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OpenBSD 2.9 will run on the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4.
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After a 2 release hiatus, the OpenBSD/alpha port is back with more hardware support than ever!
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The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
@@ -116,9 +119,24 @@
- 3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder driver (Ethernet only).
-
- New RAID drivers supporting Adaptec FSA, American Megatrands MegaRAID, and Compaq SmartARRAY-based PCI controllers.
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- New SCSI drivers supporting Initio 940/950, Symbios Logic 53c1x10, and AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters.
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- Laptop audio support includes new drivers for ESS Maestro 1/2/2E, Yamaha DS-XG, and Cirrus Logic CS4281 devices.
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- New hardware RAID drivers including:
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+ - Adaptec FSA
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- American Megatrends MegaRAID
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- Compaq SmartARRAY-based PCI controllers
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+ - New SCSI drivers supporting:
+
+ - Initio 940/950
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- Symbios Logic 53c1x10
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- AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters
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+ - Much added support for various laptop audio cards, including:
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+ - ESS Maestro 1/2/2E
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- Yamaha DS-1S
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- Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio devices
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- USB hardware is now enabled by default and includes support for keyboards and mice.
@@ -133,6 +151,8 @@
- Vastly improved Linux emulation allowing many more applications to run.
- 802.1d spanning tree and vlan support for bridge(4).
- kqueue kernel event notification mechanism.
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- Addition of the wscons(4) machine-independent console driver.
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- Major enhancements to softupdates, including speed and stability fixes.
@@ -168,7 +188,7 @@
CD2:2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
CD2:2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
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The pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not
+The alpha release is available on the ftp sites, but not
on the CDs.
@@ -189,15 +209,6 @@
Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
-
-If you experience any boot hangs on PCI devices, or any panic early in boot
-that seems related to pcibios(4), you might have to disable the pcibios device as
-a workaround. At the boot> prompt, type
-"boot -c" to enter User Kernel Configuration. At the UKC> prompt,
-enter "disable pcibios" then "quit". See
-config(8) after a successful boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel
-to disable pcibios(4) permanently.
-
sparc:
To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd", or
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www@openbsd.org
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$OpenBSD: 29.html,v 1.5 2001/04/25 19:11:16 deraadt Exp $
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$OpenBSD: 29.html,v 1.6 2001/04/25 19:41:39 ericj Exp $