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 <FONT COLOR=#00c000>  <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>History and status:</strong></font></h3>
 We are looking for someone with some time and interest in helping  
 with the development of OpenBSD/pmax who also has some skills for  
 doing this. Dieter Mayer from Open System Solutions in Munich  
 (germany) will provide a complete machine for free for this task.  
 Someone from germany would be prefered due to the transport of that  
 machine and if this person comes from the area around munich there's  
 also the possibility to couple the hacking with some payed system  
 administration at Open System Solutions.  
 <P>  
 We are thinking about:  
 <UL>  
 <LI>  
   bringing the old style scsi subsystem over to the new generic scsi  
   framework used by the other architectures  
 </LI>  
 <LI>  
   integration of an Xws (used by X11R6 or newer xservers) compatible  
   interface to the console/framebuffer (some ideas for that are  
   already available from Dieter Mayer)  
 </LI>  
 <LI>  
   helping in merging over good stuff from NetBSD/pmax  
 </LI>  
 <LI>  
   general development on the pmax (often building and veryfying that  
   everything work on the pmax)  
 </LI>  
 </UL>  
 <P>  
 if you are interested - please contact dieter@oss.de  
 </FONT>  
   
 <H3><B>History and status:</B></H3>  <P>The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen (<A
   HREF="mailto:graichen@openbsd.org">graichen@OpenBSD.org</A>) short
 <P>The pmax port of OpenBSD is being worked on by Thomas Graichen (<A HREF="mailto:graichen@openbsd.org">graichen@OpenBSD.org</A>).  before the OpenBSD 2.0 release and is currently mostly maintained by
 From the pmax specific code it is heavily based on NetBSD/pmax. I usually  Todd C. Miller (<A
 try to keep it in sync with all fixes and improvements from NetBSD/pmax.  HREF="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">millert@OpenBSD.org</A>) but if you
 Starting with the 2.1 release of OpenBSD the pmax port is now no longer  have any questions regarding this port, the hardware or the
 only available in form of snapshots but i still plan to make new snapshots  installation feel free to also contact Thomas.
 of the current state of OpenBSD/pmax from time to time available. So far  This port is integral part of the OpenBSD releases since OpenBSD 2.1.
 it is running very stable for me and is also reported to do so from a lot  From the pmax specific code it is heavily based on NetBSD/pmax.
 of other people on different kinds of machines. I want to take the chance  I want to take the chance
 here to say thanks to Dieter Mayer and Rob Urban for supplying me with  here to say thanks to Dieter Mayer and Rob Urban for supplying me (Thomas) with
 the hardware to do the development on. Also i want to thank all the people  the hardware to do the development on. Also i want to thank all the people
 from the NetBSD/pmax team and mailinglists especially Jonathan Stone  from the NetBSD/pmax team and mailinglists especially Jonathan Stone
 and Michael Hitch for their help in many situations.  and Michael Hitch for their help in many situations.
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 are interested in tracking the current state - you may get them both from  are interested in tracking the current state - you may get them both from
 <A HREF="ftp.html">the usual OpenBSD ftp servers</A>.</P>  <A HREF="ftp.html">the usual OpenBSD ftp servers</A>.</P>
   
 <P>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.</P>  
   
 <P>Despite of the fact that the hardware specific code in OpenBSD/pmax  <P>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  doesn't differ much from NetBSD/pmax there are for the system as a whole
 some ...</P>  some ...</P>
   
 <H3><B>Differences to NetBSD/pmax:</B></H3>  <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Differences to NetBSD/pmax:</strong></font></h3>
   
 <UL>  <UL>
 <LI>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)</LI>  
   
 <LI>the port is self-hosting (... that means it only uses in-tree tools  <LI>the port is self-hosting (... that means it only uses in-tree tools
 - there is no need for external binutils).</LI>  - there is no need for external binutils).</LI>
   
 <LI>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</LI>  
   
 <LI>you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes - most  <LI>you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes - most
 important here the security related stuff and fixes</LI>  important here the security related stuff and fixes</LI>
   
 <LI>i have tried to make the installation of the release as simple as possible  
 ... i hope to improve this further with the next release</LI>  
 </UL>  </UL>
   
 <H3>Supported machines:</H3>  <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Supported machines:</strong></font></h3>
   
 <P>OpenBSD/pmax currently supports the following machines:</P>  <P>OpenBSD/pmax currently supports the following machines:</P>
   
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 <P>Per Fogelstrom (<A HREF="mailto:pefo@OpenBSD.org">pefo@OpenBSD.org</A>)  <P>Per Fogelstrom (<A HREF="mailto:pefo@OpenBSD.org">pefo@OpenBSD.org</A>)
 now also has one of the r4000 cpu upgraded decstations ... so i expect  now also has one of the r4000 cpu upgraded decstations ... so i expect
 support for them soon.</P>  support for them sometime in the future.</P>
   
 <H3><B>Supported devices:</B></H3>  <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Supported devices:</strong></font></h3>
   
 <P>If something is wrong here - please let me know!</P>  <P>If something is wrong here - please let me know!</P>
   
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 <LI>onboard serial ports on most machines</LI>  <LI>onboard serial ports on most machines</LI>
 </UL>  </UL>
   
 <H3><B>Hints and fixes for OpenBSD/pmax 2.1 release:</B></H3>  
   
 <P>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. There is one  
 little problem with the X11R6 clients of the OpenBSD/pmax 2.1  
 distribution which is described in detail on the <a  
 href=errata.html>errata page</a>. Also i want to note that there are  
 some problems with the serial ports in some situations and also with  
 some framebuffers which are partially fixed in the current tree  
 (mostly fixes merged in from NetBSD/pmax). Send me (<A  
 HREF="mailto:graichen@openbsd.org">graichen@OpenBSD.org</A>) a mail if  
 you have problems and want a newer kernel for testing.</P>  
   
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