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<h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300</font></h2>
<hr>
<p>
OpenBSD/hp300 runs on most of the HP 9000 series 300 and 400 workstations, based
on the Motorola 680x0 processor family.
</p>
<p>
There is currently no maintainer for this port, although
Todd Miller (<a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">millert@openbsd.org</a>)
hacks on it from time to time.
Others are definitely welcome to contribute!
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<a href="#toc"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
<p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
<li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
<li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
<li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware list</a>
<li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/hp300</a>
</ul>
<hr>
<a name="history"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
<p>
OpenBSD follows in the footsteps of 4.4BSD by supporting the hp300; most
types of machine are supported with 68020 or better processors, along with
SCSI and HP-IB storage devices.
</p>
<p>
OpenBSD/hp300 runs 8k pagesize executables natively (the first operating
system for the hp300 to do so), maintaining the standard binary format
used by all other OpenBSD m68k platforms.
</p>
<p>
Over the time, the 4.4BSD codebase was extended and corrected, and the hp300
port switched to the regular config(8) for kernel configuration.
This enables the port to support things like
<i>User Kernel Config</i> and, in the future, the generic SCSI subsystem.
</p>
<p>
Shortly after OpenBSD 2.9 was released, support was added for the 425e model,
using a serial console on the first serial port.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="status"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
<p>
Currently, all the hardware listed in the
<a href="#hardware">supported hardware list</a> section below boots
multi-user, and supports enough of the on-board devices to be generally
usable, unless specified otherwise.
</p>
<p>
OpenBSD/hp300 is able to run sun3 SunOS binaries via the
<strong>COMPAT_SUNOS</strong> kernel option (a few have been tested and work).
<strong>COMPAT_HPUX</strong> is also available for HP-UX binaries, but has
not been tested recently (but this used to be enough to get HP-UX X11 environment
to run).
</p>
<p>
Slower machines may sometimes have problems booting with
a serial console. The symptoms of this are panics during the kernel
autoconfiguration process; this can be avoided by using faster/different
terminals or by eliminating the terminal's use of flow control.
</p>
<p>
A native X11 server is available for the <i>topcat</i> and <i>hyperion</i>
frame buffer families, but it only supports the X11R5 protocol.
On the other frame buffers, the HP-UX X11R5 server can be run under emulation.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="projects"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
</strong></font></h3>
<p>
<ul>
<li>Merge recent development from NetBSD
<li>Switch the console and keyboard subsystem to wscons
<li>Provide native X11 servers for all the supported frame buffers
<li>Switch the scsi subsystem to the common scsi code
<li>Work on SGC bus support (for 425e frame buffer)
</ul>
<hr>
<a name="hardware"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
<p>
<h4>Supported machines</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>HP 9000/300 series:
<p>
<ul>
<li>68020-based: 318, 319, 320, 330 and 350.
<li>68030-based: 340, 345, 360, 370 and 375.
<li>68040-based: 380 and 385.
</ul>
<p>
</li>
<li>HP 9000/400 series:
<p>
<ul>
<li>68030-based: 400.
<li>68040-based: 425 and 433.
</ul>
<p>
These machines are not supported when configured for <i>Domain/OS</i>;
the ROM must be in <i>HP-UX mode</i> in order to boot the system.
Please refer to the <a href="hp300/hp300faq.html">hp300 FAQ page</a>
for information on how to change the ROM mode.
</p></li>
</ul>
<p>
<h4>SCSI controllers and peripherals</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>98658A built-in and add-on SCSI interface.
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SCSI-1 disk drives
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sd&sektion=4&arch=hp300">sd</a>). <sup>(*)</sup>
<li>SCSI-1 cdrom drives
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cd&sektion=4">cd</a>). <sup>(*)</sup>
<li>Autochangers.
<li>Tape drives: HP DAT, Exabyte, and SCSI QIC drives such as the Archive Viper
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st</a>).
