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! 16: <H2>OpenBSD/pmax</H2>
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! 18: <P>
! 19: <HR></P>
! 20:
! 21: <H3><B>History and status:</B></H3>
! 22:
! 23: <P>The pmax port of OpenBSD is being worked on by Thomas Graichen (<A HREF="mailto:graichen@openbsd.org">graichen@OpenBSD.org</A>).
! 24: From the pmax specific code it is heavily based on NetBSD/pmax. I usually
! 25: try to keep it in sync with all fixes and improvements from NetBSD/pmax.
! 26: Starting with the 2.1 release of OpenBSD the pmax port is now no longer
! 27: only available in form of snapshots but i still plan to make new snapshots
! 28: of the current state of OpenBSD/pmax from time to time available. So far
! 29: it is running very stable for me and is also reported to do so from a lot
! 30: of other people on different kinds of machines. I want to take the chance
! 31: here to say thanks to Dieter Mayer and Rob Urban for supplying me with
! 32: the hardware to do the development on. Also i want to thank all the people
! 33: from the NetBSD/pmax team and mailinglists for their help in many situations.
! 34: If you are interested in getting OpenBSD/pmax you can either use the latest
! 35: formal release of OpenBSD or one of the snapshots of OpenBSD/pmax if you
! 36: are interested in tracking the current state - you may get them both from
! 37: <A HREF="ftp.html">the usual OpenBSD ftp servers</A>.</P>
! 38:
! 39: <P>I'm very interested in getting feedback from people running OpenBSD/pmax
! 40: on their machines ... so if you do so - please send me a mail about it
! 41: ... this way i can get a feeling of how many people are using it - thanks.</P>
! 42:
! 43: <P>Despite of the fact that the hardware specific code in OpenBSD/pmax
! 44: doesn't differ much from NetBSD/pmax there are for the system as a whole
! 45: some ...</P>
! 46:
! 47: <H3><B>Differences to NetBSD/pmax:</B></H3>
! 48:
! 49: <UL>
! 50: <LI>we have native shared libraries (... but also for NetBSD/pmax there
! 51: are snapshots with shared libraries based mostly on the OpenBSD shared
! 52: library support from per fogelstrom available now - but the latest formal
! 53: release of it - 1.2 is completely statically linked)</LI>
! 54:
! 55: <LI>the port is self-hosting (... that means it only uses in-tree tools
! 56: - there is no need for externel binutils).</LI>
! 57:
! 58: <LI>i try too keep the release of snapshots and releases close to releasing
! 59: X11 binaries too (X11R5 servers and X11R6 clients - both compiled with
! 60: ProjectRoot /usr/X11R6) so that you should have a usable system including
! 61: X11 without having to build or search all the stuff yourself</LI>
! 62:
! 63: <LI>you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes - most
! 64: important here the security related stuff and fixes</LI>
! 65:
! 66: <LI>i have tried to make the installation of the release as simple as possible
! 67: ... i hope to improve this further with the next release</LI>
! 68: </UL>
! 69:
! 70: <H3>Supported machines:</H3>
! 71:
! 72: <P>OpenBSD/pmax currently supports the following machines:</P>
! 73:
! 74: <UL>
! 75: <LI>decstation 2100 and 3100 (pmin and pmax)</LI>
! 76:
! 77: <LI>decstation 5000/120, /125 and /133 (3min)</LI>
! 78:
! 79: <LI>decstation 5000/200 (3max)</LI>
! 80:
! 81: <LI>decstation 5000/240 (3maxplus)</LI>
! 82:
! 83: <LI>decstation 5000/20 and /25 (personal decstation)</LI>
! 84: </UL>
! 85:
! 86: <P>OpenBSD/pmax does currently not run on:</P>
! 87:
! 88: <UL>
! 89: <LI>decstation 5100 (r2000 based cousin of the decstation 3100)</LI>
! 90:
! 91: <LI>decsystem 5400 and 5500 (close to myfair and myfair II vax with mips
! 92: cpu)</LI>
! 93:
! 94: <LI>decsystem 5800 (close to vax 8800 with mips cpus)</LI>
! 95: </UL>
! 96:
! 97: <P>Per Fogelstrom (<A HREF="mailto:pefo@OpenBSD.org">pefo@OpenBSD.org</A>)
! 98: now also has one of the r4000 cpu upgraded decstations ... so i expect
! 99: support for them soon.</P>
! 100:
! 101: <H3><B>Supported devices:</B></H3>
! 102:
! 103: <P>If something is wrong here - please let me know!</P>
! 104:
! 105: <P>Framebuffer:</P>
! 106:
! 107: <UL>
! 108: <LI>pm mono (1024x864x1) or color (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (pmin
! 109: and pmax)</LI>
! 110:
! 111: <LI>PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (personal decstation)</LI>
! 112:
! 113: <LI>PMAG-AA (1024x864x1) turbochannel framebuffer card - mfb</LI>
! 114:
! 115: <LI>PMAG-BA (1024x864x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - cfb</LI>
! 116:
! 117: <LI>PMAGB-BA (1024x864x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - sfb</LI>
! 118:
! 119: <P>Keep in mind that you need a monitor which can do sync on green- because
! 120: all the above framebuffers give sync on green output. Also the monitor
! 121: should be multisync-capable or it should have a dec-compatible fixed frequency.
! 122: All the above framebuffers should be supported by the x server too.</P>
! 123: </UL>
! 124:
! 125: <P>Ethernet:</P>
! 126:
! 127: <UL>
! 128: <LI>onboard amd lance ethernet interface</LI>
! 129:
! 130: <LI>turbochannel amd lance lance interface card</LI>
! 131: </UL>
! 132:
! 133: <P>SCSI:</P>
! 134:
! 135: <UL>
! 136: <LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - sii (pmin and pmax)</LI>
! 137:
! 138: <LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - asc</LI>
! 139:
! 140: <LI>turbochannel dec SCSI controller card - asc</LI>
! 141: </UL>
! 142:
! 143: <P>Misc:</P>
! 144:
! 145: <UL>
! 146: <LI>dec lk201 or compatible keyboard</LI>
! 147:
! 148: <LI>dec or compatible mouse</LI>
! 149:
! 150: <LI>onboard serial ports on most machines</LI>
! 151: </UL>
! 152:
! 153: <H3><B>Hints and fixes for OpenBSD/pmax 2.1 release:</B></H3>
! 154:
! 155: <P>At this place i plan to collect all hints for the installation of the
! 156: 2.1 release and fixes for problems while doing it to. Up to now there are
! 157: no known problems to mention here.</P>
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