SPARC-HOWTO.

• Index
• Preface.
• SPARC, which one ?
• Buying a SPARC computer.
• SPARC based laptops
• The wonderful SparcStation Voyager
• Sun's Netra servers
• Sun's Enterprise servers
• Tatung's Workstations
• Tatung's SPARC Servers
• Fujitsu's supercomputers
• Linux on SPARC: 2 kernels.
• Choosing a distribution.
• Installing Linux
• Working with the Openboot.
• Hard drive buses.
• CDROM: specific settings.
• SILO.
• Compiling a kernel
• Keyboard and mouse.
• X Window.
• SMP.
• The sound.
• Serial port.
• Ressources.
• Thanks and Credits.
• Copyright, Disclaimer and Trademarks
• Revision History.

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11. Linux on SPARC: 2 kernels.

Actually Linux on SPARC architecture comes in two flavors:

• A 32 bits kernel for the Sun SPARC, Super SPARC, Micro SPARC and Hyper SPARC Processors.
• A 64 bits kernel for UltraSPARC based computers.

In both case most applications run in 32 bit ( 32 bit userland ). There is a comprehensive FAQ on UltraLinux's website.

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