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1.1 deraadt 15: <h2>OpenBSD/i386</h2>
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1.54 deraadt 18:
19: <h3><font color=#0000e0>History and Status:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 20:
1.3 fn 21: <p>
1.26 deraadt 22: The i386 port has quite a few architecture specific changes from the
1.2 deraadt 23: NetBSD/i386 port, but the major ones are:
1.1 deraadt 24: <ul>
1.30 michaels 25: <li>Also runs on machines with 512MB of ram or more, does not crash.
1.3 fn 26: <li>the addition of ISA bounce buffer support so that ISA scsi cards (ie.
1.11 deraadt 27: Adaptec 1542) can be used in machines with more than 16MB of memory.
1.4 deraadt 28: <li>The same one GENERIC kernel works on all machines, whether it has
1.11 deraadt 29: BusLogic or Adaptec scsi cards.
1.4 deraadt 30: <li>some DDB improvements
31: <li>OPTI mcd support
32: <li>ATAPI cdrom support
33: <li>P5/P6 improved NTP support
34: <li>pccons has userland replaceable keymaps, and screen blanking
35: <li>boot "-a" support like other ports (asks for root partition)
1.11 deraadt 36: <li>floppy disk formatting
1.7 deraadt 37: <li>Cyclades Cyclom serial driver
1.11 deraadt 38: <li>faster (assembly) IP checksumming (typically 20% faster, up to 62% faster
39: in some cases)
1.18 deraadt 40: <li>vmstat -i prints interrupt information.
41: <li>latest rev of adaptec 2940 driver from FreeBSD
1.11 deraadt 42: <li>supports "ep* at port ? irq ?"
1.12 deraadt 43: <li>faster i386-specific `pccom' device driver.
1.19 deraadt 44: <li>/dev/pctr pseudo-device & program for accessing the Pentium and PentiumPro
1.18 deraadt 45: performance counters.
1.15 deraadt 46: <li>Fixed major i386 kernel interrupt race.
47: <li>Fixed UCONSOLE security hole without breaking xconsole.
48: <li>Much faster i387-specific libm available for those who want the option.
1.17 deraadt 49: <li>ISA Plug-and-Play support
1.21 deraadt 50: <li>the GPL FP emulator from Linux/Freebsd, for users who want to use it.
51: Much better!
1.28 deraadt 52: <li>Prefer partition type 166, so that OpenBSD can co-reside on the same
53: disk as a 386BSD/NetBSD/FreeBSD install.
54: <li>Attempt to fault in a ptp; this avoids two ptp panic cases.
55: <li>RAW_PART is now 'c', not 'd'. It should start at 0, and cover your whole
56: disk.
1.29 deraadt 57: <li>Updated ncr driver, much more performance.
58: <li>3c59x and 3c9xx cards work.
59: <li>Can mount DOS file systems with cluster size > 16KB.
1.42 kstailey 60: <li>Support for M$ IntelliMouse as a 3-button PS/2 mouse.
1.1 deraadt 61: </ul>
1.34 johns 62:
1.32 grr 63: <p>
1.54 deraadt 64: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Installation with Other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 65: The OpenBSD/i386 port can be installed to share the system disks with
1.32 grr 66: other operating systems such as MSDOS, Windows or Linux using the MSDOS
67: MBR/partition scheme and an optional boot selector. Everyday operation is
68: trouble free, but setup requires care and Windows '95 installation is known
69: to be careless about pre-existing MBR/partition information.
70: See the Installation Notes for more details.
1.34 johns 71:
1.32 grr 72: <p>
1.54 deraadt 73: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Binary compatibility with other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 74: The OpenBSD/i386 port can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS,
1.44 deraadt 75: SVR4 (including Solaris), and IBCS2 binaries.
76:
77: <p>
1.54 deraadt 78: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 79: The OpenBSD/i386 port works across a broad range of standard PC's and clones,
1.32 grr 80: with a wide variety of processors and I/O bus architecures. It can be expected
1.53 todd 81: to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current products.
