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1.50 jasper 20: <p>
1.96 miod 21: OpenBSD/sgi runs on most 64 bit MIPS-based SGI servers and workstations.
1.18 miod 22: </p>
1.19 pefo 23: <p>
1.20 miod 24: OpenBSD/sgi is a fully featured 64 bit port and will thus only run on systems
25: based on 64 bit processors, i.e. R4000 and up.
1.19 pefo 26: </p>
27:
1.36 jasper 28: <p>
1.46 jsing 29: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sgi port is available at
30: <u><font color="#23238e">sgi@openbsd.org</font></u>.
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36:
1.92 bentley 37: <h3 id="toc"><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.43 deraadt 38: <table><tr>
39: <td width=1%></td>
1.42 deraadt 40: <td valign="top" width="20%">
1.36 jasper 41: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a><br>
42: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>
43: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
1.42 deraadt 44: </td><td valign="top" width="20%">
1.36 jasper 45: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
1.42 deraadt 46: </td></tr></table>
47: <br clear=all>
1.36 jasper 48: <hr>
1.19 pefo 49:
1.92 bentley 50: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 51: <p>
1.20 miod 52: The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>
1.78 miod 53: port created early in the OpenBSD history. ARC support was rather soon
1.20 miod 54: discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.
1.96 miod 55: </p>
56: <p>
1.64 deraadt 57: Eventually SGI hardware became more affordable and obtainable, and interest
58: for an SGI port in the tree increased.
1.54 miod 59: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, eventually became available and
60: allowed the 64 bit SGI OpenBSD port to appear in 2004.
1.96 miod 61: </p>
62: <p>
1.64 deraadt 63: Hardware support was initially limited to the O2 workstations. Efforts
1.54 miod 64: to port to more systems did not really start until 2008, where the first
65: Octane support parts were introduced. This work was completed in 2009
1.55 miod 66: with support for Origin family systems as well, allowing OpenBSD to be
1.64 deraadt 67: the first free operating system to run on the Fuel workstations, and even
68: later, also on Origin 350 servers.
1.96 miod 69: </p>
70: <p>
71: The earlier generation of R4000 Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 was not forgotten
72: either and support for it appeared in 2012. This paved the way for
73: R8000 and R10000 <i>POWER Indigo2</i> support as well.
1.3 fn 74: </p>
1.1 deraadt 75:
1.92 bentley 76: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 77:
1.1 deraadt 78: <p>
1.96 miod 79: OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.54 miod 80: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.
81: <br>
1.78 miod 82: All graphics options but the IP27 Kona frame buffer should be supported;
1.80 jsg 83: on such setups the kernel will be limited to serial console operation only.
1.63 miod 84: <br>
85: An X server, currently unaccelerated, is also available for IP32 (O2) systems.
1.3 fn 86: </p>
1.1 deraadt 87:
1.92 bentley 88: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 89:
1.100 ! beck 90: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=intro&arch=sgi&sektion=4">intro(4/sgi)</a>.
1.54 miod 91: <p>
92: The following families are supported:
1.19 pefo 93: <ul>
1.84 sthen 94: <li>IP20 (R4000 Indigo) family:
1.78 miod 95: <ul>
96: <li>Indigo (R4000 and R4400 models)
97: </ul>
1.96 miod 98: </ul>
99: <ul>
1.84 sthen 100: <li>IP22 (Indy, Indigo2) family:
1.78 miod 101: <ul>
1.90 miod 102: <li>Challenge S
1.78 miod 103: <li>Indy
104: <li>Indigo2
105: </ul>
1.96 miod 106: All R4000, R4400, R4600 and R5000 processor options are supported.
107: </ul>
108: <ul>
109: <li>IP26 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
1.98 miod 110: <!-- remove the following line after 5.8 when 5.9 gets released! -->
111: <small>(support only available in snapshots)</small>
1.96 miod 112: <ul>
1.97 miod 113: <li>POWER Indigo2 R8000
1.96 miod 114: </ul>
115: </ul>
116: <ul>
1.59 dms 117: <li>IP27 (Origin) family:
1.54 miod 118: <ul>
1.72 miod 119: <li>Origin 200
1.54 miod 120: </ul>
1.70 miod 121: Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 are not supported yet.
1.96 miod 122: </ul>
123: <ul>
124: <li>IP28 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
1.82 miod 125: <ul>
126: <li>POWER Indigo2 R10000
127: </ul>
1.96 miod 128: </ul>
129: <ul>
130: <li>IP30 (Octane a.k.a <i>Speedracer</i>) family:
1.54 miod 131: <ul>
132: <li>Octane
133: <li>Octane 2
134: </ul>
1.71 jasper 135: Multiprocessor operation is supported.
1.96 miod 136: </ul>
137: <ul>
138: <li>IP32 (O2 a.k.a <i>Moosehead</i>) family:
1.54 miod 139: <ul>
140: <li>O2
141: <li>O2+
142: </ul>
1.96 miod 143: R5000, RM5200, RM7000 as well as R10000 and R12000 processor options are
144: supported, including the RM7000 level 3 cache.
145: </ul>
146: <ul>
1.59 dms 147: <li>IP35 (Tezro) family:
1.54 miod 148: <ul>
149: <li>Fuel
1.74 jasper 150: <li>Origin 3000
1.71 jasper 151: <li>Origin 350
1.74 jasper 152: <li>Tezro
153: <li>Onyx 4 (currently limited to serial console)
1.69 miod 154: <li>Onyx 350 has not been tested, but ought to work
1.71 jasper 155: since it is very similar to Origin 350.
1.54 miod 156: </ul>
1.70 miod 157: Origin 300 and Onyx 300 are not supported yet.
