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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.
1.93 ! alex 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.
1.93 ! alex 61: <li>Support for Industrial Computer Source PCI-WDT50x watchdog timers.
1.1 deraadt 62: </ul>
1.34 johns 63:
1.32 grr 64: <p>
1.54 deraadt 65: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Installation with Other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 66: The OpenBSD/i386 port can be installed to share the system disks with
1.32 grr 67: other operating systems such as MSDOS, Windows or Linux using the MSDOS
68: MBR/partition scheme and an optional boot selector. Everyday operation is
69: trouble free, but setup requires care and Windows '95 installation is known
70: to be careless about pre-existing MBR/partition information.
71: See the Installation Notes for more details.
1.34 johns 72:
1.32 grr 73: <p>
1.54 deraadt 74: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Binary compatibility with other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 75: The OpenBSD/i386 port can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS,
1.44 deraadt 76: SVR4 (including Solaris), and IBCS2 binaries.
77:
78: <p>
1.54 deraadt 79: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 80: The OpenBSD/i386 port works across a broad range of standard PC's and clones,
1.32 grr 81: with a wide variety of processors and I/O bus architecures. It can be expected
1.53 todd 82: to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current products.
1.32 grr 83: The cases where problems may be encountered are typically older proprietary
84: PC's, Laptops or specialized server boxes that rely on a custom BIOS to paper
85: over implementation differences.
1.34 johns 86:
1.32 grr 87: <p>
88: OpenBSD does not currently support multiple processors, but will run using
89: one processor on a multi-processor system board.
1.34 johns 90:
1.31 deraadt 91: <p>
92: <ul>
1.58 deraadt 93: <li> All mainstream i386 architecture CPU chips, including 386,
1.92 wvdputte 94: 486, Pentium, Pentium-Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3,
95: and the Cyrix processor family (including the MediaGX). Everything
1.58 deraadt 96: that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine. The
97: only cpu that is known to work poorly (due to flawed
98: motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC.
1.75 deraadt 99: <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI, or PCMCIA bus based machines.
1.31 deraadt 100: <li> Floppy controllers.
1.75 deraadt 101: <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers.
1.34 johns 102: <li> SCSI host adapters:
103: <ul>
104: <li> Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF
105: <li> Adaptec AHA-174x
1.45 deraadt 106: <li> Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, including the
107: Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.
108: (Note that you cannot boot from these boards if they do not have
109: a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and motherboards using this chip
110: are likely to be bootable, consequently.)
111: <li> Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
112: Adaptec AHA-274x, AHA-284x families).
113: <li> Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some onboard PCI designs using the
114: AIC7870 chip.
1.55 downsj 115: <li> Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
1.45 deraadt 116: <li> BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
117: of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
1.34 johns 118: <li> Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
1.55 downsj 119: (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
120: Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
1.34 johns 121: <li> Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f
122: <li> Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards, including
123: <ul>
124: <li> ST01/02
125: <li> Future Domain TMC-885
126: <li> Future Domain TMC-950
127: </ul>
1.45 deraadt 128: <li> WD-7000 SCSI host adapters.
1.76 deraadt 129: <li> QLogic PCI SCSI controllers.
130: <li> AdvanSys PCI SCSI controllers.
1.34 johns 131: </ul>
132:
1.45 deraadt 133: <li> MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters.
134: (Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
135: can work with are supported by X.
1.75 deraadt 136: See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
1.34 johns 137:
138: <li> Serial ports:
139: <ul>
140: <li> 8250/16450-based ports
141: <li> 16550-based ports
1.56 downsj 142: <li> ST16650-based ports
1.61 downsj 143: <li> XR16850-based ports (only in the pccom driver)
1.37 johns 144: <li> AST-style 4-port serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
145: <li> BOCA 8-port serial cards <sup>(1)</sup>
146: <li> Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
147: <li> IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards <sup>(1)</sup>
1.34 johns 148: </ul>
149:
1.31 deraadt 150: <li> Parallel ports.
1.34 johns 151:
1.89 fgsch 152: <li> PCMCIA:
153: <ul>
154: <li> SCSI host adapters:
155: <ul>
156: <li> Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0.
