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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>
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1.16 ! graichen 94: <LI>decsystem 5800 (close to vax 6300/6300 with mips cpus)</LI>
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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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