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18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/arc</font></h2>
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1.37 miod 20: <hr>
21:
22: <p>
23: OpenBSD/arc runs on the machines compatible with the <i>Advanced RISC
24: Computing</i> specification, known as ARC machines, based on MIPS processors
25: and initially designed to run Microsoft Windows NT.
26: Such machines include the long dead Acer PICA, as well other machines
27: manufactured by other companies such as MIPS, Deskstation, NEC, and Olivetti.
28: </p>
29:
30: <p>
31: The ARC specification is extinct, and no new ARC BIOS machines for MIPS will
32: likely be manufactured.
33: Microsoft has announced that it will no longer support MIPS after NT 4.0.
34: OpenBSD/arc used to provide a good alternative to NT.
35: </p>
36:
37: <p>
38: <strong><font color="#e00000">The OpenBSD/arc port has been
1.39 henning 39: discontinued</font></strong> after the 2.3 release.
1.37 miod 40: </p>
41:
42: <p>
43: There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life.
44: The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in
45: NetBSD as well.
46: If you are interested in reviving the arc port, make it work and contact
47: <a href="mailto:pefo@openbsd.org">Per Fogelström</a> and
48: <a href="mailto:imp@openbsd.org">Warner Losh</a>.
49: </p>
50:
1.44 ! nick 51: <a name="toc"></a>
1.37 miod 52: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
53: <p>
54: <ul>
1.40 jufi 55: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.43 nick 56: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.37 miod 57: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/arc</a>
58: </ul>
59: </p>
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61: <hr>
1.37 miod 62: <a name="history"></a>
63: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 64:
65: <p>
1.37 miod 66: The early history of this port is not very clear. Apparently the first work was
67: done by CMU as part of their Mach project. The initial hardware was the DEC
68: R2000/R3000-based DECstations. This code was later used by both the Sprite and
69: BSD groups. The 4.4BSD code, known as the <i><a href="pmax.html">pmax</a></i>
70: port, was made freely available in mid 1993. It was merged into the
71: NetBSD tree by a variety of people, but took several years to really become
72: stable and mature, mainly because of compiler toolchain problems.
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75: <p>
1.9 niklas 76: Per Fogelström became familiar with the code after porting it to a
1.37 miod 77: home-built IDT R3081 based board. Subsequently he added R4400 support
78: when porting it to the MIPS R4400 Acer PICA board. Willowglen
1.1 deraadt 79: Singapore purchased a second PICA board for Theo de Raadt so that he
80: could improve the port for use as a development system for an internal
1.37 miod 81: project. Since then Theo, Per and others have completed the port.
1.1 deraadt 82: </p>
83:
84: <p>
1.37 miod 85: As a result, the code has been modified to make it more versatile, and
86: eventually support a larger range of ARC machines. Unfortunately the death
87: of this platform, as well as the lack of general availability of this hardware,
88: eventually turned people away from working on this port. Eventually, it was
89: decided to stop supporting it and remove the code from the tree.
1.1 deraadt 90: </p>
91:
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93: <hr>
94: <a name="hardware"></a>
95: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
96:
1.1 deraadt 97: <p>
1.37 miod 98: <h4>Supported models</h4>
1.1 deraadt 99: </p>
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101: <p>
1.12 deraadt 102: <ul>
1.43 nick 103: <li>Acer Pica (150MHz R4400PC, ISA, with on-board ethernet, SCSI, video,
1.37 miod 104: and serial)
105: <li>Deskstation Tyne (133MHz R4600, ISA and VLB)
106: <li>Deskstation rPC44 (100MHz R4400PC, EISA bus)
1.42 miod 107: <li>Algorithmics R4000/R5000/R10000 evaluation boards
108: <li>Algorithmics P-4032 and P-5064 boards
1.37 miod 109: <li>NEC RiscStation
1.12 deraadt 110: </ul>
1.11 deraadt 111: </p>
1.22 johns 112:
113: <p>
1.37 miod 114: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
115: </p>
116:
117: <p>
1.22 johns 118: <ul>
1.37 miod 119: <li><strong>Video</strong>
1.22 johns 120: <ul>
1.41 jmc 121: <li>Built-in S3 VGA graphics adapter (PICA) (with XFree86 support)
1.37 miod 122: <li>Standard VGA graphics adapter (rPC44, Tyne)
1.22 johns 123: </ul>
1.37 miod 124: <li><strong>Keyboard</strong>
1.22 johns 125: <ul>
1.37 miod 126: <li>Standard PC compatible keyboard
1.22 johns 127: </ul>
1.37 miod 128: <li><strong>Pointing device</strong>
1.22 johns 129: <ul>
1.37 miod 130: <li>PS2 mouse (PICA)
131: <li>Serial mouse (rPC44, Tyne)
1.22 johns 132: </ul>
1.37 miod 133: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.22 johns 134: <ul>
1.37 miod 135: <li>On-board serial ports (PICA) (can not be used as a serial console)
136: <li>ISA serial ports controllers
1.22 johns 137: </ul>
1.37 miod 138: <li><strong>Parallel ports</strong>
1.22 johns 139: <ul>
1.37 miod 140: <li>On-board parallel port (PICA)
141: <li>ISA parallel ports controllers
1.22 johns 142: </ul>
1.37 miod 143: <li><strong>Floppy drive</strong>
1.22 johns 144: <ul>
1.37 miod 145: <li>ISA Floppy controller (PICA)
1.22 johns 146: </ul>
1.37 miod 147: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
1.22 johns 148: <ul>
1.37 miod 149: <li>on-board SONIC ethernet controller (PICA)
150: <li>3Com Etherlink boards
151: <li>NE2000 compatible ISA boards
1.22 johns 152: </ul>
1.37 miod 153: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
1.22 johns 154: <ul>
1.37 miod 155: <li>on-board NCR53C96 SCSI controller (PICA)
156: <li>VLB Buslogic BT-440C/445C
157: <li>ISA Buslogic BT-545 SCSI controller (rPC44)
1.22 johns 158: </ul>
1.37 miod 159: <li><strong>IDE Controllers</strong>
1.22 johns 160: <ul>
1.37 miod 161: <li>ISA Western-Digital compatible IDE controllers<br>
162: <small>(bootable only on Deskstation systems)</small>
1.22 johns 163: </ul>
1.37 miod 164: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
1.30 imp 165: <ul>
1.37 miod 166: <li>Joystick on ISA bus
167: <li>PCI bus on Algorithmics P-4032 and P-5064 boards
1.30 imp 168: </ul>
1.22 johns 169: </ul>
170: </p>
171:
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1.37 miod 173: <a name="install"></a>
174: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
175: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/arc:</strong>
176: </font></h3>
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178: <p>
1.37 miod 179: The last supported OpenBSD/arc release has been
180: <a href="23.html">OpenBSD 2.3</a>.
181: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but it was available on CD.
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