157: </ul>
158: <li> Serial ports:
159: <ul>
160: <li> Virtually all modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
161: </ul>
162: <li> Ethernet adapters:
163: <ul>
1.91 fgsch 164: <li> 3COM 3c589
1.89 fgsch 165: <li> D-Link DE-660
1.91 fgsch 166: <li> D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
1.89 fgsch 167: <li> Genius ME 3000II SE
1.90 fgsch 168: <li> Hawking Ethernet Combo
1.89 fgsch 169: <li> IC-Card
170: <li> Kingston KNE-PC2
1.91 fgsch 171: <li> Linksys PCMPC100
172: <li> Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.89 fgsch 173: </ul>
174: </ul>
1.34 johns 175:
1.75 deraadt 176: <li> Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec AIC-590x ATM interfaces. <sup>(1)</sup>
1.34 johns 177:
1.75 deraadt 178: <li> Digital DEFEA EISA and DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters.
1.34 johns 179:
180: <li> Ethernet adapters:
181: <ul>
182:
1.48 deraadt 183: <li> AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA Ethernet adapters, including:
1.34 johns 184: <ul>
185: <li> Novell NE1500T
186: <li> Novell NE2100
187: <li> Kingston 21xx
188: </ul>
189:
190: <li> AMD PCnet-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
191: <ul>
192: <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
193: <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
194: </ul>
195:
1.47 deraadt 196: <li> 3COM 3c501
197: <li> 3COM 3c503
198: <li> 3COM 3c505 <sup>(1)</sup>
199: <li> 3COM 3c507
1.72 deraadt 200: <li> 3COM 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x
201: <li> 3COM 3c9xx, including the 3c905B (newer version) and 3c905B-FX (100Mbit ethernet over fiber)
1.47 deraadt 202:
1.34 johns 203: <li> Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
204: <ul>
1.55 downsj 205: <li> older SMC EtherPower 10, 10/100 (PCI only!)
206: <li> older LinkSys 10, 10/100
1.34 johns 207: <li> Znyx ZX34X
208: <li> Cogent EM100
209: <li> Digital DE450
210: <li> Digital DE500
1.57 deraadt 211: <li> Almost all other variants work.
1.34 johns 212: </ul>
1.77 deraadt 213: <li> DC21140 Four port cards
214: <ul>
215: <li> Adaptec ANA-6944A
216: <li> Cogent EM400
217: </ul>
1.37 johns 218: <li> BICC Isolan <sup>(1)</sup> -- not recently tested
1.34 johns 219: <li> SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
1.57 deraadt 220: <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 221: <li> SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards
1.69 jason 222: <li> SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100
1.57 deraadt 223: <li> Novell NE1000, NE2000 (PCI and ISA variants thereof)
1.47 deraadt 224: <li> Intel EtherExpress 16
1.68 deraadt 225: <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 and PRO/10+.
1.75 deraadt 226: <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+ cards.
1.77 deraadt 227: <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port cards.
1.73 jason 228: <li> Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
229: <ul>
230: <li> Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
231: <li> Compaq NetFlex 3/P
232: <li> Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
233: <li> Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
1.87 jason 234: <li> Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
235: <li> Racore 8165 and 8148
1.74 jason 236: <li> TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.73 jason 237: </ul>
1.78 jason 238: <li> RealTek 8129/8139 based adapters, including:
239: <ul>
1.81 jason 240: <li> Accton MPX 5030/5038
1.78 jason 241: <li> Allied Telesyn AT2550
1.81 jason 242: <li> Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
1.78 jason 243: <li> Genius GF100TXR
1.81 jason 244: <li> KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
245: <li> Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
1.78 jason 246: <li> NDC NE100TX-E
1.81 jason 247: <li> Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
1.78 jason 248: <li> OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
1.87 jason 249: <li> SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.78 jason 250: </ul>
1.83 jason 251: <li> Macronix 98713/98715/98725 Ethernet adapters, including:
252: <ul>
253: <li> NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
254: <li> SVEC PN102-TX fast ethernet card
255: </ul>
1.84 downsj 256: <li> VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters, including:
257: <ul>
258: <li> Hawking PN102TX
259: <li> D-Link DFE530TX
260: </ul>
1.87 jason 261: <li> Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II adapters, including:
1.85 jason 262: <ul>
263: <li> Netgear FA310TX rev D1
1.87 jason 264: <li> LinkSys LNE100TX
1.85 jason 265: <li> Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
266: </ul>
1.88 jason 267: <li> Winbond W89C840F Ethernet adapters, including:
268: <ul>
269: <li> Trendware TE100-PCIE
270: <li> Compex RL100-ATX 10/100baseTX
271: </ul>
1.34 johns 272: </ul>
273:
1.80 deraadt 274: <li> Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards
275: <ul>
276: <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards.
