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<h3>History</h3>

The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>

port created early in the OpenBSD history. Arc support was rather soon

port created early in the OpenBSD history. ARC support was rather soon

discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.

Eventually SGI hardware became more affordable and obtainable, and interest

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with support for Origin family systems as well, allowing OpenBSD to be

the first free operating system to run on the Fuel workstations, and even

later, also on Origin 350 servers.

The earlier generation of R4000 Indigo, Indy and Indigo 2 was not forgotten

either and support for it appeared in 2012.

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Currently OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported

systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.

Not all graphics options are supported on IP27 (Origin) and IP35 (Tezro)

All graphics options but the IP27 Kona frame buffer should be supported;

systems yet; in this case the kernel will be limited to serial console

on such setups the kerne will be limited to serial console operation only.

operation only.

An X server, currently unaccelerated, is also available for IP32 (O2) systems.

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The following families are supported:

<ul>

<li>IP20 (R4000 Indigo) family: (support added after 5.1)

<ul>

<li>Indigo (R4000 and R4400 models)

</ul>

<li>IP22 (Indy, Indigo2) family: (support added after 5.1)

<ul>

<li>Indy

<li>Indigo2

</ul>

R4000, R4400, R4600 and R5000 processors are supported.

The level 2 cache on R4600SC and R5000SC processors is not supported yet.

<li>IP27 (Origin) family:

<ul>

<li>Origin 200

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<ul>

<li>Ethernet Adapters

<ul>

<li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mec&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mec(4)</a> MAC-110 10/100Mbit ethernet.

<li>built-in IP22

Seeq 80C03 Ethernet.

<li>built-in O2

MAC-110 10/100Mbit Ethernet.

<li>IOC3 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iec&arch=sgi&sektion=4">iec(4)</a> 10/100Mbit ethernet (this is the on-board interface found on Octane, Origin 200/2000/300/3000 and Fuel).

<li>Broadcom BCM57xx (a.k.a. Tigon3) <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&arch=sgi&sektion=4">bge(4)</a> 10/100/Gigabit ethernet (this is the on-board interface found on Origin 350 and Tezro).

<li>Many

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</ul>

<li>SCSI Host Adapters

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a> Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.

<li>IP22 built-in

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> QLogic ISP SCSI.

WD33C93 SCSI.

<li>O2 built-in

Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.

<li>IP27/IP30/IP35 built-in

QLogic ISP SCSI.

<li>Some

SCSI adapters.

</ul>

<li>RS-232 Devices

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> built-in serial ports.

<li>On-board

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zstty&sektion=4">zstty(4)</a>

and

serial ports.

</ul>

<li>USB Controllers and Devices

<ul>

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</ul>

<li>Video Devices

<ul>

<li>Indigo Light (Entry, Starter) graphics

(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=light&arch=sgi&sektion=4">light(4)</a>)

<li>Indy and Indigo2 Newport (XL, XGE) graphics

(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newport&arch=sgi&sektion=4">newport(4)</a>)

<li>Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 Express (XS, XZ, Elan, Extreme) graphics

(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=grtwo&arch=sgi&sektion=4">grtwo(4)</a>)

Graphics Back End Frame Buffer, supporting <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> console and X Window.

Graphics Back End Frame Buffer

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=impact&arch=sgi&sektion=4">impact(4)</a>

<li>Indigo2 Impact (Mardigras) and Octane ImpactSR graphics

Impact (Mardigras) frame buffer commonly encountered on Octane systems.

(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=impact&arch=sgi&sektion=4">impact(4)</a>)

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=odyssey&arch=sgi&sektion=4">odyssey(4)</a>

<li>Octane 2, Fuel, Onyx 350 and Tezro VPro graphics

Odyssey VPro frame buffer commonly encountered on Fuel, Octane 2, Onyx 350 and

(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=odyssey&arch=sgi&sektion=4">odyssey(4)</a>)

Tezro, as well as some Octane systems.

</ul>

<li>Input Devices

<ul>

<li>Indigo

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sgi">zskbd(4)</a>

keyboard

and

mouse.

<li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbc&sektion=4">pckbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.

<li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mkbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mkbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.

<li>Octane and Origin family

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iockbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iockbc(4)</a> PS/2 Controller

found on

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ioc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">ioc(4)</a> IOC3- or

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iof&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iof(4)</a> IOC4- based I/O boards (such as IO9).

IOC4- based I/O boards (such as IO9 and IO10).

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.

</ul>

<li>Miscellaneous Devices

<ul>

<li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=panel&sektion=4&arch=sgi">panel(4)</a>

power and volume buttons.

<li>O2 and Octane <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.

</ul>

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<ul>

<li>Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)

<li>X11 support for Impact and Odyssey frame buffers.

<li>X11 support for all remaining supported frame buffers

(i.e. everything but the O2 frame buffer).

<li>Kona frame buffer support

<li>SMP support on IP27 and IP35 (in progress)

<li>Fix IOC3 serial driver

(will bring Origin 2000, Onyx 2 and Origin 300 support)

<li>IOC4 ATAPI controller support

<li>L2 cache support on IP22 R4600SC and R5000SC systems

<li>IP26 (Power Indigo2 R8000) and IP28 (Power Indigo2 R10000) support

</ul>

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