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--- www/sgi.html 2009/11/24 22:31:32 1.62
+++ www/sgi.html 2010/03/09 18:30:24 1.63
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
to port to more systems did not really start until 2008, where the first
Octane support parts were introduced. This work was completed in 2009
with support for Origin family systems as well, allowing OpenBSD to be
-the first free operating system running on the Fuel workstations.
+the first free operating system to run on the Fuel workstations, and later
+on Origin 350 servers.
@@ -89,9 +90,11 @@
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.
-On most systems it is currently limited to serial console only.
-This is however not the case on O2, on which it is possible to use the glass
-console.
+Not all graphics options are supported on IP27 (Origin) and IP35 (Tezro)
+systems yet; in this case the kernel will be limited to serial console
+operation only.
+
+An X server, currently unaccelerated, is also available for IP32 (O2) systems.
@@ -105,14 +108,15 @@
- Origin 200. Dual-Origin 200 systems using the CRAYlink connection should
work, but currently limited to the first node. *
-
- Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 have not been tested, but should work, currently
- limited to the first node. *
+
- Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 have not been tested, but should work. *
IP30 (Octane a.k.a Speedracer) family:
+ Multiprocessor operation is supported. *2
+
Octane 3 systems are a completely different architecture based on
x86 processors, and as such are not supported by OpenBSD/sgi.
IP32 (O2 a.k.a Moosehead) family:
@@ -126,8 +130,9 @@
- Fuel
- Origin 350 *2
- Onyx 350, Onyx 4 and Tezro have not been tested, but ought to work
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@
* support for multiple nodes in M mode
has been added after the 4.6 release.
-*2 support for these families has been added after the 4.6 release.
+*2 support added after the 4.6 release.
@@ -180,11 +185,24 @@
Video Devices
-- O2 gbe(4) Graphics Back End Frame Buffer, supporting wscons(4) console and X Window.
+
- O2 gbe(4)
+Graphics Back End Frame Buffer, supporting wscons(4) console and X Window.
+
- impact(4)
+Impact (Mardigras) frame buffer commonly encountered on Octane systems.
+*
+
- odyssey(4)
+Odyssey VPro frame buffer commonly encountered on Fuel, Octane 2, Onyx 350 and
+Tezro, as well as some Octane systems.
+*
Input Devices
@@ -223,8 +241,8 @@
- Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)
-
- Framebuffer support on Octane and Fuel systems
-
- SMP support (in progress)
+
- X11 support for Impact and Odysseey frame buffers.
+
- SMP support on IP27 and IP35 (in progress)
- Fix IOC3 serial driver on Origin 300
- IOC4 ATAPI controller support
@@ -236,7 +254,7 @@
www@openbsd.org
-$OpenBSD: sgi.html,v 1.62 2009/11/24 22:31:32 miod Exp $
+$OpenBSD: sgi.html,v 1.63 2010/03/09 18:30:24 miod Exp $