277: <li>Nearly all joystick ports.
278: <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards.
279: <li>Nearly all ne2000-style ethernet cards.
280: <li>Nearly all SMC-style ethernet cards.
281: <li>Most serial port or modem cards.
282: <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode.
283: <li>NE2100 ethernet cards.
284: <li>... If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
285: to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
286: </ul>
1.34 johns 287: <li> Tape drives:
288: <ul>
289: <li> Most SCSI tape drives
290: <li> Most SCSI tape changers
1.45 deraadt 291: <li> QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
292: tape drives <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34 johns 293: </ul>
294:
295: <li> CD-ROM drives:
296: <ul>
1.45 deraadt 297: <li> Mitsumi CD-ROM drives <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
298: [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
299: to cause trouble with several devices!]
1.34 johns 300: <li> Most SCSI CD-ROM drives
1.75 deraadt 301: <li> Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM drives
1.34 johns 302: </ul>
303:
304: <li> Mice:
305: <ul>
1.37 johns 306: <li> "Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
307: <li> "Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
308: <li> "PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
309: <li> Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
1.34 johns 310: </ul>
311:
1.45 deraadt 312: <li> APM power management.
1.79 downsj 313: <li> Brooktree 848/849, 878/879 based Video Capture Cards: <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.75 deraadt 314: <ul>
315: <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
316: <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
317: <li>Miro PC TV
318: <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
1.79 downsj 319: <li>IMS TV Turbo
320: <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.75 deraadt 321: </ul>
1.34 johns 322: <li> Sound Cards:
323: <ul>
1.79 downsj 324: <li> SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.37 johns 325: <li> Gravis Ulrasound and Ultrasound Max <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.75 deraadt 326: <li> Ensoniq AudioPCI <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34 johns 327: <li> [The following drivers are not extensively tested]
328: <ul>
1.75 deraadt 329: <li> S3 SonicVibes <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.37 johns 330: <li> Personal Sound System <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
331: <li> Windows Sound System <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
332: <li> ProAudio Spectrum <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.34 johns 333: </ul>
334: </ul>
1.92 wvdputte 335: <li>ISAPNP cards: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
1.82 deraadt 336: Others may work as well -- support is continually being improved.
337: <ul>
338: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
339: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
340: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
341: <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
342: <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
343: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
344: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
345: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
346: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
347: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
348: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
349: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
350: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
351: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
352: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
353: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
354: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
355: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
356: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
357: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
358: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
359: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
360: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
361: <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
362: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
363: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
364: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
365: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
366: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
367: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
368: <li>"Realtek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
369: </ul>
1.34 johns 370: </ul>
371:
1.37 johns 372: <p>
373: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62 deraadt 374: distribution floppies.
1.37 johns 375: </p>
1.34 johns 376:
1.37 johns 377: <p>
378: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
379: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34 johns 380: </p>
381:
1.31 deraadt 382: <p>
1.54 deraadt 383: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.34 johns 384: <ul>
385: <li> "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models.
1.75 deraadt 386: <li> NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters.
1.34 johns 387: <li> QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives. (Those are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller.)
388: <li> Multiprocessor Pentium and Pentium Pro systems. (Though they should run fine using one processor only.)
1.51 deraadt 389: <li> Sony and Panasonic proprietary CDROM interfaces.
1.75 deraadt 390: <li> Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI works fine.)
1.90 fgsch 391: <li> Cardbus controllers and adapters.
1.89 fgsch 392: <li> PCMCIA:
393: <ul>
1.91 fgsch 394: <li> 3COM 3c574.
1.89 fgsch 395: <li> ATA/IDE card drives.
396: <li> ATA/IDE CDROM adapters.
1.91 fgsch 397: <li> Memory cards.
398: <li> Most multifunction cards.
399: <li> Xircom ethernet adapters.
1.89 fgsch 400: </ul>
1.31 deraadt 401: </ul>
1.34 johns 402: </p>
1.31 deraadt 403:
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1.27 deraadt 406: <a href=ftp.html>Snapshots are made available from time to time.</a>
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