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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
-
+
OpenBSD/alpha
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
OpenBSD/alpha runs on a large set of the alpha computers manufactured by
Digital (then Compaq, now Hewlett-Packard).
-
A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/alpha port is available at
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@
alpha" to majordomo@openbsd.org.
Please be sure to check our mailing list policy before
subscribing.
-
There is currently no maintainer for the alpha port.
@@ -39,11 +37,10 @@
alpha@openbsd.org mailing list.
If you are interested in the job of alpha port maintainer, help out the project
for a while and step up to the job.
-
Table of contents
-
+
- History of the port
- Current status
@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@
caused the 2.5 and 2.6 releases of alpha to have few kernel
enhancements. As a result of its becoming so stale, there was no
OpenBSD/alpha port included in the 2.7 and 2.8 releases.
-
Shortly after OpenBSD 2.8 was released, there has been a great deal of
@@ -79,14 +75,12 @@
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.)
-
Nathan Binkert, Art Grabowski, Niklas Hallqvist and Eric Jackson, with
the help of a few others, eventually brought the port in good shape
again, and starting with the 2.9 release OpenBSD/alpha is a supported
OpenBSD port again.
-
@@ -99,29 +93,28 @@
useable, unless specified otherwise.
A large set of PCI cards also work reliably, while ISA devices support has
limitations.
-
XFree86 is supported on TGA cards, as well as a few regular PCI
cards, of which the following have been tested:
+
- - 3DFX Interactive Banshee
- - 3DLabs Permedia 2 (8, 15, 16 and 24 bits depth)
- - ATI Rage Pro (works with 'Option "NoAccel"')
- - ATI Rage 128
- - Cirrus Logic CL5430 (works with 'Option "NoAccel"')
- - Cirrus Logic GD5446 (8, 16 and 24 bits depth)
- - Matrox MGA 2064 (8, 16 and 24 bits depth)
+ - 3DFX Interactive Banshee
+
- 3DLabs Permedia 2 (8, 15, 16 and 24 bits depth)
+
- ATI Rage Pro (works with 'Option "NoAccel"')
+
- ATI Rage 128
+
- Cirrus Logic CL5430 (works with 'Option "NoAccel"')
+
- Cirrus Logic GD5446 (8, 16 and 24 bits depth)
+
- Matrox MGA 2064 (8, 16 and 24 bits depth)
-More cards will be supported as time and resources permits.
+More cards will be supported as time and resources permits.
Projects (in no particular order):
-
- Testing more platforms and peripherals, to find what issues are
remaining and improve overall stability
@@ -146,12 +139,11 @@
To help us keep track of what hardware people use, 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 Machines:
+
- DS20, DS10, CS20, XP1000, 264DP, and other EV6 machines using the
Tsunami chipset
(Only one processor will be used on multiprocessor
@@ -160,17 +152,17 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in DEC21143
-(de)
+(de)
ethernet.
- Built-in ISP SCSI
-(isp).
+(isp).
- Built-in IDE controller
-(pciide).
+(pciide).
- Built-in USB should work, but has not been thoroughly tested.
- Most PCI devices (see below).
- Some ISA devices (see below).
@@ -187,15 +179,15 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in DEC21040
-(de)
+(de)
ethernet.
- Built-in IDE controller
-(pciide)
+(pciide)
works, though there may be stability issues.
- Unsupported devices:
@@ -213,18 +205,18 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in DEC21043
-(de)
+(de)
ethernet.
- Built-in ISP SCSI
-(isp),
+(isp),
when present (i.e. on au models).
- Built-in IDE controller
-(pciide).
+(pciide).
- Most PCI devices (see below).
- Some ISA devices (see below).
@@ -245,12 +237,12 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in PCI IDE controller
-(pciide),
+(pciide),
when present.
- Most PCI devices (see below).
- Some ISA devices (see below).
@@ -259,7 +251,7 @@
- Floppy drive.
- ISA IDE controller
-(wdc)
+(wdc)
on the EB164.
- ISA devices that require DMA operation.
@@ -270,15 +262,15 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in DEC21040
-(de)
+(de)
ethernet.
- Built-in ISP SCSI
-(isp).
+(isp).
- Most PCI devices (see below).
- Some ISA and EISA devices (see below).
@@ -297,15 +289,15 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in DEC21040
-(de)
+(de)
ethernet.
- Built-in ISP SCSI
-(isp).
+(isp).
- Most PCI devices (see below).
- Some ISA and EISA devices (see below).
@@ -323,15 +315,15 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in DEC21040
-(de)
+(de)
ethernet.
- Built-in ISP SCSI
-(isp).
+(isp).
- Most PCI devices (see below).
- Some ISA devices (see below).
@@ -348,17 +340,17 @@
- Supported devices:
- Built-in serial
-(com)
+(com)
and parallel
-(lpt)
+(lpt)
ports.
- Built-in DEC21040
-(de)
+(de)
ethernet.
- Built-in 53C810 SCSI
-(siop)
+(siop)
- Built-in IDE controller
-(pciide),
+(pciide),
but will not boot from it.
- Most PCI devices (see below).
- Some ISA devices (see below).
@@ -376,13 +368,13 @@
- Built-in serial ports (console on serial port).
- Built-in LANCE ethernet
-(le).
+(le).
- Built-in SCSI (53C94)
-(asc).
+(asc).
