The virtual machine environment is created by a thin layer of firmware software the ultrasparc hypervisor coupled with hardware extensions providing protection. Works great, i run it on an old sun ultra 1 part of the login banner linux winnie 2. As of july 11, 2014, i no longer work at the san diego supercomputer center. Sun taps lineo embedix to run on ultrasparc iie processor. After development began in the mid1980s by david patterson of the university of california at berkeley and bill joy of sun, the first 32bit sparc chip was introduced in 1989 in suns sparcstation. The ultrasparc iie chip, used in lowerend servers, will reach a speed of 1. It allows up to six players to sing along with music using microphones in order to score points, depending on the pitch of the voice and the rhythm of singing. Debians install cd cant boot up system under sun sparc. The basic embedded linux operating system fine tuned by lineo running on the ultrasparc iie processor will be available from the lineo and sun websites beginning the first quarter of 2002. Sun microsystems ultrasparc iie sme1701pga500 sme 1701 pga 500 mhz.
Several distros of linux are supported on sparc hardware. This site is no longer being updated, but i will be maintaining a permanent copy of it here. Red hat, slackware, debian, novell, lfs, mandriva, ubuntu, fedora the list goes on and on. This page describes an network install of ubuntu 6. The ultrasparc iii, codenamed cheetah, is a microprocessor that implements the sparc v9 instruction set architecture isa developed by sun microsystems and fabricated by texas instruments. The ultrasparc ii, codenamed blackbird, is a microprocessor implementation of the sparc v9 instruction set architecture isa developed by sun microsystems. Linux distributions this forum is for distribution specific questions. I found server and alternate cd iso downloads but i am searching for a live cd with a graphical user interface included to test out the ubuntu 10. How to install freebsd this will guide you through the installation process for freebsd 9x or higher. Sun hoping to maintain its strong share of the unix server market, unveiled new hardware and software on wednesday along with aggressive pricing. Debians install cd cant boot up system under sun sparc platform i have tried many verisons of debians install cd, include debian31r3sparcbinary1.
The ultrasparc architecture is a 64bit extension of the sparc scalable processor architecture architecture. Sun ultrasparc iie is the second generation of ultrasparc processors. Have a look at the following page for the hardware platform suse linux support. Go to the oracle java archive page thank you for downloading this release of the java tm platform, standard edition development kit jdk tm. It describes the ultrasparci and ultrasparcii processor implementasions. This book contains information about the architecture and programming of ultrasparc, sun microsystems family of sparcv9compliant processors. Ultracompare will default to the appropriate language based upon your system locale. Oracle linux 6 for sparc is now available for download from otn and the released notes can be found here this version of oracle linux 6 uses uek2 there is no rhck here of course as there is no corresponding release on sparc and this os release can be installed on t4, t5 and t7 m7,m5 but not yet on the s7 platform. An indicates there is no official participation from that distribution here at lq. This integrated processor incorporates an execution unit based on suns sparc v9 64bit architecture that incorporates a floatingpoint unit and vis multimedia extensions, a unified, fourwayset. Actually this combination is not as widspread as the linuxx86. Does anyone outthere knows a source where i can get or buy this.
You would probably have to do a fresh install since support for 7. Sparc scalable processor architecture is a reduced instruction set computing risc. Ultrasparc iie article about ultrasparc iie by the free. Sun rolled out its latest processor, the ultrasparc iii, which runs at up to 900 mhz.
The first thing you will want to do is download the software. I want to see if i can find any benchmarks that will help me compare the performance of sparc servers to x86 machines when running oracle database. The ultra sparc ii is an improvement of the ultra sparc, the ultra sparciii is. Ultracompare for maclinux includes full localization for english and localization support for german, italian, spanish, french, korean, chinese simplified, and japanese. Sign up for our monthly newsletter for updates on new releases, specials and more. Lineo is working to create a fullfeatured ultrasparc iie processorfocused software development kit complete. I eventually found an 80gb wd, but when i tried to install debian, linux was.
Ubuntu supports the ultrasparc t1 and ultrasparc t2. Sun microsystems ultrasparc t1 microprocessor, known until its 14 november 2005 announcement by its development codename niagara, is a multithreading, multicore cpu. For example, latest versions of 7zip for x64 platform use optimized code for decompression written in assembler, so the rating results can be 1. By the way, while were talking about live cds here, youre not restricted to cds for most linux live distros. Highest version of ubuntu for sun fire v100 ultrasparc. Building on the ultrasparc i pipeline, ultrasparc ii scaled up its computation, multimedia, and networking performance. One of the locations installation kernel images can be downloaded from is. This document is the software specification for the ultrasparc virtual machine environment.
