SPARC

SPARC International currently defines three versions of the SPARC standard. SPARC V7 and V8 are 32-bit generations, SPARC V9 is the 64-bit version, mainly represented by the UltraSPARC series of CPUs.

Ports

• SPARC V7 (32-Bit)
• SPARC V8 (32-Bit)
• SPARC V9 (64-Bit)

Distributions

The following Linux distributions are available for this architecture.

• Aurora SPARC Linux
• Debian GNU/Linux
• Gentoo Linux
• Mandriva Linux
• ROCK Linux
• Ubuntu
• UltraPenguin

Links

• Debian GNU/Linux: SPARC
• Gentoo Linux: SPARC
• Linux - Wegweiser zur Installation & Konfiguration: Linux auf Sun SPARC-Rechnern installieren
• linux.com SPARC HowTo
• Linux/Sparc audio
• signal9: Upgrading the Linux Kernel on Debian/Sparc
• sonnenblen.de - German language forum for private Sun users. It has a section dedicated to Linux on Sun / SPARC.
• TLDP: SPARC-HOWTO
• UltraLinux - Information about Linux on SPARC systems - not only for UltraSPARC.