OpenBSD/alpha

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alpha

OpenBSD/alpha

- -

History and Status:

The OpenBSD/alpha port was begun in the summer of 1996 by using @@ -28,17 +29,22 @@ NetBSD code, hardware and software support became very outdated. This caused the 2.5 and 2.6 releases of alpha to have few kernel enhancements. As a result of its becoming so stale, alpha was not -included in the 2.7 release.

+included in the 2.7 and 2.8 releases.

Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in bringing the -port up to date. This coupled with the fact that NetBSD changed the -license on its alpha code so that there are no longer copyright issues -has lead to an effort to bring the alpha port back up. (For details on -why we were not able to keep tracking the NetBSD code, check our policy page.)

Shortly after 2.8 was released, there has been a great deal of +interest in bringing the port up to date. This coupled with the fact +that NetBSD changed the license on its alpha code so that there are no +longer copyright issues has lead to an effort to bring the alpha port +back up. (For details on why we were not able to keep tracking the +NetBSD code, check our policy page.)

There is currently no maintainer for the alpha port. Technical -discussion about the alpha port should be directed to Nate Binkert, Art Grabowski, Niklas Hallqvist and Eric Jackson, +with the help of a few others, evntually brought the port in good +shape again, and starting with the forthcoming 2.9 release alpha is a +major OpenBSD port again.

+ +

However, there is currently no maintainer for the alpha port. +Technical discussion about the alpha port should be directed to <alpha@openbsd.org>. If you are at all interested in development of the alpha port, please send inquiries to this address. If you are interested in the job of alpha @@ -49,118 +55,516 @@

Bring the alpha kernel up to date with what NetBSD has. -
Shared libs. -
compat_osf1 shared libs. -
bus_dma (so far partially done for cia and tsc busses). +
Shared libraries +
Testing more platforms and peripherals, to find what issues are remaining +
Better documentation +
compat_osf1 shared libs +
bus_dma on more core chipsets +
isa_dma +
Floppy support (needs isa_dma first) +
Fix 64-bit issues in the non-working PCI drivers +
Improve TGA support to include virtual consoles +
Improve X11 support

Supported Hardware:

Because of the changes that are currently being made to alpha, the currently supported hardware is in flux. To the best of our -knowledge, the following hardware is still supported, but this could -change at any time.

+knowledge, the following hardware is supported, but there might be +occasional breakage on some models. Since there are many models and +combinations that we have not tested, we would appreciate very much if +you told us about things that work and do not work. To help us keep +track of what hardware people, please mail your dmesg to +<dmesg@openbsd.org>. If there are +things that do not work, please file a bug report using + +sendbug(1).

Supported Platforms:

