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<h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>

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Nivas Madhur started the initial mvme88k port for the MVME187 card, but has

The Motorola 88k processor is said to be the best RISC processor ever

since moved on to another employer. Steve Murphree, Jr. has since had major

devised. It's simplicity and elegance combine to make the mvme88k a

changes including revamped autoconf and on-board SCSI driver. New, greatly

hearty, robust platform.

expanded VME bus support. A working install process that correctly creates

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a Motorola VID block on the disks

<p>

There is a snapshot avaliable as of 2.4. The port supports the MVME187

Nivas Madhur started the initial mvme88k port

Single Board Computer (SBC). MVME188 multi-processor board support is

for the MVME187 card, but has since moved on to another employer.

currently "in the works." Support for the MVME197 is planned, but we

Steve Murphree, Jr. completed the port in November 1998. The port has

need hardware to get things going. (see the <a href="want.html">"Wanted List"</a>.)

since had major changes including revamped autoconf and on-board SCSI

driver. New, greatly expanded VME bus support. A working install

process that correctly creates a Motorola VID block on the disks.

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<h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Current Status:</strong></font></h3>

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<p>

There is a snapshot avaliable as of 2.4. The port supports the MVME187

Single Board Computer (SBC). MVME188 multi-processor board support is

currently "in the works." Support for the MVME197 is planned, but we

need hardware to get things going. (see the <a href="want.html">"Wanted List"</a>.)

The installation tools and process as of the 2.5 release actually work.

OpenBSD/mvme88k can be installed or upgraded via tape ramdisk images

as well as network and diskless installs.