This chapter describes the differences between Red Hat Linux/SPARC and Red Hat Linux/Intel
installations. While it provides a good overview of these differences,
you will find it easier to read through the Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide
first. The Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide will refer you to the
appropriate parts of this document at the appropriate time.
In addition, there is a Linux/SPARC Web page at http://www.ultralinux.org. This
Web page provides a wealth of information for people considering
Red Hat Linux/SPARC.
Red Hat Linux/SPARC supports a variety of hardware based on the SPARC
architecture. The most recent list of hardware supported by Red Hat Linux/SPARC
can be found on Red Hat's Web site at http://www.redhat.com/hardware.
The following list was current at the time this manual was produced:
bwtwo, cg3, cg6, TCX framebuffers (24 bit on the TCX)
cg14 framebuffer (in cg3 mode)
SCSI and Ethernet on all of the above
type 4 and type 5 keyboards and mice
external SCSI drives
CD-ROM drives (external and internal)
SCSI/Ether SBUS expansion cards
Any original equipment Sun monitor for the frame buffers listed
Unsupported Hardware -- The following list contains hardware that is
currently unsupported:
VME-based sun4m machines, such as the 4/690
SPARC 5 Model 170 machines
sun4d (SS1000, SS2000)
sun4 architecture
Eurocard sun4c machines, called the "sun4e" under Solaris2.4 and
others, are not supported. These are VME-bus sun4c machines, to
which the kernel has not been ported yet.
The following types of CD-ROMs are unsupported (for more information
on CD-ROM compatibility issues, please visit http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq):