From gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk Sun Mar 9 14:43:35 2008 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64CC1065676 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:43:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (mail-gw0.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4998A8FC1E for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:43:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw7.york.ac.uk (mail-gw7.york.ac.uk [144.32.129.30]) by mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m29EhWPs008777 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:43:32 GMT Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk ([144.32.128.105]) by mail-gw7.york.ac.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JYMkO-0007bP-94 for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:43:32 +0000 Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m29Eh4kn067960 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:43:04 GMT (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: (from root@localhost) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m29Eh4Bw067959; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:43:04 GMT (envelope-from gavin) Message-Id: <200803091443.m29Eh4Bw067959@ga9test2.york.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:43:04 GMT From: Gavin Atkinson Reply-To: Gavin Atkinson To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: sparc platform info on website is out of date X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 121523 >Category: www >Synopsis: [patch] sparc platform info on website is out of date >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: jkois >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 09 14:50:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: Mon Jun 09 20:54:07 UTC 2008 >Last-Modified: Mon Jun 9 21:00:06 UTC 2008 >Originator: Gavin Atkinson >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD ga9test2.york.ac.uk 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Nov 16 19:12:38 UTC 2007 root@myers.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: The page at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html is very out-of-date. Included patch corrects as much as I'm able to, and also slightly rearranges the content to match the other platforms pages (more PRs to come...) >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: --- sparc.diff begins here --- Index: www/en/platforms/sparc.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/ncvs/www/en/platforms/sparc.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.28 diff -u -r1.28 sparc.sgml --- www/en/platforms/sparc.sgml 16 Oct 2006 18:06:12 -0000 1.28 +++ www/en/platforms/sparc.sgml 9 Mar 2008 14:39:20 -0000 @@ -13,68 +13,35 @@

Introduction

This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to Sun Microsystem's - UltraSPARC® architecture. UltraSPARC is a - - Tier 1 architecture, and as such is fully supported by the - FreeBSD 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® architecture. Discussion of the UltraSPARC port takes + place on the freebsd-sparc mailing list.

Table Of Contents

- -

Credits

- -

The following people have been working either in the spotlights or behind - the scenes to get the FreeBSD port off the ground:

- - -

Latest News

+

Status

-
    -
  • 25 October, 2004 : The CS4231 audio driver has - been ported from OpenBSD, - so SBus workstations equipped with sound hardware (Ultra 1E, - Ultra 2) get sound support.

  • - -
  • 9 October, 2004 : The auxio driver has been ported - from NetBSD.

  • - -
  • 10 June, 2004 : The esp driver has been imported - from NetBSD, so the - Ultra 1E and Ultra 2 machines get SCSI support now.

  • - -
  • 18 January, 2003 : The if_xl driver is - - now supported in -CURRENT.

  • - -
  • 10 December, 2002 : Daily snapshots of 5.0-CURRENT are now - available on - - ftp2.FreeBSD.org. -

  • -
+

UltraSPARC is a + + Tier 2 architecture, and as such is not fully supported by the + FreeBSD project. Although fully functional, the port + is not as mature as the existing i386 or amd64 ports.

Hardware List

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 - + release notes of the release you are using.

@@ -97,6 +64,7 @@
  • Netra X1
  • SPARCEngine® Ultra Axi
  • SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp
  • +
  • Ultra 1
  • Ultra 1E
  • Ultra 2
  • Ultra™ 5
  • @@ -120,7 +88,6 @@
    • Any system with an UltraSPARC III or greater processor.
    • -
    • Ultra 1

    Any system not listed here that does not have an UltraSPARC III or greater @@ -128,12 +95,26 @@ a system that is not listed here please try it, and let us know about it.

    -

    What Needs To Be Done

    +

    Note that newer UltraSPARC-T1® processor based systems are supported + by the FreeBSD/sun4v Project

    + +

    Credits

    + +

    The following people have been working either in the spotlights or behind + the scenes to get the FreeBSD port off the ground:

    +

    FreeBSD/sparc64 mailing list

    + +

    To subscribe to this list, send mail to + or visit mailman interface.

    +

    Pointers Of Interest

      --- sparc.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-www->jkois Responsible-Changed-By: jkois Responsible-Changed-When: Fri May 23 18:59:43 UTC 2008 Responsible-Changed-Why: I will take it. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=121523 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: jkois State-Changed-When: Mon Jun 9 20:53:17 UTC 2008 State-Changed-Why: Committed. Close the PR. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=121523 From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service) To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: www/121523: commit references a PR Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:52:39 +0000 (UTC) jkois 2008-06-09 20:52:34 UTC FreeBSD doc repository Modified files: en/platforms sparc.sgml Log: PR: www/121523 Update/reorganize the sparc(64) platform status page. Contributed by: Gavin Atkinson Revision Changes Path 1.29 +33 -51 www/en/platforms/sparc.sgml _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >Unformatted: