FreeBSD/sparc64 Project
Introduction
This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to Fujitsu’s SPARC64® and Oracle’s UltraSPARC® architectures. Discussion of this port takes place on the freebsd-sparc mailing list.
Table Of Contents
Status
UltraSPARC is a Tier 2 architecture through FreeBSD 12.x. It is no longer supported in FreeBSD 13.0 and later.
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 hardware notes of the release you are using.
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Naturetech GENIALstation 777S
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Sun Blade 100
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Sun Blade 150
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Sun Enterprise 150
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Sun Enterprise 220R
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Sun Enterprise 250
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Sun Enterprise 420R
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Sun Enterprise 450
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Sun Fire B100s (support for the on-board NICs first appeared in 8.1-RELEASE)
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Sun Fire V100
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Sun Fire V120
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Sun Netra(T) T1 100/105
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Sun Netra T1 AC200/DC200
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Sun Netra t 1100
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Sun Netra t 1120
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Sun Netra t 1125
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Sun Netra t 1400/1405
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Sun Netra 120
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Sun Netra X1
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Sun SPARCEngine® Ultra AX1105
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Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXe
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Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXi
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Sun SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp
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Sun SPARCEngine CP1500
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Sun Ultra(T) 1
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Sun Ultra 1E
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Sun Ultra 2
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Sun Ultra 5
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Sun Ultra 10
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Sun Ultra 30
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Sun Ultra 60
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Sun Ultra 80
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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).
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Sun Enterprise 3500
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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:
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Sun Blade 1000
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Sun Blade 1500
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Sun Blade 2000
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Sun Blade 2500
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Sun Fire 280R
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Sun Fire V210
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Sun Fire V215 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)
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Sun Fire V240
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Sun Fire V245 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)
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Sun Fire V250
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Sun Fire V440 (support for the on-board NICs first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.0-RELEASE)
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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)
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Sun Fire V880
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Sun Fire V890 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, non-mixed Ultrasparc IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)
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Sun Netra 20/Netra T4
These Sun UltraSPARC systems are not tested but are believed to also be supported by FreeBSD:
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Sun Fire V125
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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:
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Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER® 250
These Fujitsu SPARC64 systems have not been tested but are believed to also be supported by FreeBSD:
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Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 450
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Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 650
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Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 850
If you have a system that is not listed here, please try it and let us know about it.
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Last modified on: October 12, 2021 by Danilo G. Baio