On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 06:51:32PM -0500, Tim Jones - RSC Alpharetta wrote:

> I've got several Sparc 5 Model 170 I would love to put Linux on, but
> everywhere I go I keep seeing that the Model 170 is NOT SUPPORTED.

Officially - It works for me ..

> Are there any developmental kernels that I could use?

2.2.something i last used - I had no problems related to the CPU

> Just curious, what makes the Sparc 5 Model 170 so hard to support?
> I'm not casting stones, I'm just curious why it is taking so long to
> officially support.
>  Or am I being optimistic thinking that it WILL ever be supported?
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can get Linux on one of these beasts would
> be greatly

I had a couple of problems related to the new raid code and the QlogicPTI
SCSI Controller bug they all seemed not to be /170 related ..

Flo
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