- TURBOchannel LANCE ethernet cards (PMAD-A)
-(le).
+(le).
- TURBOchannel SCSI (53C94) (PMAZ-A)
-(asc).
+(asc).
- TURBOchannel DEFTA FDDI cards (PMAF-FA).
- Unsupported devices:
@@ -399,13 +391,13 @@
- Built-in serial ports (console on serial port).
- Built-in LANCE ethernet
-(le).
+(le).
- Built-in SCSI (53C94 or 53CF94-2)
-(asc).
+(asc).
- TURBOchannel LANCE ethernet cards (PMAD-A)
-(le).
+(le).
- TURBOchannel SCSI (53C94) (PMAZ-A)
-(asc).
+(asc).
- TURBOchannel DEFTA FDDI cards (PMAF-FA).
- Unsupported devices:
@@ -432,10 +424,10 @@
-
Supported Peripherals:
+
-- PCI IDE Controllers (pciide)
+
- PCI IDE Controllers (pciide)
- Acer Labs M5229
- CMD Tech PCI0640, PCI0643, PCI0646, PCI0648, and PCI0649
@@ -446,23 +438,38 @@
- 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)(*)
-(However, the 7899G card is currently not supported with more than one
-device attached)
-
- QLogic PCI SCSI controllers (isp)
+
- Adaptec AIC-7770, AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, AIC-7880, AIC-7890,
+ AIC-7891, AIC-7892, AIC-7895, AIC-7896, AIC-7897 and AIC-7899 based host
+ adapters
+ (ahc)(*)
+ including the Adaptec cards
+
+ - AHA-274X[W,T]
+
- AHA-284X
+
- AHA-2910, AHA-2915
+
- AHA-2920
+
- AHA-2930[C,U2]
+
- AHA-2940[J,N,U,AU,UW,UW Dual,UW Pro,U2W,U2B]
+
- AHA-2950[U2W,U2B]
+
- AHA-3940[U,AU,UW,AUW,U2W]
+
- AHA-3950U2
+
- AHA-3960
+
- AHA-3985
+
- AHA-4944UW
+
- AHA-19160B
+
- AHA-29160[B,N]
+
- AHA-39160
+
+ - QLogic PCI SCSI controllers (isp)
- Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx, 53C1010 and 53C1510D-based PCI SCSI host
adapters (including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130
-series, Diamond Fireport series, etc.) (siop)
+series, Diamond Fireport series, etc.) (siop)
- Ethernet Adapters
-- 3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (xl), including: (*)
+
- 3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (xl), including: (*)
- 3Com 3c900/3c900B PCI adapters
- 3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C PCI adapters
@@ -471,7 +478,7 @@
- 3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900B-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
- - 3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder PCI adapters (txp), including: (-)
+
- 3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder PCI adapters (txp), including: (-)
- 3CR990-TX-95
- 3CR990-TX-97
@@ -479,19 +486,19 @@
- 3CR990-SVR97
- - ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983 ("Centaur-P") based PCI adapters (dc), including: (*)
+
- ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983 ("Centaur-P") based PCI adapters (dc), including: (*)
- Accton EN2242 MiniPCI
- Linksys LNE100TX v4.x
- Mototech ME316
- - DEC EtherWORKS III adapters (lc), including:
+
- DEC EtherWORKS III adapters (lc), including:
-
- Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (de), including:
+
- Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (de), including:
- Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100 (models 8432, 9332, and
9334)
@@ -505,7 +512,7 @@
- Almost all other variants work.
- - Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (fxp), including:
+
- Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (fxp), including:
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
@@ -513,11 +520,11 @@
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
- - Intel 21145-based PCI adapters (dc)
+
- Intel 21145-based PCI adapters (dc)
-
- Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, and PCI variants thereof) (ne) (*)
+
- Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, and PCI variants thereof) (ne) (*)
-
- RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (rl), including: (*)
+
- RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (rl), including: (*)
- Accton MPX 5030/5038
- Allied Telesyn AT2550
@@ -534,7 +541,7 @@
- SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
- - VIA Rhine/RhineII/RhineIII Ethernet adapters (vr), including: (*)
+
- VIA Rhine/RhineII/RhineIII Ethernet adapters (vr), including: (*)
- Addtron AEF-360TX
- Hawking PN102TX
@@ -546,7 +553,7 @@
- Intel i82540, i82542, i82543, i82544, i82545, and i82546 based adapters
-(em),
+(em),
including: (*)
- Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490)
@@ -564,7 +571,7 @@
- Intel PRO/1000MF Server Adapter (LX Fiber) (PWLA8490LX)
- - Broadcom BCM570x (a.k.a. Tigon3) based PCI adapters (bge), including: (-)
+
- Broadcom BCM570x (a.k.a. Tigon3) based PCI adapters (bge), including: (-)
- 3Com 3c996-T (10/100/1000baseTX)
- 3Com 3c996-SX (1000baseSX)
@@ -573,7 +580,7 @@
- SysKonnect SK-9D41 (1000baseSX)
- - Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 based PCI adapters (stge), including: (-)
+
- Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 based PCI adapters (stge), including: (-)
- D-Link DGE-550T (10/100/1000baseTX)
- Antares Microsystems Gigabit Ethernet board
@@ -584,12 +591,12 @@
- FDDI Adapters (*)
-- Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (fpa)
+
- Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (fpa)
- Cryptography Accelerators (*)