DEC 3000/[3456789]00 series with the following peripherals: -
- Supported hardware: +
- XP1000, DS10, 264DP, and other single processor EV6 machines +using the Tsunami chipset +
  - Supported devices:
    - Built-in serial ports. -
    - Built-in LANCE ethernet. -
    - Built-in SCSI chips (53c[f]94), though both may not work at - the same time. -
    -
  - Things that may work but haven't been tested: +
  - Built-in serial and parallel ports. +
  - Built-in DEC21143 ethernet. +
  - Built-in ISP SCSI. +
  - Built-in IDE controller. +
  - Built-in USB should work, but has not been thoroughly tested. +
  - Most PCI devices (see below). +
  - Some ISA devices (see below). +
  +
- Unsupported devices:
  - TurboChannel option slot LANCE (PMAD-A). +
  - Floppy drive. +
  - ISA devices that require DMA operation.
  - -
- Things are *not* supported at this time: +
+
API UP1000 machines and other EV6 machines using the Irongate chipset +
- Supported devices:
  - Frame buffers of any type. -
  - Other TurboChannel option boards. -
  - The ISDN/Audio chip. +
  - Built-in serial and parallel ports. +
  - Built-in DEC21040 ethernet. +
  - Built-in IDE controller works, though there may be stability issues.
  +
- Unsupported devices: +
  - Floppy drive. +
  - ISA devices that require DMA operation. +
- -
AlphaStation {200,250,255,400,500}, AXPpci,
-Multia (though many Multias have experienced infant mortality or -develop problems)
-Systems using the following peripherals: - -
- Supported hardware: +
- Digital Personal Workstation (Miata) +
  - Supported devices:
    - NCR 53c810 SCSI (built-in or PCI board). -
    - Built-in ns16550 serial ports. -
    - DC21040-based ethernet (built-in or PCI board). -
    - DC21140-based PCI ethernet boards. -
    - DC21050-based PCI-PCI bridges (though other types of PCI-PCI - bridges should work). -
    - PCI VGA video boards. -
    - ISA VGA boards. -
    - DEC ZLXp-E1 (DC21030-based, "TGA") video boards. -
    - PCI and ISA NE2000-compatible ethernet cards. -
    - SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA ethernet boards. -
    - 3Com 3c503 ethernet cards. -
    - 3Com 3c5xx/3c9xx ethernet cards. -
    - Lite-On PNIC (82c168, 82c169) based ethernet cards. -
    - Keyboard. -
    - PS/2-style mice. -
    - IDE controllers (including the built-in IDE controller on - some machines). -
    - Intel Etherexpress Pro/100B cards. -
    - Cyclades ISA multiport serial cards. +
    - Built-in serial and parallel ports. +
    - Built-in DEC21043 ethernet. +
    - Built-in ISP SCSI, when present (i.e. on ``au'' models). +
    - Built-in IDE controller. +
    - Most PCI devices (see below). +
    - Some ISA devices (see below).
    - -
  - Things that may work but haven't been tested: +
  - Unsupported devices:
    - Built-in parallel ports. -
    - ISA ns16x50-family serial port boards. -
    - ISA ns16x50 multi-port serial boards. -
    - Other NCR 53c8xx SCSI boards. -
    - The Adaptec 152* SCSI controller ISA boards. +
    - Floppy drive. +
    - Built-in audio. +
    - ISA devices that require DMA operation.
    - -
  - Things that are *not* supported at this time: +
  +
- EB164 based machines (including PC164, 164SX, 164LX, but NOT the +164UX) +
  - Supported devices:
    - Sound hardware (including Windows Sound System built-in on - some machines). -
    - DEC ZLXp-E2 and ZLXp-E3 PCI video boards. -
    - The built-in scsi controller on the AlphaStation 600. -
    - PCI and ISA boards not listed above. -
    - The floppy drive. +
    - Built-in serial and parallel ports. +
    - Built-in PCIIDE controller, when present. +
    - PCI graphics card (TGA or VGA compatible). +
    - Most PCI devices (see below). +
    - Some ISA devices (see below).
    +
  - Unsupported devices: +
    - Floppy drive. +
    - ISA IDE controller on the EB164. +
    - ISA devices that require DMA operation. +
  - - +
- Alphastation 500 and 600 +
  These systems should work, but we need to hear from people about them. +
  - Supported devices: +
    - Built-in serial and parallel ports. +
    - Built-in DEC21040 ethernet. +
    - Built-in ISP SCSI. +
    - Built-in IDE controller. +
    - PCI graphics card (TGA or VGA compatible). +
    - Most PCI devices (see below). +
    - Some ISA and EISA devices (see below). +
    +
  - Unsupported devices: +
    - Floppy drive. +
    - Built-in audio. +
    - ISA devices that require DMA operation. +
    +
  +
- AXPpci based machines (including ``Noname'', UDB, Multia) +
  These systems should work, but we need to hear from people about them. +
  - Supported devices: +
    - Built-in serial and parallel ports. +
    - Built-in DEC21040 ethernet. +
    - Built-in 53C810 SCSI (using the old +ncr +driver). +
    - Built-in IDE controller. (though, will not boot from ide) +
    - PCI graphics card (TGA or VGA compatible). +
    - Most PCI devices (see below). +
    - Some ISA devices (see below). +
    +
  - Unsupported devices: +
    - Floppy drive. +
    - ISA devices that require DMA operation. +
    +
  +
- DEC 3000 models 300{,L,X,LX} +
  These systems should work, but we need to hear from people about them. +
  - Supported devices: +
    - Built-in serial ports. +
    - Built-in LANCE ethernet. +
    - Built-in SCSI (53C94). +
    - TurboChannel LANCE ethernet cards (PMAD-A). (untested) +
    +
  - Unsupported devices: +
    - Built-in ISDN/audio chip. +
    - Built-in framebuffer. +