</ul>
<p>
<sup>(*)</sup> SCSI-2 peripherals are known to work, but this may require
changing a jumper on some drives.
Refer to your disk's documentation for details.
</p>
<p>
<h4>HP-IB/CS80 controllers and peripherals</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>98624 built-in interface.
<li>98625A and 98625B ``fast'' interface.
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Most HP disks, including: 7912, 7914, 7933, 7936, 7937, 7945, 7957,
7958, 7959, 2200, and 2203.
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hd&sektion=4&arch=hp300">hd</a>).
<li>Low-density cartridge drives: 7914, 7946, and 9144
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4&arch=hp300">ct</a>).
<li>High-density cartridge drives: 9145
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4&arch=hp300">ct</a>).
<li>1/2" tape drives: 7974A, 7978A/B, 7979A, 7980A, and 7980XC
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4&arch=hp300">ct</a>).
</ul>
<p>
<h4>Serial ports</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>98644 built-in and add-on card single port
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dca&sektion=4&arch=hp300">dca</a>).
<li>98642 4-port mux
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dcm&sektion=4&arch=hp300">dcm</a>).
<li>98638 8-port mux
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dcm&sektion=4&arch=hp300">dcm</a>).
<li>400-series Apollo 3-port serial/keyboard mux
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apci&sektion=4&arch=hp300">apci</a>).
<br>(The first port is typically configured as a
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dca&sektion=4&arch=hp300">dca</a>
device).
</ul>
<p>
<h4>Ethernet interfaces</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>98643 built-in and add-on LAN cards.
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=le&sektion=4&arch=hp300">le</a>).
</ul>
<p>
<h4>Frame buffers</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>98543, 98544, 98545, and 98547 color and monochrome Topcat
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=topcat&sektion=4&arch=hp300">topcat</a>), supported by the native X11R5 server.
<li>98548, 98549, 98550, and A1416A color and monochrome Catseye,
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=topcat&sektion=4&arch=hp300">topcat</a>), supported by the native X11R5 server.
<li>98700 and 98710 Gatorbox
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gbox&sektion=4&arch=hp300">gbox</a>).
<li>98720 and 98721 Renaissance
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rbox&sektion=4&arch=hp300">rbox</a>).
<li>98730 and 98731 DaVinci
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dvbox&sektion=4&arch=hp300">dvbox</a>).
<li>A1096A monochrome Hyperion
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hyper&sektion=4&arch=hp300">hyper</a>), supported by the native X11R5 server.
</ul>
<p>
<h4>Input devices</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>General interface supporting all HIL devices
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hil&sektion=4&arch=hp300">hil</a>):
keyboard, 2 and 3 button mice, and ID module.
Serial mice connected to a <i>HIL to quad</i> converter are also known to
work.
<li>400-series Apollo keyboards
<i>(currently only supported by the bootblocks)</i>
</ul>
<p>
<h4>Miscellaneous</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>Battery-backed real-time clock.
<li>Printers and plotters on RS232 and HP-IB.
(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ppi&sektion=4&arch=hp300">ppi</a>).
</ul>
<p>
More information about hardware configuration may be found on the
<a href="hp300/hp300faq.html">hp300 FAQ page</a>.
</p>
<p>
<h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>310 and all other 68010 based systems.
</ul>
<p>
<h4>Unsupported devices</h4>
<p>
<ul>
<li>SGC bus on the 425e (and some 4XXt machines),
and the associated frame buffers.
</ul>
<hr>
<a name="install"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0">
<strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/hp300:</strong>
</font></h3>
<p>
The latest supported OpenBSD/hp300 release is
<a href="35.html">OpenBSD 3.5</a>.
Here are the
<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
OpenBSD/hp300 3.5 installation instructions
</a>.
</p>
<p>
Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/hp300">this location</a>
as well as in a few
<a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
Here are the
<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
OpenBSD/hp300 snapshot installation instructions
</a> as well.
</p>
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