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In article <BUNZ7.36570$wD1.222415@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
	"Mikey" <michael_antispam.e.junek@uts.edu.au.anti_spam> writes:
>
> Thanks all for your help. I have successfully network-booted it off my
> current Intel Linux box, and installed RedHat 6.2 (Zoot) for sparc. It runs
> like a gem - its to be used as a primary webserver for one of my sites. The
> only thing that I cant seem to get working is the second ethernet card on
> the SBUS with the SCSI. Linux detects an eth0 and eth1, but they both have
> the same MAC address. So this is where it puzzles me. Do the two run the
> same mac address?? Or is it not picking up the second ethernet card.
> And one last question: It runs a single TMS390Z50(2.x) processor. What speed
> is this? What speed does this compare to in x86 architecture terms? Where in
> Sydney can I buy another 3 of these, if it is worth it?

Hi!

You could try 'module-info' from the OpenBoot prompt, it should give you
some info on the CPU(s).

My Sparc 10 that has 2xSM41 modules (40MHz SuperSPARC (TSM390Z55) w.
1MB L2 cache) looks like this:

<#0> ok module-info
MBus  :  40 MHz 
SBus  :  20 MHz 
CPU#0 :  40 MHz SuperSPARC / SuperCache 2.x 
CPU#2 :  40 MHz SuperSPARC / SuperCache 2.x 

Linux claims 80.48 bogomips in total (but bogomips are as we all know
really bogous;)
A better metric might be that it completes 2 setathome units (in parallel)
in ~220 hours which makes it almost 3 times slower than my Pentium 200MMX
(~40h/unit).
From the info you gave above I think you have a SM40 (or maybe a SM50)
module, which is like mine but without L2 cache (the SM50 runs at 50MHz).

Regarding CPU upgrades, the Sparc 10 only has 2 MBus slots so to get more
than 2 cpus you have to use dual modules.
(But I think it would rock with 2 dual 125MHz HyperSPARC modules ;)

To get more info about MBus modules, look at
http://mbus.sunhelp.org/

Best Regards,
Anders
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