F.1 Supported Hardware

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 at Red Hat Software's World Wide Web site at
http://www.redhat.com/hardware.

The following list is current as of the time this manual was produced:

• sun4c architecture machines (IPC, SS1, etc)

• sun4m architecture machines (Classic, SS5, SS10, etc)

• 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 above framebuffers

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)

• sun4u (UltraSparc1, UltraSparc2, EnterPrise UltraSparc servers)

• 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):

  • All NEC models
  • Some Toshiba XM-4101B revisions
  • Toshiba XM-3201B
  • AppleCD 300 Plus on older SPARC PROM
  • Apple CD600i