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Re: [f-cpu] SUN server : hacking in progress
From: "Yann Guidon" <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [f-cpu] SUN server : hacking in progress
> hi again !
>
> once again, i'm "blessed" with a collection of replies.
> i hope i won't say silly stuff.
>
> Carlos De Urresti Hannoh wrote:
> > From: "Yann Guidon" <>
> > > * I have an old Pentium 100 on an AT motherboard, but that's
> > > a bit weak for what we need.
> > The web would be on a p100 with 48 RAM .. is this world full of p100? :)
> dunno :-)
> but that's better than nothing, and it is a very well known platform,
> all the kernel patches are tested for a long time ;-)
>
Web is ready to go, I'm currently working on OpenSSL with IMAP..
> > > it's a very curious situation :-/
> > > however, i hope that with other similar propositions,
> > > we can build something.
> > Yep and as Ben said:
> > +------------------ WARNING ---------------------------+
> > | The F-CPU Server may be slow but that is all we have |
> > +------------------------------------------------------+
> > It's better to start with something little than hanging until the heavy
> > machinery comes into reality.
>
> OTOH i have got a proposition for a SPARC, the only problem :
> bandwidth quota of 4MB/day. that's only enough for the regression tests.
Could more bandwith apply for a fee?
>
> > > Carlos De Urresti Hannoh wrote:
> > > > From: "Yann Guidon" <>
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 5:05 PM
> > > yeah, that's "late" ;-)
> > my first commiment is to reply earlier ;)
> not too much, please give me some time to build my plane ;-)
>
> > > > Subject: Re: [f-cpu] meeting in Paris this evening
> > > obviously, getting a SUN from SUN is not going to work...
> > > who would "own" the machine anyway ? we have to find a trick.
> > This "own" matter is what i was trying to explain when another project
would
> > contribute to the EDA's farm.. (explaning above).
> ok.
>
> i am in contact with (and member of) the french association
> that represents the FSF here and i asked them 2 things :
> - how could they help us in the legal/financial side
> - Would they be able to "acquire" (dunno how) SIMILI.
>
> these are only questions, and there are some meetings in France
> in June, so we'll discuss it.
>
> the FSF officially acquiring SIMILI from Symphony EDA Inc. would
> be a wonderful thing :
> - everybody could use and enhance this good, simple and working tool
> which is in advance of any other existing GPL tool (for the
> beginner/end-user)
> - Symphony EDA would (still) provide commercial support and have a larger
> user base
>
> if you listen to us, Richard,....
>
> > From: "Yann Guidon" <>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 7:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [f-cpu] SUN server : hacking in progress
> >
> > > hi !
> > >
> > > Jeff Davies wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 26 May 2001 1:14 am, you wrote:
> > > > > Jeff Davies wrote:
> > > > > > What type is it yann?
> > > > >
> > > > > SUN SPARC MP670, iirc, with one CPU board (6CPU ???) and only 64MB
> > > > > RAM (all 32 slots are populated with 30-pin SIMMs...)
>
> Lionel wants to use Linux on this.
>
> however i'm too lazy and i prefer to finish my brand new RC plane
> instead of running around the university to get the authorisations...
>
enjoy the plane ;)
> geez, since Epoxy glue and Depron appeared, things are changing...
>
> WHYGEE
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: "Lionel-Wolf-Eric Bouchpan-Lerust-Juery" <>
Subject: Re: [f-cpu] SUN server : hacking in progress
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 15:22:37 +0800
> > that's either that, or we try our hardest to make an old
> > server work again...
>I know someone who has a small business and who
>sells used Sun Hardware, I bought ywing ( SS20
>4 HyperSPARCs @ 125Mhz ) from him. He is OK and
>as it is a legal business things are fine.
>You can access his webpage there :
>http://www.solutions-rl.fr/cadre.htm
>If you want, as I have already done business with him
>I can contact him after my Xams ~ June the 11th.
Maybe we could start exploring the posibilities with him, i could contribute
with 200-300 US handling them at HAL for a possible sun.
> I do see 2 months as a little period of time to work out HAL, is there
> anything
> that i can start to work with, right now? (or we.. the ones that are
willing
> to help the pre-hal).
> >
>Yes, this is going to be an important milestone in
>the life of the F-CPU project.
> > > I'd suggest leaving Solaris since it works,
> Avoid as a plague at old machines ;>
> Even a Sparc 10 with 196 MB RAM runs kinda slowly with Solaris 2.6
> > "leave" it ? there is no HDD inside the CPU box,
> > and the 2 HDD ("storage") boxes work with difficulty,
> > the university tried to install BSD so i presume that
> > any previous OS is flushed.
> they knew about the plague :p
> >
>Yes, they are actually slow but when we will switch
>to a faster machine we will alraeady have the working
>knowledge of Sun's computer and OS. If we start with
>an x86 based solution when this solution wouldn't
>do the jobwe will have to learn to work with a
>different hardware / OS combination and as you know
>things rarely go by the book thus we may loose a lot
>of time at that time.
Oki.. I'm a little confused ;) You say Solaris and YG Gnu/Linux :>
> > > install them like RPM.
> pkg_add -device filename ;)
> > > Jeff Davies
>Yes, and it's easier with Solaris 8: you go to
>sunfreeware, then you just type java package and it
>works.
> > It seems the CPUs are HyperSPARC CPUs ( sun4m )
> >
> They could be SuperSPARC or HyperSPARC (MP670 had both)
> >
>As this is a Ross module it is HyperSPARC.
oki.
Orage
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