Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:36:33 +0000 (GMT) From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@patriot.net> Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.04.10203111443520.645-100000@asp.inforead.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Will there be a SuSE 8.0 for Sparc?
On 10 Mar 2002, Rick Thompson wrote:
> Just to let you guys know what I've gotten in the way of responses from
> the list in regards to my informal hardware census.
>
> Now, this result may or may not represent the actual percentages of the
> installed base of SuSE sparc, and is in no way scientific...but by far
> the responses were sparc32...and of the ones with 64bit sparcs, alot of
> them also ran a 32bit sparc. This could be because the 64bit hardware
> doesn't have any problems and those guys don't bother to subscribe to
> the list...or they could just be apathetic about 32bit sparc
> support...who knows
>
> I think it would be in SuSE's interests to do a real survey of actual
> hardware usage of potential customers before just writing sparc32 off
> for dead. :-)
>
> Rick Thompson
>
Ok, I'll use this message as a vehicle for my comments. For the
hardware part, I use
1. SuSE 7.0 on a SparcStation 5 (32 bit);
2. SuSE 7.3 on an Ultra10 (64 bit, kernel 2.4.14(+)).
Both systems are pretty standard except that I boot both of them from
external SCSI disks (on the U10 using an adaptor card).
I upgrade or add individual products to the S5 as desired (such as
XF86 4.2.0), but I have not touched the base system because in my
environment it has been completely stable.
The U10 right now is completely stable, although I did rebuild the
kernel for Solaris emulation. I do intend to keep it current.
I am interested in continuing 32-bit support, however, because I
would like at some point to get a multiprocessor S20 to look at the
reported kernel problems in that environment. I just haven't done it
yet.
In any event, I am most appreciative of the work the SuSE people have
been doing with the Sparc/Linux releases. I use them, and they work
fine for me. I prefer using Sparc systems to others, I prefer Linux
to Solaris (I use both), and from my perspective SuSE (both as a
Linux version and as a Linux vendor) have been superior to any of
the alternatives.
Regards,
Ferris
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