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| <h2>OpenBSD/pmax</h2> |
<H2>OpenBSD/pmax</H2> |
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| <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3> |
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<H3><B>History and status:</B></H3> |
| The pmax port of OpenBSD is being worked on by Thomas Graichen (<a |
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| is that i have it so far running now (a lot of thanks to Dieter Mayer |
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| thanks) and i have also started to create snapshots of OpenBSD/pmax |
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| <h3><strong>Differences to NetBSD/pmax:</strong></h3> |
<P>The pmax port of OpenBSD is being worked on by Thomas Graichen (<A HREF="mailto:graichen@openbsd.org">graichen@OpenBSD.org</A>). |
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From the pmax specific code it is heavily based on NetBSD/pmax. I usually |
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try to keep it in sync with all fixes and improvements from NetBSD/pmax. |
| <li>the port is self-hosting (i.e. it only uses in-tree tools - there is |
Starting with the 2.1 release of OpenBSD the pmax port is now no longer |
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only available in form of snapshots but i still plan to make new snapshots |
| <li>i try too keep the release of snapshots and releases close to |
of the current state of OpenBSD/pmax from time to time available. So far |
| releasing X11 binaries too (X11R5 servers and X11R6 clients - both |
it is running very stable for me and is also reported to do so from a lot |
| compiled with ProjectRoot /usr/X11R6) |
of other people on different kinds of machines. I want to take the chance |
| <li>you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes |
here to say thanks to Dieter Mayer and Rob Urban for supplying me with |
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the hardware to do the development on. Also i want to thank all the people |
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from the NetBSD/pmax team and mailinglists for their help in many situations. |
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If you are interested in getting OpenBSD/pmax you can either use the latest |
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formal release of OpenBSD or one of the snapshots of OpenBSD/pmax if you |
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are interested in tracking the current state - you may get them both from |
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<A HREF="ftp.html">the usual OpenBSD ftp servers</A>.</P> |
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<P>I'm very interested in getting feedback from people running OpenBSD/pmax |
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on their machines ... so if you do so - please send me a mail about it |
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... this way i can get a feeling of how many people are using it - thanks.</P> |
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<P>Despite of the fact that the hardware specific code in OpenBSD/pmax |
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doesn't differ much from NetBSD/pmax there are for the system as a whole |
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some ...</P> |
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<H3><B>Differences to NetBSD/pmax:</B></H3> |
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<LI>we have native shared libraries (... but also for NetBSD/pmax there |
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are snapshots with shared libraries based mostly on the OpenBSD shared |
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library support from per fogelstrom available now - but the latest formal |
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release of it - 1.2 is completely statically linked)</LI> |
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<LI>the port is self-hosting (... that means it only uses in-tree tools |
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X11 binaries too (X11R5 servers and X11R6 clients - both compiled with |
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ProjectRoot /usr/X11R6) so that you should have a usable system including |
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X11 without having to build or search all the stuff yourself</LI> |
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<LI>you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes - most |
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important here the security related stuff and fixes</LI> |
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<LI>i have tried to make the installation of the release as simple as possible |
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<H3>Supported machines:</H3> |
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<P>OpenBSD/pmax currently supports the following machines:</P> |
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<LI>decstation 2100 and 3100 (pmin and pmax)</LI> |
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<LI>decstation 5000/120, /125 and /133 (3min)</LI> |
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<LI>decstation 5000/200 (3max)</LI> |
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<LI>decstation 5000/240 (3maxplus)</LI> |
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<LI>decstation 5000/20 and /25 (personal decstation)</LI> |
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<P>OpenBSD/pmax does currently not run on:</P> |
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<LI>decstation 5100 (r2000 based cousin of the decstation 3100)</LI> |
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<LI>decsystem 5400 and 5500 (close to myfair and myfair II vax with mips |
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<LI>decsystem 5800 (close to vax 8800 with mips cpus)</LI> |
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<P>Per Fogelstrom (<A HREF="mailto:pefo@OpenBSD.org">pefo@OpenBSD.org</A>) |
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now also has one of the r4000 cpu upgraded decstations ... so i expect |
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support for them soon.</P> |
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<H3><B>Supported devices:</B></H3> |
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<P>If something is wrong here - please let me know!</P> |
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<P>Framebuffer:</P> |
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<LI>pm mono (1024x864x1) or color (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (pmin |
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and pmax)</LI> |
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<LI>PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (personal decstation)</LI> |
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<LI>PMAG-AA (1024x864x1) turbochannel framebuffer card - mfb</LI> |
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<LI>PMAG-BA (1024x864x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - cfb</LI> |
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<LI>PMAGB-BA (1024x864x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - sfb</LI> |
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<P>Keep in mind that you need a monitor which can do sync on green- because |
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all the above framebuffers give sync on green output. Also the monitor |
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should be multisync-capable or it should have a dec-compatible fixed frequency. |
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All the above framebuffers should be supported by the x server too.</P> |
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<P>Ethernet:</P> |
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<LI>onboard amd lance ethernet interface</LI> |
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<LI>turbochannel amd lance lance interface card</LI> |
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<P>SCSI:</P> |
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<LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - sii (pmin and pmax)</LI> |
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<LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - asc</LI> |
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<LI>turbochannel dec SCSI controller card - asc</LI> |
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<P>Misc:</P> |
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<LI>dec lk201 or compatible keyboard</LI> |
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<LI>dec or compatible mouse</LI> |
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<LI>onboard serial ports on most machines</LI> |
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<H3><B>Hints and fixes for OpenBSD/pmax 2.1 release:</B></H3> |
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<P>At this place i plan to collect all hints for the installation of the |
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2.1 release and fixes for problems while doing it to. Up to now there are |
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no known problems to mention here.</P> |
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