About NetBSD/sparc64

NetBSD/sparc64 is a NetBSD port to Sun's 64-bit UltraSPARC machines. The first binary release for sparc64 was NetBSD 1.5. NetBSD/sparc64 supports many systems, including Sbus-based UltraSPARC systems and PCI-based UltraSPARC systems using UltraSPARC I, II, IIi, IIe, III, and IIIi CPU types.

NetBSD/sparc64 supports both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. A 32-bit kernel runs all NetBSD/sparc binaries. A 64-bit kernel runs 64-bit binaries, and has support for running most 32-bit binaries as well, with the exception of some low level kernel groveling tools.

Martin Husemann is the maintainer for NetBSD/sparc64.

Release Info

• NetBSD/sparc64 10.1 via download
• NetBSD/sparc64 10.1 ISO
• NetBSD/sparc64 10.1 INSTALL notes
• NetBSD/sparc64 10.0 pre-built binary packages from pkgsrc
• NetBSD/sparc64 10.0 changes
• NetBSD/sparc64 11.0 changes

Mailing List

The NetBSD/sparc64 mailing list, covering NetBSD's port to sparc64 machine: [ subscribe | archive ]

Mail the NetBSD/sparc64 port maintainer

Supported Hardware

Clones based on any of these systems should also work

Sbus-based UltraSPARC I or II systems

• Ultra 1 family (Ultra 1, Ultra 1 Creator, Ultra 1 Creator 3D, Netra i 150, Netra nfs 150, Enterprise 1, Enterprise 150)
• Ultra 2 family (Ultra 2, Ultra 2 Creator, Ultra 2 Creator 3D, Enterprise 2)
• Enterprise (3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 500x, 5500, 600x, 6500, 10000)

PCI-based UltraSPARC II, IIi, IIe, III or IIIi systems

• Ultra 5/10 family (Ultra 5, Ultra 10, Enterprise 5, Enterprise 10)
• Ultra 30 family (Ultra 30, Netra T 1100)
• Ultra 60 family (Ultra 60, E220R, Netra T 1120 and T 1125)
• Ultra 80 family (Ultra 80, E420R, Netra T 1400 and T 1405)
• Ultra 250 family (Enterprise 250 and E250R)
• Ultra 450 family (Ultra 450, Enterprise 450, Netra ft 1800)
• SunBlade 100 and 150
• SPARCengine CP1400 or SPARCengine CP1500 system boards (Netra T1 (models 100 and 105), CT400, CT800, CT1600)
• SPARCengine Ultra AXi family (Netra X1, Fire v100, Fire v120, Netra 120, Netra AC 200, Netra DC 200)
• SPARCengine Ultra AXe system board
• SunBlade 1000 and 2000
• SunBlade 1500, 2500 (Red and Silver)
• Ultra 25 and 45
• Sun Fire v125, v210, v215, v240, v245, v250, v440, v445, v480

All on-board and most optional Sun brand framebuffers

• text console on all framebuffers
• X server support for on-board and sbus cgsix
• X server support for on-board ATI mach64 graphics
• X server support for UPA ffb and afb framebuffers

Additional hardware

• All Sun brand on-board and optional network interfaces
• All Sun brand on-board and optional SCSI and IDE interfaces
• Floppy drives (on SBus based models only)
• All on-board serial ports
• All on-board parallel ports
• Most input devices (keyboards, mice, trackballs).
• Audio
• Most Machine-independent SBUS cards
• Most Machine-independent PCI cards
• Most Machine-independent USB device
• Lights Out Management
• FireWire

Unsupported Hardware

• Systems with an UltraSPARC IV CPU (unknown; may work)
• Systems based on the sun4v architecture (CPUs: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, M5, M6, M7, M8, S7) (in-progress - see https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/sparc64/sparc64sun4v/)
• Systems with a Fujitsu SPARC64 CPU (in-progress)
• Smart card readers

Additional Info

For frequently asked questions and links to Sun hardware information, see the NetBSD/sparc64 FAQ.

• For older 32 bit SPARC-based machines, see NetBSD/sparc.
• NetBSD/sparc64 FAQ
• NetBSD/sparc64 History
• The NetBSD Diskless HOWTO
• Developers and Development Funding
• NetBSD/sparc64 Projects
• Running NetBSD on emulated hardware