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OpenBSD/mvme88k is an effort to port OpenBSD to the systems built upon Motorola's 881x0-based VME motherboard family. -

The current port maintainer is Miodrag Vallat (miod@openbsd.org), with the help of Steve Murphree. Others are definitely welcome to contribute! -

Table of contents

--- 22,32 ---- *************** *** 50,56 **** The Motorola 88k processor is said to be the best RISC processor ever devised. Its simplicity and elegance combine to make the mvme88k a hearty, robust platform. -

Nivas Madhur started the initial mvme88k port for the MVME187 card, but --- 48,53 ---- *************** *** 59,72 **** have enough time to work on it. Steve Murphree, Jr. eventually completed the port to the MVME187 in November 1998. -

Unfortunately, at the same time, a compiler upgrade from gcc 2.8.1 to egcs revealed a lot of problems in the mvme88k support in gcc, which could not be fixed in time for mvme88k to be a supported OpenBSD 2.5 release. -

The lack of an in-tree toolchain did not prevent further work on the port, --- 56,67 ---- *************** *** 74,87 **** and on-board SCSI driver, greatly expanded VME bus support, working install process that correctly creates a Motorola VID block on the disks, and support for MVME188 as well as improving support for MVME197. -

During summer 2003, an effort to fix the toolchain eventually produced a working gcc 2.95 compiler, and allowed the port to be self-hosting again. With the help of Mark Kettenis, the toolchain effort eventually produced working binutils and gdb in late may 2004. -


--- 69,80 ---- *************** *** 94,100 **** your mileage may vary. Work is on progress to fix the remaining problems and reliably support more boards. -


--- 87,92 ---- *************** *** 137,143 **** Besides various Motorola complete systems (M8120, MVME187-based series 900, etc), this port also runs on the MVME187-based Triton Dolphin System 100. -

Supported on-board devices

--- 129,134 ---- *************** *** 208,214 **** OpenBSD/mvme88k 3.6 installation instructions . -

Snapshots are made available from time to time, in --- 199,204 ---- *************** *** 219,225 **** OpenBSD/mvme88k snapshot installation instructions as well. -


--- 209,214 ---- *************** *** 229,241 **** As VME hardware is quite uncommon in the average retail place, and Motorola 881x0-based hardware is even more rare, this section is here to satisfy the well-founded curiosity about the mvme88k hardware. -

A comprehensive reference about the m88k processor and the various designs built upon it is being gathered by Paul Weissmann at badabada. -

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