1.32 grr 82: The cases where problems may be encountered are typically older proprietary
83: PC's, Laptops or specialized server boxes that rely on a custom BIOS to paper
84: over implementation differences.
1.34 johns 85:
1.32 grr 86: <p>
87: OpenBSD does not currently support multiple processors, but will run using
88: one processor on a multi-processor system board.
1.34 johns 89:
1.31 deraadt 90: <p>
91: <ul>
1.58 deraadt 92: <li> All mainstream i386 architecture CPU chips, including 386,
1.75 deraadt 93: 486, Pentium, Pentium-Pro, Pentium II, AMD K5/K6/K6-2, and
94: the Cyrix processor family (including the MediaGX). Everything
1.58 deraadt 95: that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine. The
96: only cpu that is known to work poorly (due to flawed
97: motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC.
1.75 deraadt 98: <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI, or PCMCIA bus based machines.
1.31 deraadt 99: <li> Floppy controllers.
1.75 deraadt 100: <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers.
1.34 johns 101: <li> SCSI host adapters:
102: <ul>
103: <li> Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF
104: <li> Adaptec AHA-174x
1.45 deraadt 105: <li> Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, including the
106: Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.
107: (Note that you cannot boot from these boards if they do not have
108: a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and motherboards using this chip
109: are likely to be bootable, consequently.)
110: <li> Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
111: Adaptec AHA-274x, AHA-284x families).
112: <li> Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some onboard PCI designs using the
113: AIC7870 chip.
1.55 downsj 114: <li> Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
1.45 deraadt 115: <li> BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
116: of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
1.34 johns 117: <li> Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
1.55 downsj 118: (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
119: Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
1.34 johns 120: <li> Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f
121: <li> Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards, including
122: <ul>
123: <li> ST01/02
124: <li> Future Domain TMC-885
125: <li> Future Domain TMC-950
126: </ul>
1.45 deraadt 127: <li> WD-7000 SCSI host adapters.
1.76 deraadt 128: <li> QLogic PCI SCSI controllers.
129: <li> AdvanSys PCI SCSI controllers.
1.34 johns 130: </ul>
131:
1.45 deraadt 132: <li> MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters.
133: (Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
134: can work with are supported by X.
1.75 deraadt 135: See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
1.34 johns 136:
137: <li> Serial ports:
138: <ul>
139: <li> 8250/16450-based ports
140: <li> 16550-based ports
1.56 downsj 141: <li> ST16650-based ports
1.61 downsj 142: <li> XR16850-based ports (only in the pccom driver)
1.37 johns 143: <li> AST-style 4-port serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
144: <li> BOCA 8-port serial cards <sup>(1)</sup>
145: <li> Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
146: <li> IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
1.34 johns 147: </ul>
148:
1.31 deraadt 149: <li> Parallel ports.
1.34 johns 150:
1.89 fgsch 151: <li> PCMCIA:
152: <ul>
153: <li> SCSI host adapters:
154: <ul>
155: <li> Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0.
156: </ul>
157: <li> Serial ports:
158: <ul>
159: <li> Virtually all modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
160: </ul>
161: <li> Ethernet adapters:
162: <ul>
1.91 ! fgsch 163: <li> 3COM 3c589
1.89 fgsch 164: <li> D-Link DE-660
1.91 ! fgsch 165: <li> D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
1.89 fgsch 166: <li> Genius ME 3000II SE
1.90 fgsch 167: <li> Hawking Ethernet Combo
1.89 fgsch 168: <li> IC-Card
169: <li> Kingston KNE-PC2
1.91 ! fgsch 170: <li> Linksys PCMPC100
! 171: <li> Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.89 fgsch 172: </ul>
173: </ul>
1.34 johns 174:
1.75 deraadt 175: <li> Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec AIC-590x ATM interfaces. <sup>(1)</sup>
1.34 johns 176:
1.75 deraadt 177: <li> Digital DEFEA EISA and DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters.
