It depends on the type of SPARC, but chances are yes. One exception seems to be the SPARC based laptops from Tadpole, particularly the newer models. If you have a working Tadpole on Gentoo/SPARC, please contact us and let us know the details on the model and anything special needed to get it to work. The Gentoo/SPARC team maintains a hardware compatibility list for SPARC64 systems.

For a list of additionally supported Sun hardware, consult the following list from the UltraLinux homepage - http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_2_2. A partial list of Sun devices which do NOT currently have support under Gentoo/SPARC or SPARC/Linux in general are: Also, Gentoo/SPARC developer Sven Blumenstein keeps a list of PC hardware that has been tested with the PCI based SPARC64 systems at http://dev.gentoo.org/~bazik/hw.php.

The best way is to join the #gentoo-sparc IRC channel on Freenode IRC network irc.freenode.net. This is where all of the developers hang out and talk SPARC (amongst other things). Short of email, this is the best way to get our attention, and blame seemant! :) Also, many users and developers make use of the Gentoo/SPARC forum. This is a good place to ask questions and see what problems have come up before, as well as talk shop about Gentoo/SPARC.

http://docs.sun.com - Additional hardware and software information for SPARC systems, including instructions for flashing OBP The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

Dual booting Gentoo Linux/SPARC and Solaris can be done one of two ways. The two ways are: having both Gentoo Linux/SPARC and Solaris on the same drive, or having them on separate drives. Below are example SILO configurations for each scenario.

How does Qemu know to exit? I am emulating Linux on Linux, and no matter how I shutdown, Qemu doesn't exit on its own.

No. Java RTS 2.0 supports both SPARC and x86 platforms (on Solaris 10) thus greatly expanding its reach to widely available, standard platforms. Java RTS is currently running on systems as diverse as laptops, desktops, large servers, and Sun's multi-core offerings. Future Java RTS releases will be supported on other OS's as well (see next question).

Yes, as long as you are running Gentoo Linux on PPC hardware, you can use Mac-on-Linux which allows you to run an instance of OS 9, OS X or Linux as a process on Linux. Simply emerge mol to install this package. MOL supports Mac OS 7.5.2 to 9.2.2, as well as any version of OS X. It can be run from a console framebuffer or run in a window on X. Note: To run MOL fullscreen, you'll need to compile MOL with the fbcon use flag enabled and run it in a console framebuffer.

I'm not a Gentoo user so I can't provide a package for Gentoo. However, Mike Kelly has released a Gentoo package for DenyHosts.

Learn how to work with Gentoo: installing software, altering variables, changing Portage behaviour etc. This chapter explains the "simple" steps a user definitely needs to know to maintain the software on his system. USE flags are a very important aspect of Gentoo. In this chapter, you learn to work with USE flags and understand how USE flags interact with your system.

Yes. One of the most important goals of the UltraSPARC project was full binary compatibility with existing SPARC hardware and software. There are some things you should keep in mind though: if you broke the rules but got away with it in the previous generations of SPARC machines, your luck may just have run out. When developing the UltraSPARC it was discovered that some code generators didn't leave all "reserved" bits in opcodes zero.

No. The SPARC architecture and instruction set are totally different from the AMD Opteron processor AMD64x86-64 architecture used in these systems. You will need to recompile your Solaris SPARC code to make it run on the AMD Opteron processor-based systems from Sun.

The SPARC Card is a tool that can help encourage and increase telephone access with your children. The Card is a high-security pre-paid calling card that can only call phone numbers you specify (like your work and home numbers). This prevents misuse and protects you if the card gets lost or stolen. If you give your children a SPARC Card, they can call you from any phone, anywhere, whenever they want.

SPARC is an alliance of universities, research libraries, and organizations built as a constructive response to market dysfunctions in the scholarly communication system. These dysfunctions have reduced dissemination of scholarship and crippled libraries. SPARC serves as a catalyst for action, helping to create systems that expand information dissemination and use in a networked digital environment while responding to the needs of scholars and academe.

There is no direct support for executing one binary architecture on another processor. However, source code developed on one platform, can be easily recompiled to run on another; for example, an application developed on the SPARC platform can be recompiled for x64/x86-based systems.

Yes! Niagara is based on and entirely compatible with the SPARC v9 specification, and will run Solaris 10. This means that our customers' investments in SPARC and Solaris are protected by this ground breaking new technology. This is one of the biggest advantages Niagara has in the market ??? it will run the applications that are already available for the SPARC/Solaris platform unchanged!

SPARC's funding is targeted at national level organisations. We don't offer funding to individuals or local sports clubs (but there are suggestions below for how individuals and local sports clubs can find funding). High performance athletes: SPARC provides funding for high performance athletes to compete overseas through the relevant? national sport organisations (NSOs). If you are an elite athlete seeking funding, you? should talk to your NSO.

The Active Movement? brochures are for parents and early childhood teachers.? They cover a range of activities for 0 to 5 year olds to help with healthy development. (Use the left-hand menu to browse.) Active Schools? resources are for primary and intermediate schools to use to improve physical activity opportunities and experiences for children. (Use the left-hand menu to browse.) Sportfit? resources are for? secondary school teachers, students and their parents.

SPARC was formed in 2003 from a? merger of three organisations: the Hillary Commission, the Sports Foundation and the policy arm of the Office of Tourism and Sport. The merger was recommended by a review carried out by the Ministerial Taskforce on? Sport, Fitness and Leisure (2000). The review also recommended that the newly formed organisation be given a new name.

The OpenSSL upgrade path is difficult. wget with USE=ssl (default) links against libssl. When upgraded, that breaks - which means wget breaks - which means if you don't have the wget source in distfiles, you're stuck.

The Gentoo/Alpha project is responsible for keeping the Gentoo distribution updated and current for the Alpha platform. This primarily includes keywording packages, porting software, and making new releases. The Gentoo/Alpha project aims to provide a usable environment for both desktops and servers.

Gentoo/MIPS is a small project within the Gentoo Foundation, responsible for looking after the MIPS port of Gentoo Linux. We currently look after two main sub architectures of the MIPS family specifically: Silicon Graphics systems and MIPS-based Cobalt servers.

If this happens, remember that it would be difficult for anyone other than the cardholder to use this information because of the calling restrictions set up by the card owner. We suggest that you make copies of the SPARC Card so that you'll have 'extras' available in case the card gets lost. It is important for card owners and cardholders to protect the Toll-free Access Number and PIN information the same way they would protect cash.

No. The SPARC Card works through an access code (like a PIN number). This means you can make up your own "card" with only the access code on it, so the card cannot be traced back to SPARC. You may make an unlimited number of cards, with as much or as little information on them as you like. Some parents send several duplicates with the child in case one or more gets lost. You're welcome to copy the sample below and modify it as necessary.