Re: debian performance on sparc
On 6/16/05, Olivier BERT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, As I am a newbie to sparc, I don't know if debian packages are very optimized for sparc . Is there any reports concerning debian packages optimizations for sparc ? Depends which sparc you're talking about. Afaik the sparc packages are built for sun4/sun4c/sparcv7 architecture. Try some of the URLs at http://jon.dowland.name/unix/sparc/teranesia/ I would like to know for example if debian packaged program are as fast as a well-configured gentoo distribution with all optimization flags ? Difficult to say - I haven't ever seen concrete figures to show that recompiling everything on gentoo is anything more than a waste of time. But again it depends on your architecture. P.S. You mailed this to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', I think it should be lists.debian.org (note the 's'). Not entirely sure how this reached me - but my filters didn't work. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/
Debian on SunBlade 1000
Greetings all, I've just acquired a SunBlade 1000 and, being new to Sparc hardware, thought I'd install Sarge on it. Every single time I boot, from any of the Sarge install images, I get the dreaded Fast Data Access MMU Miss message. Interestingly though I can boot from Solaris 10, and from a Gentoo install CD with no problems. Can anyone offer any clues as to how to get around this ? Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on SunBlade 1000
From: Jon Biddell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:21:33 +1000 Every single time I boot, from any of the Sarge install images, I get the dreaded Fast Data Access MMU Miss message. Interestingly though I can boot from Solaris 10, and from a Gentoo install CD with no problems. Can anyone offer any clues as to how to get around this ? The current stable tftpboot images should work. Sarge is from before proper UltraSPARC-III support was added to the boot loader. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on SunBlade 1000
On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 08:28, David S. Miller wrote: From: Jon Biddell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:21:33 +1000 Every single time I boot, from any of the Sarge install images, I get the dreaded Fast Data Access MMU Miss message. Interestingly though I can boot from Solaris 10, and from a Gentoo install CD with no problems. Can anyone offer any clues as to how to get around this ? The current stable tftpboot images should work. Sarge is from before proper UltraSPARC-III support was added to the boot loader. Thanks Dave - I've downloaded the lastest tftpboot image, but the only other machine I have access to is a Wintendo box, and setting up a rarp server on that is a pain in the ass. Might have to install Debian on it first...:-) Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on SunBlade 1000
Now comes the fun part - hardware detection. It tries to load the qlogicisp SCSI driver and says it's having problems loading it, so it can't see my two 73Gb FC drives. It needs the qlogicfc driver, not the qlogicisp one. Perhaps this is some bug in the installer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: Debian on SunBlade 1000
Hello David, Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 11:24:00 AM, you wrote: Now comes the fun part - hardware detection. It tries to load the qlogicisp SCSI driver and says it's having problems loading it, so it can't see my two 73Gb FC drives. It needs the qlogicfc driver, not the qlogicisp one. Perhaps this is some bug in the installer. Ah, so OK, loaded the qlogicfc driver and we are now merrily partitioning !!! With 2 x 73Gb FC drives, I'm keeping the second for /home and letting the installer do its' think on /dev/sda. Are there any limitations to partition sizes or number ? I don't see all of the space being used. -- Best regards, Jonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SunBlade 1000 Installation
Well, with thanks to David and Olivier, I now have a basic Debian system installed on my 'blade - however when I reboot, SILO starts loading Linux, I get the message remapping the kernel, then the dreaded Fast Data Access MMU Miss error AGAIN !!! RG ! -- Best regards, Jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