Sun microsystems ultrasparc iie sme1701pga400 sme 1701 pga 400 mhz. Highest version of ubuntu for sun fire v100 ultrasparc iie 648mhz. Ultrasparc ii computer servers for sale in stock ebay. Lineo is working to create a fullfeatured ultrasparc iie processorfocused software development kit complete with the lineo. Get the best deals on ultrasparc ii computer servers and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. Suse linux is for x86 cpus, a sunblade is a sparc platform with ultrasparciie, the linux os will not be able to installrun on the sunbox. The sun server got its ip address and tries to download the kernel using tftp protocol from the server that responded to the rarp request. I am not to sure what this means, but i think it means that i will not be able to compile my application as a 64 bit application.
I was doing research for a client that is trying to replace old sun ultrasparc solaris servers with new, cheaper and hopefully better performing, linux x86 machines. Jt smith cbs marketwatch follow up on the sun microsystems ultrasparc iii processor release. Apparently, from what i have read, for linux on ultrasparc, the kernel is 64 bits but userland is still at 32 bits. But most results in the table represent measures performed with old version of 7zip before these optimizations.
Sparcsun hardware compatibility list gentoo wiki gentoo linux. Although not officially supported, some linux versions are also available from third parties, as well as. The best way to get started is to download the latest debian. My own personal experiences with linux on sun hardware have scarred me to. Finally after a couple of days of trying, i decided to install solaris on the drive first. Ultrasparciis cpu module installation guide 3 note solaris 2.
The jdk is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the java programming language. Openbsdsparc64 runs on the 64bit sun ultrasparc machines based on the ultrasparc i, ii, iii, iv, t1 and t2 processors, oracle sun sparc machines based on the sparc t3, t4, t5, m5, m6, m7 and s7 processors, and the fujitsu sparc64 machines based on the sparc64v, sparc64vi, sparc64vii and sparc64x processors. I bought the ultra 5 containing a 270 mhz ultrasparc ii processor, 64mb of. Download the latest gentoo release linuxsparc64 sun.
This download is for the full version of the software and includes a 30 day free trial before you are required to register it. And many users liked to use linux on a live cd to get the hang of it before trying to dualboot with windows or replacing windows altogether. The processor is used in many machines made by sun, and is a risc processor. Sparc based computers are usually very well engineered products, thus linux on sparc is a winning combination both in performance and ease of use. Designed to lower the energy consumption of server computers, the cpu typically uses 72 w of power at 1. Clock operations users manual ultrasparciie section 2.
In october 2015, oracle announced a linux for sparc reference platform. Highest version of ubuntu for sun fire v100 ultrasparciie 648mhz. The ultrasparc iie, introduced in 2000, is an embedded version of the ultrasparc ii, targeting rackmounted servers, line cards, telecommunications switches and network routers. The ultrasparc ii, introduced in 1997, was suns second generation highperformance, highly integrated superscalar processor implementing the sparc v9 64bit architecture. Linux on a sunblade 100 solutions experts exchange. Lineo plans to offer the lineo embedix sdk with operating system and toolset, customized for the ultrasparc iie processor, in the third quarter of 2002. Openbsdsparc64 runs on the 64bit sun ultrasparc machines based on the ultrasparc i, ii, iii, iv, t1 and t2 processors, oracle sun sparc machines. Oracle linux 6 for sparc oracle wim coekaerts blog. Sun fire is a series of server computers introduced in 2001 by sun microsystems the sun fire branding coincided with the introduction of the ultrasparc iii processor, superseding the ultrasparc iibased sun. Supercomputer, fujitsu, november 7, 2011, retrieved february 3, 2012. If you want to compare in detail the sun microsystems ultrasparc iie 500 mhz with any other processor from our cpu database please select desired processor using one of the following methods. Gnu linux runs on the following servers from this manufacturer.
Introduced in 1997, it was further development of the ultrasparc operating at higher clock frequencies of 250 mhz, eventually reaching 650 mhz. Find processor by its name andor partial specifications. Unlike linux, solaris has excellent backwards compatibility, so if a version build on one release of solaris, it is almost guaranteed to build on a more recent version. The chip is the lowcost version of suns 64bit processor line. There is a fair amount of solaris and t2000 specific information included, but all sparc installs are similar and linux users will find much of this information useful. Make offer sun sunblade 100 workstation ultrasparc iie, 1gb ram. Back in the day, linux just wasnt as easy to install as it is now.
Sun microsystems ultrasparc iie sme1701pga500 sme 1701. It was introduced in 2001 and operates at 600 to 900 mhz. It worked better than the solaris that the machine came with. You should look into damnsmalllinux or puppy linux if you. Additionally, sun will make its solaris version of unix compatible with linux, one of several steps likely to please.
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