Re: D390 (was: HP 9000 Model D330 working?)

On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:49:04PM +1000, Simon Burge wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 10:53:53AM +0200, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 30 May 2005 23:20:54 +0200
> > Christian Hattemer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > HP 9000 D Class
> > > Model D330
> > This is one of the fastest machines we support at the monent.
> 
> I've got a D390 lying around here (with 2G of RAM!), but am all but
> HP-clueless.  I think the D330 is PA-RISC 1 and the D390 is PA-RISC 2.
> Am I right in thinking that PA-RISC 2 is still not supported?

yup, all that is right.


> Is this a big task to add that support?

different TLB handling, different busses.
that model at least has firmware that can run in 32-bit mode,
so we won't need a 64-bit kernel to make it go.  at least,
I remember running 32-bit hpux on one some years back.

but it'll be a fair bit of work.

-Chuck