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= FreeBSD/sparc64 Project

[[intro]]
== Introduction

This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to Fujitsu's SPARC64(R) and Oracle's UltraSPARC(R) architectures. Discussion of this port takes place on the https://lists.freebsd.org/subscription/freebsd-sparc64[freebsd-sparc] mailing list.

== Table Of Contents

* <<status,Status>>
* <<hw,Hardware List>>
* <<list,FreeBSD/sparc64 mailing list>>
* <<links,FreeBSD/Points of Interest>>

[[status]]
== Status

UltraSPARC is a link:{committers-guide}#archs[Tier 2] architecture through FreeBSD 12.x. It is no longer supported in FreeBSD 13.0 and later.

[[hw]]
== Hardware List

A summary of supported systems follows. SMP is supported on all supported systems that contain more than 1 processor. For full details, please see the link:../../releases/{rel120-current}r/hardware/[hardware notes] of the link:../../releases/[release] you are using.

* Naturetech GENIALstation 777S
* Sun Blade 100
* Sun Blade 150
* Sun Enterprise 150
* Sun Enterprise 220R
* Sun Enterprise 250
* Sun Enterprise 420R
* Sun Enterprise 450
* Sun Fire B100s (support for the on-board NICs first appeared in 8.1-RELEASE)
* Sun Fire V100
* Sun Fire V120
* Sun Netra(T) T1 100/105
* Sun Netra T1 AC200/DC200
* Sun Netra t 1100
* Sun Netra t 1120
* Sun Netra t 1125
* Sun Netra t 1400/1405
* Sun Netra 120
* Sun Netra X1
* Sun SPARCEngine(R) Ultra AX1105
* Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXe
* Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXi
* Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp
* Sun SPARCEngine CP1500
* Sun Ultra(T) 1
* Sun Ultra 1E
* Sun Ultra 2
* Sun Ultra 5
* Sun Ultra 10
* Sun Ultra 30
* Sun Ultra 60
* Sun Ultra 80
* Sun Ultra 450

These systems are partially supported by FreeBSD. In particular, the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not supported. However, it is possible to use these with a SCSI controller supported by the esp(4) driver (Sun ESP SCSI, Sun FAS Fast-SCSI and Sun FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers).

* Sun Enterprise 3500
* Sun Enterprise 4500

Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, sparc64 systems based on Sun UltraSPARC III and beyond are also supported by FreeBSD, which includes these known working systems:

* Sun Blade 1000
* Sun Blade 1500
* Sun Blade 2000
* Sun Blade 2500
* Sun Fire 280R
* Sun Fire V210
* Sun Fire V215 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)
* Sun Fire V240
* Sun Fire V245 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)
* Sun Fire V250
* Sun Fire V440 (support for the on-board NICs first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.0-RELEASE)
* Sun Fire V480 (501-6780 and 501-6790 centerplanes only, for which support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, other centerplanes might work beginning with 8.3-RELEASE and 9.0-RELEASE)
* Sun Fire V880
* Sun Fire V890 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, non-mixed Ultrasparc IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)
* Sun Netra 20/Netra T4

These Sun UltraSPARC systems are not tested but are believed to also be supported by FreeBSD:

* Sun Fire V125
* Sun Fire V490 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, non-mixed Ultrasparc IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)

Starting with 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, sparc64 systems based on Fujitsu SPARC64 V are also supported by FreeBSD, which includes these known working systems:

* Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER(R) 250

These Fujitsu SPARC64 systems have not been tested but are believed to also be supported by FreeBSD:

* Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 450
* Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 650
* Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 850

If you have a system that is not listed here, please try it and let mailto:freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org[us] know about it.

[[list]]
== FreeBSD/sparc64 mailing list

To subscribe to this list, send an email to `<freebsd-sparc64+subscribe@FreeBSD.org>` or visit the https://lists.FreeBSD.org/subscription/freebsd-sparc64[mlmmj interface].

[[links]]
== Points Of Interest

* http://www.sparc.org/technical-documents-test-2/[SPARC Standards and technical documents]
* http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc64/[NetBSD/sparc64]
* http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html[OpenBSD/sparc64]
