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17: <H2>OpenBSD/pmax</H2>
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19: <P>
20: <HR></P>
21:
22: <H3><B>History and status:</B></H3>
23:
24: <P>The pmax port of OpenBSD is being worked on by Thomas Graichen (<A HREF="mailto:graichen@openbsd.org">graichen@OpenBSD.org</A>).
25: From the pmax specific code it is heavily based on NetBSD/pmax. I usually
26: try to keep it in sync with all fixes and improvements from NetBSD/pmax.
27: Starting with the 2.1 release of OpenBSD the pmax port is now no longer
28: only available in form of snapshots but i still plan to make new snapshots
29: of the current state of OpenBSD/pmax from time to time available. So far
30: it is running very stable for me and is also reported to do so from a lot
31: of other people on different kinds of machines. I want to take the chance
32: here to say thanks to Dieter Mayer and Rob Urban for supplying me with
33: the hardware to do the development on. Also i want to thank all the people
34: from the NetBSD/pmax team and mailinglists for their help in many situations.
35: If you are interested in getting OpenBSD/pmax you can either use the latest
36: formal release of OpenBSD or one of the snapshots of OpenBSD/pmax if you
37: are interested in tracking the current state - you may get them both from
38: <A HREF="ftp.html">the usual OpenBSD ftp servers</A>.</P>
39:
40: <P>I'm very interested in getting feedback from people running OpenBSD/pmax
41: on their machines ... so if you do so - please send me a mail about it
42: ... this way i can get a feeling of how many people are using it - thanks.</P>
43:
44: <P>Despite of the fact that the hardware specific code in OpenBSD/pmax
45: doesn't differ much from NetBSD/pmax there are for the system as a whole
46: some ...</P>
47:
48: <H3><B>Differences to NetBSD/pmax:</B></H3>
49:
50: <UL>
51: <LI>we have native shared libraries (... but also for NetBSD/pmax there
52: are snapshots with shared libraries based mostly on the OpenBSD shared
53: library support from per fogelstrom available now - but the latest formal
54: release of it - 1.2 is completely statically linked)</LI>
55:
56: <LI>the port is self-hosting (... that means it only uses in-tree tools
57: - there is no need for externel binutils).</LI>
58:
59: <LI>i try too keep the release of snapshots and releases close to releasing
60: X11 binaries too (X11R5 servers and X11R6 clients - both compiled with
61: ProjectRoot /usr/X11R6) so that you should have a usable system including
62: X11 without having to build or search all the stuff yourself</LI>
63:
64: <LI>you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes - most
65: important here the security related stuff and fixes</LI>
66:
67: <LI>i have tried to make the installation of the release as simple as possible
68: ... i hope to improve this further with the next release</LI>
69: </UL>
70:
71: <H3>Supported machines:</H3>
72:
73: <P>OpenBSD/pmax currently supports the following machines:</P>
74:
75: <UL>
76: <LI>decstation 2100 and 3100 (pmin and pmax)</LI>
77:
78: <LI>decstation 5000/120, /125 and /133 (3min)</LI>
79:
80: <LI>decstation 5000/200 (3max)</LI>
81:
82: <LI>decstation 5000/240 (3maxplus)</LI>
83:
84: <LI>decstation 5000/20 and /25 (personal decstation)</LI>
85: </UL>
86:
87: <P>OpenBSD/pmax does currently not run on:</P>
88:
89: <UL>
90: <LI>decstation 5100 (r2000 based cousin of the decstation 3100)</LI>
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1.16 graichen 92: <LI>decsystem 5400 and 5500 (close to mayfair and mayfair II vax with mips
1.15 graichen 93: cpu)</LI>
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1.16 graichen 95: <LI>decsystem 5800 (close to vax 6300/6300 with mips cpus)</LI>
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97:
98: <P>Per Fogelstrom (<A HREF="mailto:pefo@OpenBSD.org">pefo@OpenBSD.org</A>)
99: now also has one of the r4000 cpu upgraded decstations ... so i expect
100: support for them soon.</P>
101:
102: <H3><B>Supported devices:</B></H3>
103:
104: <P>If something is wrong here - please let me know!</P>
105:
106: <P>Framebuffer:</P>
107:
108: <UL>
109: <LI>pm mono (1024x864x1) or color (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (pmin
110: and pmax)</LI>
111:
112: <LI>PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (personal decstation)</LI>
113:
114: <LI>PMAG-AA (1024x864x1) turbochannel framebuffer card - mfb</LI>
115:
116: <LI>PMAG-BA (1024x864x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - cfb</LI>
117:
118: <LI>PMAGB-BA (1024x864x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - sfb</LI>
119:
120: <P>Keep in mind that you need a monitor which can do sync on green- because
121: all the above framebuffers give sync on green output. Also the monitor
122: should be multisync-capable or it should have a dec-compatible fixed frequency.
123: All the above framebuffers should be supported by the x server too.</P>
124: </UL>
125:
126: <P>Ethernet:</P>
127:
128: <UL>
129: <LI>onboard amd lance ethernet interface</LI>
130:
131: <LI>turbochannel amd lance lance interface card</LI>
132: </UL>
133:
134: <P>SCSI:</P>
135:
136: <UL>
137: <LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - sii (pmin and pmax)</LI>
138:
139: <LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - asc</LI>
140:
141: <LI>turbochannel dec SCSI controller card - asc</LI>
142: </UL>
143:
144: <P>Misc:</P>
145:
146: <UL>
147: <LI>dec lk201 or compatible keyboard</LI>
148:
149: <LI>dec or compatible mouse</LI>
150:
151: <LI>onboard serial ports on most machines</LI>
152: </UL>
153:
154: <H3><B>Hints and fixes for OpenBSD/pmax 2.1 release:</B></H3>
155:
156: <P>At this place i plan to collect all hints for the installation of the
157: 2.1 release and fixes for problems while doing it to. Up to now there are
158: no known problems to mention here.</P>
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