.tmm;</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:obrien@FreeBSD.org">&a.obrien;</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3>
<ul>
<li><p><b>25 October, 2004</b> : The CS4231 audio driver has
been ported from <a href="http://www.OpenBSD.org/">OpenBSD</a>,
so SBus workstations equipped with sound hardware (Ultra 1E,
Ultra 2) get sound support.</p></li>
<li><p><b>9 October, 2004</b> : The auxio driver has been ported
from <a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/">NetBSD</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><b>10 June, 2004</b> : The esp driver has been imported
from <a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/">NetBSD</a>, so the
Ultra 1E and Ultra 2 machines get SCSI support now.</p></li>
<li><p><b>18 January, 2003</b> : The if_xl driver is
<a href="http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200301190023.h0J0Nx0N068255">
now</a> supported in -CURRENT.</p></li>
<li><p><b>10 December, 2002</b> : Daily snapshots of 5.0-CURRENT are now
available on
<a href="ftp://ftp2.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/sparc64">
ftp2.FreeBSD.org</a>.
</p></li>
</ul>
<p>UltraSPARC is a
<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">
Tier 2</a> architecture, and as such is not fully supported by the
<a href="&base;">FreeBSD</a> project. Although fully functional, the port
is not as mature as the existing i386 or amd64 ports.</p>
<h3><a name="hw">Hardware List</a></h3>
<p>A summary of supported systems follows. SMP is supported on all supported
systems that contain more than 1 processor. For full details please see
the
<a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/hardware-sparc64.html">
<a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/hardware.html">
release notes</a> of the <a href="&base;/releases/">
release</a> you are using.</p>
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<li>Netra X1</li>
<li>SPARCEngine&reg; Ultra Axi</li>
<li>SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp</li>
<li>Ultra 1</li>
<li>Ultra 1E</li>
<li>Ultra 2</li>
<li>Ultra&trade; 5</li>
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<ul>
<li>Any system with an UltraSPARC III or greater processor.</li>
<li>Ultra 1</li>
</ul>
<p>Any system not listed here that does not have an UltraSPARC III or greater
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a system that is not listed here please try it, and let
<a href="mailto:freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org">us</a> know about it.</p>
<h3><a name="todo">What Needs To Be Done</a></h3>
<p>Note that newer UltraSPARC-T1&reg; processor based systems are supported
by the <a href="&base;/platforms/sun4v.html">FreeBSD/sun4v Project</a></p>
<h3><a name="who">Credits</a></h3>
<p>The following people have been working either in the spotlights or behind
the scenes to get the FreeBSD port off the ground:</p>
<ul>
<li>Update this webpage more often.</li>
<li><a href="mailto:jake@FreeBSD.org">&a.jake;</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:tmm@FreeBSD.org">&a.tmm;</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:obrien@FreeBSD.org">&a.obrien;</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="list">FreeBSD/sparc64 mailing list</a></h3>
<p>To subscribe to this list, send an email to <tt class="
EMAIL">&#60;<a href="mailto:freebsd-sparc64-subscribe@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-sparc64-subscribe@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62;</tt>
or visit the
<a href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64">mailman interface</a>.</p>
<h3><a name="links">Pointers Of Interest</a></h3>
<ul>