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1.1 deraadt 15: <h2>OpenBSD/alpha</h2>
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1.45 ! niklas 18: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History and Status:</strong></font></h3>
! 19:
! 20: <p>The OpenBSD/alpha port was begun in the summer of 1996 by using
! 21: code from the NetBSD/alpha port which was begun by Chris Demetriou
! 22: <cgd@netbsd.org> in 1994. After the original OpenBSD port, some
! 23: copyright issues prevented OpenBSD from tracking the NetBSD code.
! 24: Regardless, work on the alpha port continued and many fixes were made.
! 25: While we were making fixes, NetBSD continued to make improvements to
! 26: the alpha port which we were unfortunately unable to use. Over time,
! 27: because of a lack of programmer resources and the inability to use
! 28: NetBSD code, hardware and software support became very outdated. This
! 29: caused the 2.5 and 2.6 releases of alpha to have few kernel
! 30: enhancements. As a result of its becoming so stale, alpha was not
! 31: included in the 2.7 release.</p>
! 32:
! 33: <p>Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in bringing the
! 34: port up to date. This coupled with the fact that NetBSD changed the
! 35: license on its alpha code so that there are no longer copyright issues
! 36: has lead to an effort to bring the alpha port back up. (For details on
! 37: why we were not able to keep tracking the NetBSD code, check our <a
! 38: href=policy.html>policy</a> page.)</p>
! 39:
! 40: <p>There is currently no maintainer for the alpha port. Technical
! 41: discussion about the alpha port should be directed to <a
! 42: href="mailto:alpha@openbsd.org"><alpha@openbsd.org></a>. If you
! 43: are at all interested in development of the alpha port, please send
! 44: inquiries to this address. If you are interested in the job of alpha
! 45: port maintainer, help out the project for a while and step up to the
! 46: job.</p>
! 47:
! 48: <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
! 49: </strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 50:
1.24 niklas 51: <ul>
1.45 ! niklas 52: <li>Bring the alpha kernel up to date with what NetBSD has.
! 53: <li>New Binutils to support ELF object file format. (gives shared libs)
! 54: <li>New bootblocks to support ELF.
! 55: <li>Up to date compat_osf1.
1.24 niklas 56: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 57:
1.35 deraadt 58: <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Supported Hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.45 ! niklas 59:
! 60: <p>Because of the changes that are currently being made to alpha, the
! 61: currently supported hardware is in flux. To the best of our
! 62: knowledge, the following hardware is still supported, but this could
! 63: change at any time.</p>
! 64:
1.18 johns 65: <ul>
66: <li><b>DEC 3000/[3456789]00 series with the following peripherals:</b>
67: <ul>
68: <li> Supported hardware:
69: <ul>
70: <li> Built-in serial ports.
71: <li> Built-in LANCE ethernet.
1.45 ! niklas 72: <li> Built-in SCSI chips (53c[f]94), though both may not work at
! 73: the same time.
! 74: </ul>
1.18 johns 75: <li> Things that may work but haven't been tested:
76: <ul>
77: <li> TurboChannel option slot LANCE (PMAD-A).
78: </ul>
79:
80: <li> Things are *not* supported at this time:
81: <ul>
82: <li> Frame buffers of any type.
83: <li> Other TurboChannel option boards.
84: <li> The ISDN/Audio chip.
85: </ul>
86: </ul>
87:
1.36 deraadt 88: <li><b> AlphaStation {200,250,255,400,500}, AXPpci,<br>
1.45 ! niklas 89: Multia (though many Multias have experienced infant mortality or
! 90: develop problems)<br>
1.37 johns 91: Systems using the following peripherals:</b>
1.45 ! niklas 92:
1.18 johns 93: <ul>
94: <li> Supported hardware:
95: <ul>
96: <li> NCR 53c810 SCSI (built-in or PCI board).
97: <li> Built-in ns16550 serial ports.
98: <li> DC21040-based ethernet (built-in or PCI board).
99: <li> DC21140-based PCI ethernet boards.
1.45 ! niklas 100: <li> DC21050-based PCI-PCI bridges (though other types of PCI-PCI
! 101: bridges should work).
1.18 johns 102: <li> PCI VGA video boards.
1.33 deraadt 103: <li> ISA VGA boards.
1.18 johns 104: <li> DEC ZLXp-E1 (DC21030-based, "TGA") video boards.
105: <li> PCI and ISA NE2000-compatible ethernet cards.
1.25 niklas 106: <li> SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA ethernet boards.
107: <li> 3Com 3c503 ethernet cards.
1.29 deraadt 108: <li> 3Com 3c5xx/3c9xx ethernet cards.
1.42 jason 109: <li> Lite-On PNIC (82c168, 82c169) based ethernet cards.
1.18 johns 110: <li> Keyboard.
111: <li> PS/2-style mice.
1.45 ! niklas 112: <li> IDE controllers (including the built-in IDE controller on
! 113: some machines).
1.28 deraadt 114: <li> Intel Etherexpress Pro/100B cards.
1.31 dgregor 115: <li> Cyclades ISA multiport serial cards.
1.18 johns 116: </ul>
117:
118: <li> Things that may work but haven't been tested:
119: <ul>
120: <li> Built-in parallel ports.
121: <li> ISA ns16x50-family serial port boards.
122: <li> ISA ns16x50 multi-port serial boards.
123: <li> Other NCR 53c8xx SCSI boards.
1.34 todd 124: <li> The Adaptec 152* SCSI controller ISA boards.
1.18 johns 125: </ul>
126:
127: <li> Things that are *not* supported at this time:
128: <ul>
1.45 ! niklas 129: <li> Sound hardware (including Windows Sound System built-in on
! 130: some machines).
1.18 johns 131: <li> DEC ZLXp-E2 and ZLXp-E3 PCI video boards.
132: <li> The built-in scsi controller on the AlphaStation 600.
1.32 deraadt 133: <li> PCI and ISA boards not listed above.
1.18 johns 134: <li> The floppy drive.
135: </ul>
136: </ul>
137:
138:
139: <li><b>At this time none of the following systems are supported:</b>
140: <ul>
141: <li> DECpc AXP 150 systems (EISA-bus PC-like systems)
1.45 ! niklas 142: <li> Alpha "server" systems (other than perhaps the AlphaServer 400,
! 143: which might be an AlphaStation 400 in disguise).
! 144: <li> Multiprocessor alpha systems
! 145: <li> EB164, PC164, PC164[LSR]X
! 146: <li> Digital Personal Workstation (Miata) systems
! 147: <li> 21264 based systems
! 148: <li> API (Alpha Processor, Inc.) systems
1.18 johns 149: </ul>
1.4 niklas 150: </ul>
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1.35 deraadt 152: <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Snapshots:</strong></font></h3>
1.45 ! niklas 153:
! 154: <p>While we are bringing the alpha port back to life snapshots will be
! 155: unpredictable an sporadic at best. If you are interested in helping
! 156: out, we encourage you to grab a snapshot, sync with -current and dig
! 157: in!</p>
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