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18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
19: <font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font>
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1.1 deraadt 23:
1.42 miod 24: OpenBSD/mvme68k runs on a large subset of Motorola's 680x0-based VME
25: motherboard family.
1.95 deraadt 26: <p>
1.87 miod 27:
1.90 miod 28: <strong>The OpenBSD/mvme68k port has been discontinued after the 5.5 release.</strong>
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31: <hr>
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1.42 miod 33: <a name="history"></a>
34: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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1.33 deraadt 36: <p>
1.42 miod 37: This port was primarily done by Theo de Raadt in 1995 as a contract to
38: Willowglen Singapore. An earlier port to the MVME147 by Chuck Cranor
39: based on Paul Mackerras' old DA30 code (and using hardware donated by
40: Jonathan Levine at Theo's request) provided a solid development
41: platform.
1.1 deraadt 42:
1.33 deraadt 43: <p>
1.68 sthen 44: Bizarrely, Dale Rahn, working for Motorola back then, also independently
1.42 miod 45: wrote a port to the MVME147. For most kernel parts, both their ports were
46: analyzed but more code was written from scratch by Theo, or based on the
47: hp300 code.
1.1 deraadt 48:
1.35 deraadt 49: <p>
1.42 miod 50: Dale helped significantly during the porting to the 68040
51: models and wrote most of the code specific to the MVME167 model.
1.45 miod 52: Later, Steve Murphree continued work and made the MVME177 work, as well as
1.58 miod 53: adding support for more VME devices.
1.34 deraadt 54:
1.82 miod 55: <p>
56: Support for the less commonly encountered MVME165 and MVME141 models was
57: introduced in OpenBSD 4.6.
58:
1.42 miod 59: <hr>
60: <a name="status"></a>
61: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
1.34 deraadt 62:
1.35 deraadt 63: <p>
1.42 miod 64: Currently, all the boards listed in the
1.56 nick 65: <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section below boot
1.42 miod 66: multi-user, and support enough of the on-board devices to be generally
1.55 pedro 67: usable.
1.42 miod 68:
69: <p>
70: As none of the mvme68k boards have graphics devices, and none of the Motorola
1.49 jmc 71: VME frame buffers are currently supported, there are no X Window System servers
1.42 miod 72: available.
1.49 jmc 73: However, a complete set of X clients and utilities is available,
1.42 miod 74: allowing OpenBSD/mvme68k machines to behave as X11 font servers, or run
1.49 jmc 75: X clients on remote display.
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77: <hr>
1.43 miod 78: <a name="hardware"></a>
79: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
80:
81: <p>
82: <h4>Supported processor boards</h4>
83:
84: <p>
85: <ul>
1.74 dms 86: <li><strong>MVME141</strong> (68030)<br>
1.73 miod 87: Both VME and VSB memory boards are supported, such as MVME224 boards.
88: All the on-board devices are supported, except for the VSB controller.
1.43 miod 89: <li><strong>MVME147</strong> (68030)<br>
90: All the on-board devices are supported, except for the parallel port.
91: <li><strong>MVME162</strong> (68040)<br>
92: Almost all the on-board devices are supported, with the following exceptions:
93: <ul>
94: <li>VME bus support is untested
1.82 miod 95: <li>Parity and ECC error reporting is not supported (but memory works just fine!)
1.43 miod 96: <li>Flash driver not working
97: <li>IP module driver untested
98: </ul>
1.74 dms 99: <li><strong>MVME165</strong> (68040)<br>
1.73 miod 100: All the on-board devices are supported, except for the VSB controller.
1.43 miod 101: <li><strong>MVME167</strong> (68040)<br>
1.82 miod 102: All the on-board devices are supported, except for the parallel port.
1.73 miod 103: <li><strong>MVME172</strong> (68060)<br>
104: Works as well as the MVME162.
1.43 miod 105: <li><strong>MVME177</strong> (68060)<br>
106: Works as well as the MVME167.
107: </ul>
108:
109: <p>
1.73 miod 110: Faithful clones of these boards, or other Motorola models may work as well
111: (MVME166, for example).
1.43 miod 112:
113: <p>
114: <h4>Supported extension boards</h4>
115:
116: <p>
117: <ul>
1.71 miod 118: <li><strong>MVME327A</strong> SCSI and floppy Controller
1.101 ! tb 119: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vsbic&manpath=OpenBSD+5.5&sektion=4&arch=mvme68k">vsbic</a>),
1.71 miod 120: currently limited to the SCSI interface
121: <li><strong>MVME328</strong> High Performance SCSI Controller
1.101 ! tb 122: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vs&manpath=OpenBSD+5.5&sektion=4&arch=mvme68k">vs</a>)
1.71 miod 123: <li><strong>MVME376</strong> Ethernet Communications Controller
1.101 ! tb 124: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=le&manpath=OpenBSD+5.5&sektion=4&arch=mvme68k">le</a>)
1.71 miod 125: </ul>
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127: <hr>
1.42 miod 128: <a name="install"></a>
129: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
130: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/mvme68k:</strong>
131: </font></h3>
132:
133: <p>
1.100 tj 134: The last supported OpenBSD/mvme68k release was
1.90 miod 135: <a href="55.html">OpenBSD 5.5</a>.
1.42 miod 136: Here are the
1.98 tb 137: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
1.99 tb 138: OpenBSD/mvme68k 5.5 installation instructions</a>.
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140: <hr>
1.46 miod 141: <a name="details"></a>
1.42 miod 142: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware details:</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 143:
1.42 miod 144: <p>
145: As VME hardware is quite uncommon in the average retail place,
146: this section is here to satisfy the well-founded curiosity about the mvme68k
147: hardware.
1.21 deraadt 148:
1.42 miod 149: <p>
1.51 miod 150: This picture is a MVME162 processor board, with the on-board ethernet and SCSI
151: controller options, one IndustryPack module, and a memory extension.<br>
1.42 miod 152: <img src="images/mvme162.gif" width="637" height="468" alt="MVME162 picture">
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