1.54 miod 158: </ul>
1.66 miod 159: Note that <i>Octane 3</i> and <i>Origin 400</i> systems are completely different
1.65 miod 160: architectures based on x86 processors, and as such are not supported
161: by OpenBSD/sgi.
1.54 miod 162:
1.19 pefo 163: <p>
1.54 miod 164: The following devices are supported:
165: <ul>
166: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
167: <ul>
1.96 miod 168: <li>built-in IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28
1.100 ! beck 169: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=sq&arch=sgi&sektion=4">sq(4)</a>
1.78 miod 170: Seeq 80C03 Ethernet.
171: <li>built-in O2
1.100 ! beck 172: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mec&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mec(4)</a>
1.78 miod 173: MAC-110 10/100Mbit Ethernet.
1.100 ! beck 174: <li>IOC3 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?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).
! 175: <li>Broadcom BCM57xx (a.k.a. Tigon3) <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?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).
1.54 miod 176: <li>Many
1.100 ! beck 177: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 178: adapters, including wireless adapters.
179: </ul>
180: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
181: <ul>
1.96 miod 182: <li>IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28 built-in
1.100 ! beck 183: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=wdsc&sektion=4">wdsc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 184: WD33C93 SCSI.
185: <li>O2 built-in
1.100 ! beck 186: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 187: Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.
188: <li>IP27/IP30/IP35 built-in
1.100 ! beck 189: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.78 miod 190: QLogic ISP SCSI.
1.54 miod 191: <li>Some
1.100 ! beck 192: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 193: SCSI adapters.
194: </ul>
195: <li><strong>RS-232 Devices</strong>
196: <ul>
1.78 miod 197: <li>On-board
1.100 ! beck 198: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=zstty&sektion=4">zstty(4)</a>
1.78 miod 199: and
1.100 ! beck 200: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
1.78 miod 201: serial ports.
1.54 miod 202: </ul>
203: <li><strong>USB Controllers and Devices</strong>
204: <ul>
1.100 ! beck 205: <li>Fuel, Origin 3* and Tezro on-board <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci(4)</a>.
! 206: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 207: USB controllers.
208: <li>Most
1.100 ! beck 209: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pci&sektion=4">USB</a>
1.54 miod 210: devices.
211: </ul>
212: <li><strong>Audio Devices</strong>
213: <ul>
1.100 ! beck 214: <li>O2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mavb&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mavb(4)</a> Moosehead A/V Board audio device.
1.69 miod 215: <!--
1.100 ! beck 216: <li>Tezro <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=envy&arch=sgi&sektion=4">envy(4)</a> Envy24 audio device.
1.69 miod 217: -->
1.54 miod 218: </ul>
219: <li><strong>Video Devices</strong>
220: <ul>
1.78 miod 221: <li>Indigo Light (<i>Entry</i>, <i>Starter</i>) graphics
1.100 ! beck 222: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=light&arch=sgi&sektion=4">light(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 223: <li>Indy and Indigo2 Newport (<i>XL</i>, <i>XGE</i>) graphics
1.100 ! beck 224: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=newport&arch=sgi&sektion=4">newport(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 225: <li>Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 Express (<i>XS</i>, <i>XZ</i>, <i>Elan</i>, <i>Extreme</i>) graphics
1.100 ! beck 226: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=grtwo&arch=sgi&sektion=4">grtwo(4)</a>)
! 227: <li>O2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=gbe&arch=sgi&sektion=4">gbe(4)</a>
1.78 miod 228: Graphics Back End Frame Buffer
229: <li>Indigo2 Impact (<i>Mardigras</i>) and Octane ImpactSR graphics
1.100 ! beck 230: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=impact&arch=sgi&sektion=4">impact(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 231: <li>Octane 2, Fuel, Onyx 350 and Tezro VPro graphics
1.100 ! beck 232: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=odyssey&arch=sgi&sektion=4">odyssey(4)</a>)
1.54 miod 233: </ul>
234: <li><strong>Input Devices</strong>
235: <ul>
1.78 miod 236: <li>Indigo
1.100 ! beck 237: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sgi">zskbd(4)</a>
1.78 miod 238: keyboard
239: and
1.100 ! beck 240: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=zsms&sektion=4&arch=sgi">zsms(4)</a>
1.78 miod 241: mouse.
1.100 ! beck 242: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pckbc&sektion=4">pckbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
! 243: <li>O2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mkbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mkbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
1.63 miod 244: <li>Octane and Origin family
1.100 ! beck 245: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=iockbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iockbc(4)</a> PS/2 Controller
1.63 miod 246: found on
1.100 ! beck 247: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ioc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">ioc(4)</a> IOC3- or
! 248: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=iof&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iof(4)</a>
1.78 miod 249: IOC4- based I/O boards (such as IO9 and IO10).
1.100 ! beck 250: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
! 251: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
1.54 miod 252: </ul>
253: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
254: <ul>
1.100 ! beck 255: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=panel&sektion=4&arch=sgi">panel(4)</a>
1.78 miod 256: power and volume buttons.
1.100 ! beck 257: <li>O2 and Octane <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
1.54 miod 258: </ul>
1.19 pefo 259: </ul>
260:
1.92 bentley 261: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.36 jasper 262: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19 pefo 263: </font></h3>
264:
265: <p>
1.23 david 266: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.99 sthen 267: <a href="58.html">OpenBSD 5.8</a>.
1.23 david 268: Here are the
1.99 sthen 269: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
270: OpenBSD/sgi 5.8 installation instructions
1.23 david 271: </a>.
1.19 pefo 272:
273: <p>
274: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.86 sthen 275: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
1.19 pefo 276: as well as in a few
277: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
278: Here are the
1.86 sthen 279: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.19 pefo 280: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
281: </a> as well.
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