Re: A little more help for a new sparc user

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 09:14:16PM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:26:31 +0000
> > From: Miod Vallat <[email protected]>
> > 
> > > Well I got the install up and running an have my netra X1 running openBSD.
> > > 
> > > In the install.sparc64 file in mentions applying the latest firmware patch
> > > for openbsd to run.
> > 
> > But only if OpenBSD doesn't boot and work correctly. This part of the
> > installation notes was written with Ultra 1 in mind, where the earliest
> > systems would not be able to run a 64 bit kernel correctly without a
> > firmware upgrade.
> > 
> > On modern systems (anything using UltraSPARC-II or better processors,
> > really) there should be no reason to upgrade your current firmware.
> 
> Except on UltraSPARC-T2 systems where early firmware releases have a
> hypervisor bug that prevents OpenBSD from booting.
> 
>
Also on the Netra T1 105, if you run set-defaults it kills hme1
until you upgrade (sun bugid 4281560). The earlier firmwares
don't have dhcp support either, just rarp I think. It might still
be worth upgrading, especially if you are just fooling around.
Nick Schmalenberger