I'm trying to find out if my somewhat old hardware will be OK on Solaris
10. My biggest concern is the Sun PCI II Pro card (733 MHz Celeron).
Why I worry I do not know, as the thing is so damm slow, but it saves
the hassle of starting a PC some times.

The page at
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/specs.jsp

has a section 'Solaris 10 System Requirements' There's a link to the
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) but despite the above page implying
this is for SPARC and x86, when you click the link you realise its just
about x86. I can't seem to find out a list of SPARC hardware supported.
I know of course Sun 4m has been removed, but what else ??

Does anyone know of any issues I might have with this lot.

* Sun Ultra 80, 4 x 450 MHz, 4GB RAM.
* Plextor SCSI CD-RW.
* SunPCI II pro card (733 MHz Celeron) - my biggest concern.
* Dual Sun PCI SCSI controller.
* Creator 3D, running 1600x1200 at 60 Hz.
* DEC HVD SCSI card
* A preference for CDE over GNOME!!!

I know the Creator3D is not supported in the Ultra 80, but it works. I
guess the same will likely be true on Solaris 10. Any extra known
issues, beyond the rare (but known) problems with the card in a U80.

I'm guessing the DEC SCSI card will be OK. It uses the same chipset as a
Sun card. The chip set, and its $12 price, was the reason I chose to buy
one. It controls my StoreEDGE L9 with no problems. Obviously nobody is
going to know for sure, but are there likely to be problems, given it
works in Solaris 9 with no hassles?

Anyone running Matlab 6.5 Release 13 and/or Mathematica 4.0 and can
confirm if there are any problems?

I'm not likely to do an upgrade for a few months at least (I'm never too
keen on upgrading operating systems). Am I likely to see any gains or
losses in performance with the above hardware. It's a home machine,
which for the most part sits pretty idle, but sometimes the CPUs are
flat out for a few days doing some computation.

In comp.sys.sun.hardware Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to find out if my somewhat old hardware will be OK on Solaris
> 10. My biggest concern is the Sun PCI II Pro card (733 MHz Celeron).
> Why I worry I do not know, as the thing is so damm slow, but it saves
> the hassle of starting a PC some times.

I have a Blade 1000 with that SunPCI II card up and running.

> about x86. I can't seem to find out a list of SPARC hardware supported.
> I know of course Sun 4m has been removed, but what else ??

systems with UtraSPARC I CPUs are unsupported.

> Does anyone know of any issues I might have with this lot.

> * A preference for CDE over GNOME!!!

It's still there. You can choose.

mfg
Dennis

--
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't make eight cats pull a sled through
the snow.

Dennis Grevenstein wrote:
> In comp.sys.sun.hardware Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to find out if my somewhat old hardware will be OK on Solaris
>> 10. My biggest concern is the Sun PCI II Pro card (733 MHz Celeron).
>>Why I worry I do not know, as the thing is so damm slow, but it saves
>>the hassle of starting a PC some times.
>
>
> I have a Blade 1000 with that SunPCI II card up and running.
>
>
>>about x86. I can't seem to find out a list of SPARC hardware supported.
>>I know of course Sun 4m has been removed, but what else ??
>
>
> systems with UtraSPARC I CPUs are unsupported.
>
>
>>Does anyone know of any issues I might have with this lot.
>
>
>>* A preference for CDE over GNOME!!!
>
>
> It's still there. You can choose.
>
> mfg
> Dennis
>
Thanks, that is good news at least. I'm pretty sure the rest will be
okay myself, but you never know. That is why I am never too keen on OS
upgrades, and tend to leave it a few months at least.

On 22 Feb 2005 05:07:00 GMT, Dennis Grevenstein
<dennis.grevenstein@gmail.com> wrote:

>In comp.sys.sun.hardware Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> I'm trying to find out if my somewhat old hardware will be OK on Solaris
>> 10. My biggest concern is the Sun PCI II Pro card (733 MHz Celeron).
>> Why I worry I do not know, as the thing is so damm slow, but it saves
>> the hassle of starting a PC some times.
>
>I have a Blade 1000 with that SunPCI II card up and running.

.... with Solaris 10? What software? I thought Solaris 9 was the last
supported one?

Does the SunPCI-3 software also work with SunPCI-2 boards?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Frank-Christian Krügel

Frank-Christian Kruegel wrote:
> On 22 Feb 2005 05:07:00 GMT, Dennis Grevenstein
> <dennis.grevenstein@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>In comp.sys.sun.hardware Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to find out if my somewhat old hardware will be OK on Solaris
>>> 10. My biggest concern is the Sun PCI II Pro card (733 MHz Celeron).
>>>Why I worry I do not know, as the thing is so damm slow, but it saves
>>>the hassle of starting a PC some times.
>>
>>I have a Blade 1000 with that SunPCI II card up and running.
>
>
> ... with Solaris 10? What software? I thought Solaris 9 was the last
> supported one?
>
> Does the SunPCI-3 software also work with SunPCI-2 boards?
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Frank-Christian Krügel

My understanding was the SunPCI II pro was not supported, but I can't
find a document which gives a list of supported hardware for Solaris 10
on SPARC. I find it hard to belive Sun have not produced one, but I
can't find it.

Of course 'supported' and 'it works' are often two very different
things. I'm aware the Creator3D framebuffer is not supported in the
Ultra 80 (I only realised this a year or so after I bought one). But it
has worked fine for me. Caspar Dik said there are some rare issues with
the U80/Creator3D combination (I'm not quoting his exact words), but for
me it is OK.

Likewise mixing CPU speed in SPARC 20's is not supported, but many have
done it.

Frank-Christian Kruegel wrote:
> On 22 Feb 2005 05:07:00 GMT, Dennis Grevenstein
> <dennis.grevenstein@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>In comp.sys.sun.hardware Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to find out if my somewhat old hardware will be OK on Solaris
>>> 10. My biggest concern is the Sun PCI II Pro card (733 MHz Celeron).
>>>Why I worry I do not know, as the thing is so damm slow, but it saves
>>>the hassle of starting a PC some times.
>>
>>I have a Blade 1000 with that SunPCI II card up and running.
>
>
> ... with Solaris 10? What software? I thought Solaris 9 was the last
> supported one?
>
I think that it is not *supported* but it does work. Kinda like me
running a Sunpci I board in my U30 under Solaris 9. =)

> Does the SunPCI-3 software also work with SunPCI-2 boards?
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Frank-Christian Krügel


--
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Frank-Christian Kruegel schrieb:

> .... with Solaris 10? What software? I thought Solaris 9 was the last
> supported one?
>
> Does the SunPCI-3 software also work with SunPCI-2 boards?
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Frank-Christian Krügel

The SUNWspci3 works ONLY with the SunPCi III/IIIpro !

Accordingly the SunPCi II/IIpro works ONLY with the package SUNWspci2
(version 2.3.2). A small hack is required, because there are no drivers
for Solaris 10 included.
Instead of refering to the Sun Hardware Support Forum with numerours
posts on this topic, this a link to a brief description (found by a
google search)

http://blog.ekholm.org/2005/02/04/so...pci-ii-tricks/

I'm pretty sure that there will be Solaris 10 support for the SunPCi
III, because the current shipping board (SunPCi IIIpro) uses only a
faster cpu than the SunPCi III.

Michael