From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: From: Grunditz Mikael - migu To: "'9fans@cse.psu.edu'" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C10AC7.6C45D4D0" Subject: [9fans] sparc Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:40:17 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c744a63a-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10AC7.6C45D4D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Does anyone have a plan9 boot floppy (image) which is usable on a sparc 2, or how do I build one ? /Michael Grunditz ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10AC7.6C45D4D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" sparc

Hello

Does anyone have a plan9 boot floppy (image) which is usable on a sparc 2, or how do I build one ?

/Michael Grunditz

------_=_NextPart_001_01C10AC7.6C45D4D0-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: From: Grunditz Mikael - migu To: "'9fans@cse.psu.edu'" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C10ADC.C2AF3630" Subject: [9fans] sparc Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:13:01 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c7e9a072-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10ADC.C2AF3630 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Does anyone have a plan9 boot floppy (image) which is usable on a sparc 2, or how do I build one ? /Michael Grunditz ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10ADC.C2AF3630 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" sparc

Hello

Does anyone have a plan9 boot floppy (image) which is usable on a sparc 2, or how do I build one ?

/Michael Grunditz

------_=_NextPart_001_01C10ADC.C2AF3630-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3096bd910708060559i36c92d4bq1a6472e609eb2ca4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:59:08 +0200 From: "Rodolfo (kix)" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [9fans] Sparc Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9e544fec-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hi! I have an old "Sun Sparc Classic" and I would like to install plan9. Is possible to do it? How is the sparc support in Plan9? Any help or tips? Thanks. --=20 Rodolfo Garc=EDa "kix" EA4ERH - IN80ER From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <46B721B4.4020103@xware.cx> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 23:27:16 +1000 From: Chris Collins User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Sparc References: <3096bd910708060559i36c92d4bq1a6472e609eb2ca4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3096bd910708060559i36c92d4bq1a6472e609eb2ca4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9e4c50c6-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Rodolfo (kix) wrote: > I have an old "Sun Sparc Classic" and I would like to install plan9. > Is possible to do it? How is the sparc support in Plan9? sparc32 is very incomplete. It worked, once upon a time, back in 2nd ed days, but these are the days of the 4th edition. The kernel has changed a lot. I have part of a port. I will be resuming work in this port at some point in time. I personally don't think my partial port is a good starting place however - I have had a fair bit of time to think about how to do things since. When I restart, I will probably throw it back to the bin to start from scratch using the i386's 4th ed source as a basis, not the sparc 2nd ed source. And to be honest, you'd be better off with an i386 or sparcv9, in which case you'd be trying to use Newsham's sparc64 port, not sparc32. As for when I will get back on sparc32, anybody's guess is good about now. My job is a lot more involved these days than it was when I started working on sparc32. That, and I now have a hobby that involves spending a lot of time away from computers. I still have my stack of SS10s. I still want to run 9 CPU servers on them. I will eventually make it work. I just don't know when. Its not a high priority as I'd be doing this more for the academic value than the practical value. The only way this may suddenly accelerate is if I find a way to program plan9 kernels into Sun Ray 1 terminals (I have 3 of the damned things sitting around), in which case a terminal kernel for the microsparc might show up sooner than expected... C. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Sparc Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 03:35:44 -1000 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: <46B721B4.4020103@xware.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9f49d9b2-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > And to be honest, you'd be better off with an i386 or sparcv9, in which > case you'd be trying to use Newsham's sparc64 port, not sparc32. So what's the status on Newsham's sparc64 port? I've got an Ultra 1 lying around, but if the wiki is still up to date, the port only supports Ultra 2's. Has there been more progress made since the wiki was last updated? Thanks John From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <14d4ec18755712820c003fa116ab3ad9@terzarima.net> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Sparc From: Charles Forsyth Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:59:38 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3096bd910708060559i36c92d4bq1a6472e609eb2ca4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9e59d1d8-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 the microsparcs are not the same as the others. there's a port i did of plan 9 (second edition) to the sparc lx/classic using fujitsu microsparc documentation (and existing sparc port code). it's on sources in contrib/forsyth/lx.tgz you'd need to change it somewhat for the different mmu and screen interfaces, but otherwise i don't think it would be much work. i can't do it because i got rid of the microsparcs about ten years ago. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 16:17:40 -0700 From: Geoffrey Avila To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Sparc In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9f7912d6-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Does this imply a 64-bit sparcV9 kernel? I didn't know there was a 64-bit *c for such things... -GBA > >> And to be honest, you'd be better off with an i386 or sparcv9, in which >> case you'd be trying to use Newsham's sparc64 port, not sparc32. > > > So what's the status on Newsham's sparc64 port? I've got an Ultra 1 lying > around, but if the wiki is still up to date, the port only supports Ultra 2's. > Has there been more progress made since the wiki was last updated? > Thanks > > > John >