! The pmax port of OpenBSD is being worked on by Thomas Graichen (graichen@openbsd.org). The status
! is that i have it so far running now (a lot of thanks to Dieter Mayer
! who made all this possible by sending me a Decstaion 5000/200 -
! thanks) and i have also started to create snapshots of OpenBSD/pmax
! and X11 for OpenBSD/pmax from time to
! time - you may get them from
! the usual OpenBSD ftp servers.
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Differences to NetBSD/pmax:
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we have native shared libraries
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the port is self-hosting (i.e. it only uses in-tree tools - there is
! no need for externel binutils).
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i try too keep the release of snapshots and releases close to
! releasing X11 binaries too (X11R5 servers and X11R6 clients - both
! compiled with ProjectRoot /usr/X11R6)
!
you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes
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! Aside from that the hardware support is nearly identical to NetBSD/pmax.
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! This is also the place there i plan to put all hints for the installation
! and fixes for problems while doing it to.
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! www@openbsd.org
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! $OpenBSD: pmax.html,v 1.14 1997/05/15 12:40:47 graichen Exp $
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OpenBSD/pmax
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History and status:
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The pmax port of OpenBSD is being worked on by Thomas Graichen (graichen@OpenBSD.org).
! From the pmax specific code it is heavily based on NetBSD/pmax. I usually
! try to keep it in sync with all fixes and improvements from NetBSD/pmax.
! Starting with the 2.1 release of OpenBSD the pmax port is now no longer
! only available in form of snapshots but i still plan to make new snapshots
! of the current state of OpenBSD/pmax from time to time available. So far
! it is running very stable for me and is also reported to do so from a lot
! of other people on different kinds of machines. I want to take the chance
! here to say thanks to Dieter Mayer and Rob Urban for supplying me with
! the hardware to do the development on. Also i want to thank all the people
! from the NetBSD/pmax team and mailinglists for their help in many situations.
! If you are interested in getting OpenBSD/pmax you can either use the latest
! formal release of OpenBSD or one of the snapshots of OpenBSD/pmax if you
! are interested in tracking the current state - you may get them both from
! the usual OpenBSD ftp servers.
!
I'm very interested in getting feedback from people running OpenBSD/pmax
! on their machines ... so if you do so - please send me a mail about it
! ... this way i can get a feeling of how many people are using it - thanks.
!
Despite of the fact that the hardware specific code in OpenBSD/pmax
! doesn't differ much from NetBSD/pmax there are for the system as a whole
! some ...
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Differences to NetBSD/pmax:
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we have native shared libraries (... but also for NetBSD/pmax there
! are snapshots with shared libraries based mostly on the OpenBSD shared
! library support from per fogelstrom available now - but the latest formal
! release of it - 1.2 is completely statically linked)
!
!
the port is self-hosting (... that means it only uses in-tree tools
! - there is no need for externel binutils).
!
!
i try too keep the release of snapshots and releases close to releasing
! X11 binaries too (X11R5 servers and X11R6 clients - both compiled with
! ProjectRoot /usr/X11R6) so that you should have a usable system including
! X11 without having to build or search all the stuff yourself
!
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you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes - most
! important here the security related stuff and fixes
!
!
i have tried to make the installation of the release as simple as possible
! ... i hope to improve this further with the next release
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Supported machines:
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OpenBSD/pmax currently supports the following machines:
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decstation 2100 and 3100 (pmin and pmax)
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decstation 5000/120, /125 and /133 (3min)
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decstation 5000/200 (3max)
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decstation 5000/240 (3maxplus)
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decstation 5000/20 and /25 (personal decstation)
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OpenBSD/pmax does currently not run on:
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decstation 5100 (r2000 based cousin of the decstation 3100)
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decsystem 5400 and 5500 (close to myfair and myfair II vax with mips
! cpu)
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decsystem 5800 (close to vax 8800 with mips cpus)
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Per Fogelstrom (pefo@OpenBSD.org)
! now also has one of the r4000 cpu upgraded decstations ... so i expect
! support for them soon.
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Supported devices:
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If something is wrong here - please let me know!
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Framebuffer:
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pm mono (1024x864x1) or color (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (pmin
! and pmax)
Keep in mind that you need a monitor which can do sync on green- because
! all the above framebuffers give sync on green output. Also the monitor
! should be multisync-capable or it should have a dec-compatible fixed frequency.
! All the above framebuffers should be supported by the x server too.
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Ethernet:
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onboard amd lance ethernet interface
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turbochannel amd lance lance interface card
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SCSI:
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onboard dec SCSI controller - sii (pmin and pmax)
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onboard dec SCSI controller - asc
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turbochannel dec SCSI controller card - asc
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Misc:
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dec lk201 or compatible keyboard
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dec or compatible mouse
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onboard serial ports on most machines
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Hints and fixes for OpenBSD/pmax 2.1 release:
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At this place i plan to collect all hints for the installation of the
! 2.1 release and fixes for problems while doing it to. Up to now there are
! no known problems to mention here.
