[indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

[James Cornell]

Ultra 60, Ultra 80, T2000 are what machines I have access to (All are  
remote) a full CLI environment on par with the standard x86 offerings  
is a must.  As for installation, text is fine, over serial would be  
nice for the ones with a graphics card, and is a must for the T2000 as  
I do not use Jumpstart, Flash archive or NAS images with ALOM.

Things that must work completely:
GCC, Sun Studio (gcc 3.x, 4.x if you can integrate it, and 11/12 for  
studio)
All important libraries (LDAP, Ncurses, Boost) either included or  
working from source build

Can't think of anything right now other than those mentioned being  
more important.  I look forward to a slimmed install because the T2000  
came with 73GB SAS which ain't very big when the swap has to be huge  
to meet the 16GB physical ram and then the bloat of Solaris 10  
weighing in at 9gb with Studio and another 1-4gb for Blastwave  
depending on the selection; very redundant.

James
On Oct 9, 2008, at 6:43 AM, Peter Tribble wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Tim Cramer <Timothy.Cramer at sun.com>  
> wrote:
>> All,
>>  We're beginning work on getting a SPARC version of the OpenSolaris
>> distro from Sun.  This version will target Q1 of CY '09 (hopefully  
>> early
>> Q1).
>>   Although when doing a port much of this code will simply work on a
>> number of SPARC hardware configs, we're going to make sure we focus  
>> on a
>> couple (1 or 2) configurations/architectures as we get our first cut
>> ready (and we'll expand/test on more configs over time).
>>   The 2 questions I have:
>>
>> 1. As a developer, which SPARC configuration would you be able/ 
>> willing
>> to utilize for creating applications?  Do you have old SPARC machines
>> that you would repurpose for this?  Or would you prefer to target  
>> some
>> of the later offerings?
>
> My test environment consists of SunBlade 100, SunBlade 1500, Ultra 60.
> So basically it's using up older hardware. I might be able to rustle  
> up
> something like a SunBlade 2000, SF280R, or even a V440. Looking at
> ebay is instructive - UltraSparc III based boxes (SunBlade 1000,  
> SF280R)
> are readily available and excellent value.
>
>> Would the non-existence of a liveCD hamper you
>> (i.e. what if we could only use the automated installer to install  
>> the
>> bits)?
>
> You need both. I work in a variety of environments, some of which
> absolutely require jumpstart, others where using a CD is essential.
>
>> Do you absolutely need graphics capability (i.e. do you need a
>> desktop environment or would just using compilers be ok for the  
>> first cut)?
>
> Definitely need graphics.
>
>> 2. As a deployer, which SPARC configuration would you believe we  
>> could
>> target for applications/packages in the repository?   Mostly  
>> looking for
>> old vs. new machine question above.
>
> Given the immaturity, it would be testing in the first instance,  
> which basically
> points you at the old machines.
>
> -- 
> -Peter Tribble
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