1.34 johns 178:
179: <li> Ethernet adapters:
180: <ul>
181:
1.48 deraadt 182: <li> AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA Ethernet adapters, including:
1.34 johns 183: <ul>
184: <li> Novell NE1500T
185: <li> Novell NE2100
186: <li> Kingston 21xx
187: </ul>
188:
189: <li> AMD PCnet-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
190: <ul>
191: <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
192: <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
193: </ul>
194:
1.47 deraadt 195: <li> 3COM 3c501
196: <li> 3COM 3c503
197: <li> 3COM 3c505 <sup>(1)</sup>
198: <li> 3COM 3c507
1.72 deraadt 199: <li> 3COM 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x
200: <li> 3COM 3c9xx, including the 3c905B (newer version) and 3c905B-FX (100Mbit ethernet over fiber)
1.47 deraadt 201:
1.34 johns 202: <li> Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
203: <ul>
1.55 downsj 204: <li> older SMC EtherPower 10, 10/100 (PCI only!)
205: <li> older LinkSys 10, 10/100
1.34 johns 206: <li> Znyx ZX34X
207: <li> Cogent EM100
208: <li> Digital DE450
209: <li> Digital DE500
1.57 deraadt 210: <li> Almost all other variants work.
1.34 johns 211: </ul>
1.77 deraadt 212: <li> DC21140 Four port cards
213: <ul>
214: <li> Adaptec ANA-6944A
215: <li> Cogent EM400
216: </ul>
1.37 johns 217: <li> BICC Isolan <sup>(1)</sup> -- not recently tested
1.34 johns 218: <li> SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
1.57 deraadt 219: <li> SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards) (See special care notice in <A HREF="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/INSTALL.i386">INSTALL.i386</A>)
1.71 deraadt 220: <li> SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards
1.69 jason 221: <li> SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100
1.57 deraadt 222: <li> Novell NE1000, NE2000 (PCI and ISA variants thereof)
1.47 deraadt 223: <li> Intel EtherExpress 16
1.68 deraadt 224: <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 and PRO/10+.
1.75 deraadt 225: <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+ cards.
1.77 deraadt 226: <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port cards.
1.73 jason 227: <li> Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
228: <ul>
229: <li> Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
230: <li> Compaq NetFlex 3/P
231: <li> Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
232: <li> Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
1.87 jason 233: <li> Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
234: <li> Racore 8165 and 8148
1.74 jason 235: <li> TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.73 jason 236: </ul>
1.78 jason 237: <li> RealTek 8129/8139 based adapters, including:
238: <ul>
1.81 jason 239: <li> Accton MPX 5030/5038
1.78 jason 240: <li> Allied Telesyn AT2550
1.81 jason 241: <li> Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
1.78 jason 242: <li> Genius GF100TXR
1.81 jason 243: <li> KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
244: <li> Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
1.78 jason 245: <li> NDC NE100TX-E
1.81 jason 246: <li> Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
1.78 jason 247: <li> OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
1.87 jason 248: <li> SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.78 jason 249: </ul>
1.83 jason 250: <li> Macronix 98713/98715/98725 Ethernet adapters, including:
251: <ul>
252: <li> NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
253: <li> SVEC PN102-TX fast ethernet card
254: </ul>
1.84 downsj 255: <li> VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters, including:
256: <ul>
257: <li> Hawking PN102TX
258: <li> D-Link DFE530TX
259: </ul>
1.87 jason 260: <li> Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II adapters, including:
1.85 jason 261: <ul>
262: <li> Netgear FA310TX rev D1
1.87 jason 263: <li> LinkSys LNE100TX
1.85 jason 264: <li> Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
265: </ul>
1.88 jason 266: <li> Winbond W89C840F Ethernet adapters, including:
267: <ul>
268: <li> Trendware TE100-PCIE
269: <li> Compex RL100-ATX 10/100baseTX
270: </ul>
1.34 johns 271: </ul>
272:
1.80 deraadt 273: <li> Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards
274: <ul>
275: <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards.
276: <li>Nearly all joystick ports.
277: <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards.
278: <li>Nearly all ne2000-style ethernet cards.
