Re: Please validate test kernel on UltraSPARC machines

On 7/23/2025 10:40 AM, Jeremy Leonard wrote:
> I'd be willing to test on my Ultra1 but I haven't been able to get 
> debian installed. If there was an install ISO with this kernel I can 
> test it.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM Riccardo Mottola 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Adrian!
> 
>     John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>      >> Can't help with that at the moment, albeit I will probably convert
>      >> certain systems from Solaris to BSD and Linux in the future.
>      > Do you have any sun4u machines?
> 
>     yes I do an aging Ultra 1 should be the definition of sun4u  and a
>     Netra
>     T1 105 should also qualify, doesn't it?
> 
> 
>     Right now however, they are running old Solaris, I cannot test  your
>     kernel easily, although I could boot off cd-rom.
>     Or maybe I find a spare HD with sled and do an install
> 
>     Riccardo
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jeremy Leonard
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Hello All,

Sorry I'm a bit late to the conversation on this topic (I've been 
distracted working on an old RS/6000 for the last week)... Is there 
still a need for testing on sun4u for this? I have a crash-and-burn 
Ultra5 running for just this use case if it would be helpful.

Cheers,
Bill