    - Other TurboChannel cards. +
    +
  +
- DEC 3000 models 400,500,500X,600,700,800,900 +
  These systems should work, but we need to hear from people about them. +
  - Supported devices: +
    - Built-in serial ports. +
    - Built-in LANCE ethernet. +
    - Built-in SCSI (53C94 or 53CF94-2), although both scsi controlers + may not work at the same time. +
    - TurboChannel LANCE ethernet cards (PMAD-A). (untested) +
    +
  - Unsupported devices: +
    - Built-in ISDN/audio chip. +
    - Built-in framebuffer. +
    - Other TurboChannel cards. +
    +
- At this time none of the following systems are supported:
  - DECpc AXP 150 systems (EISA-bus PC-like systems) -
  - Alpha "server" systems (other than perhaps the AlphaServer 400, - which might be an AlphaStation 400 in disguise). -
  - Multiprocessor alpha systems -
  - EB164, PC164, PC164[LSR]X -
  - Digital Personal Workstation (Miata) systems -
  - 21264 based systems -
  - API (Alpha Processor, Inc.) systems +
  - DS20, API UP2000, UP2000+ (mostly because we don't have any to test on.) +
  - DECpc AXP150 (2000/300) systems (EISA-bus PC-like systems) +
  - AlphaServer systems, other than models 400 and 500, which seem to be disguised AlphaStation machines. +
  - Alpha XL systems. +
  - DEC 4000, 7000, and 10000 systems (FutureBus+ and XMIBus based). +
  - EB64+ based systems. +
  - Samsung 164BX/UX. (No SRM) +
  - Multiprocessor alpha systems. +
  - VME Alpha systems.
+
Supported Peripherals:
+
- SCSI Host Adapters +
  - Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the + Adaptec AHA-274x and AHA-284x families). (ahc) +
  - Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards. (ahc) +
  - Adaptec AHA-[23]9[34]xU[2W] cards . (ahc) +
  - Adaptec AIC-789[29] chips and products like the AHA-29160 based upon it + which do 160MB/sec SCSI. (ahc) +
  - QLogic PCI SCSI controllers (isp) +
  - Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters + (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series, + Diamond Fireport series, etc.) (ncr) +
  + +
- PCI IDE Controllers (pciide) +
  - Acer Labs M5229 +
  - CMD Tech PCI0640, PCI0643, PCI0646, PCI0648, and PCI0649 +
  - Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693 +
  +Any other PCI IDE-compliant controller should work, but are untested +at this point + +
- Ethernet Adapters +
  - 3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (xl), including: +
    - 3Com 3c900/3c900B PCI adapters +
    - 3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C PCI adapters +
    - 3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapters +
    - 3Com 3cSOHO adapter +
    - 3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900B-FL/FX fiber optic adapters +
    +
  - Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (fxp), including: +
    - Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ +
    - Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+ +
    - Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter" +
    - Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port +
    + +
  - Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (de), including: +
    - Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100 (models 8432, 9332, and 9334) +
    - Older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers) +
    - Znyx ZX3xx +
    - Cogent EM100FX and EM440TX +
    - Digital PCI DE435, EISA DE425, DE450, DE500 +
    - Asante +
    - Almost all other variants work. +
    +
  + +
- FDDI Adapters +
  - Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (fpa) +
  + +
- Sound Devices +
  - Ensoniq AudioPCI (eap) +
  - SoundBlaster PCI128 (eap) +
  +
+ +
Untested Peripherals:
+The following peripherals are compiled into the system, but are not known to work. It's out best guess that they do, but any feedback is appreciated. +
- SCSI Host Adapters +
  - AdvanSys ABP940UW, ASB3940UW-00, ASB3940U2W-00 and ASB3950U160 PCI SCSI controlers. (adw) +
  + +
- RAID and Cache Controllers +
  - DPT SmartCache and SmartRaid III/IV PCI/EISA adapters (dpt) +
  - ICP-Vortex GDT 6xxxR[DNPS] series (gdt) +
  + +
- Serial Ports +
  - Cyclades PCI Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (cy) +
  + +
- Communications Controllers +
  - Universal Serial Bus host controllers, including: +
    - USB Universal Host Controller (uhci) +
    - USB Open Host Controller (ohci) +
    +
  + +
- Ethernet Adapters +
  - 3Com 3c503 (ec) +
  - 3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (ep) + +
  - Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (sf), including: +
    - Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011 +
    - Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011 and ANA-62020 +
    - Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022 +
    - Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044 +
    + +
  - ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983 ("Centaur-P") based PCI adapters (dc), including: +
    - Accton EN2242 MiniPCI +
    - Linksys LNE100TX v4.x +
    - Mototech ME316 +
    + +
  - ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (aue), including: +
    - Billionton Systems USB100 +
    - Corega FEther USB-TX +
    - D-Link DSB-650TX +
    - LinkSys USB100TX +
    - Melco Inc. LU-ATX +
    - SMC 2202USB +
    - Kingston KNU101TX +
    + +
  - AMD LANCE and PCnet-based PCI adapters (le), including: +
    - BOCALANcard/PCI +
    - AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber +
