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FreeBSD/sparc64 Project

Introduction

This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to Fujitsu's SPARC64® and Oracle's UltraSPARC® architectures. Discussion of this port takes place on the freebsd-sparc mailing list.

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Status

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 hardware notes of the release you are using.

  • Naturetech GENIALstation 777S
  • Sun Blade 100
  • Sun Blade 150
  • Sun Enterprise 150
  • Sun Enterprise 220R
  • Sun Enterprise 250
  • Sun Enterprise 420R
  • Sun Enterprise 450
  • Sun Fire B100s (support for the on-board NICs first appeared in 8.1-RELEASE)
  • Sun Fire V100
  • Sun Fire V120
  • Sun Netra™ T1 100/105
  • Sun Netra T1 AC200/DC200
  • Sun Netra t 1100
  • Sun Netra t 1120
  • Sun Netra t 1125
  • Sun Netra t 1400/1405
  • Sun Netra 120
  • Sun Netra X1
  • Sun SPARCEngine® Ultra AX1105
  • Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXe
  • Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXi
  • Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp
  • Sun SPARCEngine CP1500
  • Sun Ultra™ 1
  • Sun Ultra 1E
  • Sun Ultra 2
  • Sun Ultra 5
  • Sun Ultra 10
  • Sun Ultra 30
  • Sun Ultra 60
  • Sun Ultra 80
  • Sun Ultra 450

The following systems are partially supported by FreeBSD. In particular the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not supported. However, it is possible to use these with a SCSI controller supported by the esp(4) driver (Sun ESP SCSI, Sun FAS Fast-SCSI and Sun FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers).

  • Sun Enterprise 3500
  • Sun Enterprise 4500

Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, sparc64 systems based on Sun UltraSPARC III and beyond are also supported by FreeBSD, which includes the following known working systems:

  • Sun Blade 1000
  • Sun Blade 1500
  • Sun Blade 2000
  • Sun Blade 2500
  • Sun Fire 280R
  • Sun Fire V210
  • Sun Fire V215 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)
  • Sun Fire V240
  • Sun Fire V245 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)
  • Sun Fire V250
  • Sun Fire V440 (support for the on-board NICs first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.0-RELEASE)
  • Sun Fire V480 (501-6780 and 501-6790 centerplanes only, for which support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, other centerplanes might work beginning with 8.3-RELEASE and 9.0-RELEASE)
  • Sun Fire V880
  • Sun Fire V890 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, non-mixed Ultrasparc IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)
  • Sun Netra 20/Netra T4

The following Sun UltraSPARC systems are not tested but believed to be also supported by FreeBSD:

  • Sun Fire V125
  • Sun Fire V490 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, non-mixed Ultrasparc IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)

Starting with 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, sparc64 systems based on Fujitsu SPARC64 V are also supported by FreeBSD, which includes the following known working systems:

  • Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER® 250

The following Fujitsu SPARC64 systems are not tested but believed to be also supported by FreeBSD:

  • Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 450
  • Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 650
  • Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 850

If you have a system that is not listed here please try it, and let us know about it.

Credits

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

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