279: <li>Nearly all SMC-style ethernet cards.
280: <li>Most serial port or modem cards.
281: <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode.
282: <li>NE2100 ethernet cards.
283: <li>... If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
284: to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
285: </ul>
1.34 johns 286: <li> Tape drives:
287: <ul>
288: <li> Most SCSI tape drives
289: <li> Most SCSI tape changers
1.45 deraadt 290: <li> QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
291: tape drives <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34 johns 292: </ul>
293:
294: <li> CD-ROM drives:
295: <ul>
1.45 deraadt 296: <li> Mitsumi CD-ROM drives <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
297: [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
298: to cause trouble with several devices!]
1.34 johns 299: <li> Most SCSI CD-ROM drives
1.75 deraadt 300: <li> Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM drives
1.34 johns 301: </ul>
302:
303: <li> Mice:
304: <ul>
1.37 johns 305: <li> "Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
306: <li> "Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
307: <li> "PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
308: <li> Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
1.34 johns 309: </ul>
310:
1.45 deraadt 311: <li> APM power management.
1.79 downsj 312: <li> Brooktree 848/849, 878/879 based Video Capture Cards: <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.75 deraadt 313: <ul>
314: <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
315: <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
316: <li>Miro PC TV
317: <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
1.79 downsj 318: <li>IMS TV Turbo
319: <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.75 deraadt 320: </ul>
1.34 johns 321: <li> Sound Cards:
322: <ul>
1.79 downsj 323: <li> SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.37 johns 324: <li> Gravis Ulrasound and Ultrasound Max <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.75 deraadt 325: <li> Ensoniq AudioPCI <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34 johns 326: <li> [The following drivers are not extensively tested]
327: <ul>
1.75 deraadt 328: <li> S3 SonicVibes <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.37 johns 329: <li> Personal Sound System <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
330: <li> Windows Sound System <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
331: <li> ProAudio Spectrum <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34 johns 332: </ul>
333: </ul>
1.82 deraadt 334: <li>ISAPNP cards: Roughly said, the following cards definately work.
335: Others may work as well -- support is continually being improved.
336: <ul>
337: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
338: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
339: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
340: <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
341: <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
342: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
343: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
344: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
345: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
346: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
347: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
348: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
349: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
350: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
351: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
352: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
353: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
354: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
355: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
356: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
357: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
358: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
359: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
360: <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
361: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
362: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
363: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
364: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
365: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
366: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
367: <li>"Realtek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
368: </ul>
1.34 johns 369: </ul>
370:
1.37 johns 371: <p>
372: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62 deraadt 373: distribution floppies.
1.37 johns 374: </p>
1.34 johns 375:
1.37 johns 376: <p>
377: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
378: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34 johns 379: </p>
380:
1.31 deraadt 381: <p>
1.54 deraadt 382: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.34 johns 383: <ul>
384: <li> "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models.
1.75 deraadt 385: <li> NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters.
1.34 johns 386: <li> QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives. (Those are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller.)
387: <li> Multiprocessor Pentium and Pentium Pro systems. (Though they should run fine using one processor only.)
1.51 deraadt 388: <li> Sony and Panasonic proprietary CDROM interfaces.
1.75 deraadt 389: <li> Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI works fine.)
1.90 fgsch 390: <li> Cardbus controllers and adapters.
1.89 fgsch 391: <li> PCMCIA:
392: <ul>
1.91 ! fgsch 393: <li> 3COM 3c574.
1.89 fgsch 394: <li> ATA/IDE card drives.
395: <li> ATA/IDE CDROM adapters.
1.91 ! fgsch 396: <li> Memory cards.
! 397: <li> Most multifunction cards.
! 398: <li> Xircom ethernet adapters.
1.89 fgsch 399: </ul>
1.31 deraadt 400: </ul>
1.34 johns 401: </p>
1.31 deraadt 402:
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1.1 deraadt 404: <p>
1.27 deraadt 405: <a href=ftp.html>Snapshots are made available from time to time.</a>
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