    + +
  - ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (dc), including: +
    - CNet Pro110B +
    - Alfa Inc. GFC2204 +
    + +
  - CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (cue), including: +
    - CATC Netmate and Netmate II +
    - Belkin F5U011/F5U111 +
    + +
  - Davicom DM9100, DM9102, and DM9102A based PCI adapters (dc), including: +
    - Jaton XpressNet +
    + +
  - Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (de) including: +
    - Adaptec ANA-6944A +
    - Cogent EM400 +
    - Compex 400TX +
    - Znyx ZX346 +
    + +
  - Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (kue), including: +
    - 3Com 3C19250 +
    - 3Com 3c460 HomeConnect +
    - ADS Technologies USB-10BT +
    - Aox USB101 +
    - ATen UC10T +
    - Corega USB-T +
    - D-Link DSB-650 +
    - Entegra NET-USB-E45 +
    - Kawasaki USB101 +
    - LinkSys USB10T +
    - Netgear EA101 +
    - Peracom USB +
    - SMC 2102/2104USB +
    - I/O Data USB-ET/T +
    + +
  - Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (dc), including: +
    - Kingston KNE110TX +
    - LinkSys LNE100TX +
    - Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100 +
    - Netgear FA310TX +
    + +
  - Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (dc), including: +
    - Accton EN1217 +
    - Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX +
    - NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110A +
    - SVEC PN102-TX Fast Ethernet card +
    + +
  - National Semiconductor DP83815-based PCI adapters (sis), including: +
    - NetGear FA311 +
    - NetGear FA312 +
    + +
  - Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, and PCI variants thereof) (ne) + +
  - RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (rl), including: +
    - Accton MPX 5030/5038 +
    - Allied Telesyn AT2550 +
    - D-Link DFE530TX+ +
    - D-Link DFE538TX +
    - Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI +
    - Genius GF100TXR +
    - KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet +
    - Longshine LCS-8038TX-R +
    - NDC NE100TX-E +
    - Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100 +
    - Nortel BayStack 21 +
    - OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX +
    - SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX +
    + +
  - SiS 900 and SiS 7016-based PCI adapters (sis), including: +
    - Mototech ME313 +
    - NetSurf NS-KFE30D +
    + +
  - SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards (we) + +
  - Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (ste), including: +
    - D-Link DFE-550TX +
    + +
  - Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (tl), including: +
    - Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters +
    - Compaq NetFlex 3/P +
    - Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter +
    - Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter +
    - Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326 +
    - Racore 8165 and 8148 +
    - TI ThunderLAN adapters +
    + +
  - Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (wb), including: +
    - Trendware TE100-PCIE +
    - Compex RL100-ATX 10/100 +
    +
  +Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do +not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary. + +
- Gigabit Ethernet Adapters +
  - Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (ti), including: +
    - 3Com 3c985 and 3c985B +
    - Alteon ACEnic V (fiber and copper) +
    - Digital EtherWORKS 1000SX +
    - Farallon PN9000SX +
    - Netgear GA620 and GA620T +
    - SGI Tigon +
    + +
  - Intel i82452-based adapters (wx), including: +
    - Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter +
    + +
  - SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) based adapters (sk) +
  + +
- ATM Adapters +
  - Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (en) +
  + +
- FDDI Adapters +
  - Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (fea) +
  + +
- WAN Adapters +
  - Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (lmc) +
  + +
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices +
  - USB Audio (uaudio) +
  - USB Diamond MultiMedia Rio MP3 players (urio) +
  - USB Ethernet adapters (aue, + cue, + kue), + see above +
  - USB Generic Human Interface Devices (catch-all) (uhid) +
  - USB Handspring Visor (uvisor) +
  - USB Hubs (uhub) +
  - USB Keyboards (ukbd) +
  - USB Mass Storage devices, i.e., USB floppy drives and USB memory stick controllers (umass) +
  - USB Mice (umouse) +
  - USB Modems (umodem) +
  - USB Printers (ulpt) +
  - USB Scanners (uscanner, usscanner) +
  - USB-USB cables (upl) +
  + +
- Sound Devices +
  - C-Media CMI8[37]38 (cmpci) +
  - ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (eso) +
  - Forte Media FM801 audio (fms) +
  - VIA VT82C686A SouthBridge integrated AC'97 audio (auvia) +
  - S3 SonicVibes (sv) +
  +
+
Snapshots:
-
While we are bringing the alpha port back to life snapshots will be -unpredictable an sporadic at best. If you are interested in helping -out, we encourage you to grab a snapshot, sync with -current and dig -in!
+
Snapshots of the alpha port are available on an irregular basis.

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alpha

OpenBSD/alpha

History and Status:

Supported Hardware:

Supported Platforms:

Supported Peripherals:

Untested Peripherals:

Snapshots: