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14: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 19:
1.96 miod 20: OpenBSD/sgi runs on most 64 bit MIPS-based SGI servers and workstations.
1.20 miod 21: OpenBSD/sgi is a fully featured 64 bit port and will thus only run on systems
22: based on 64 bit processors, i.e. R4000 and up.
1.102 ! deraadt 23: <p>
1.19 pefo 24:
1.46 jsing 25: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sgi port is available at
26: <u><font color="#23238e">sgi@openbsd.org</font></u>.
27: To join the OpenBSD/sgi mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
28: sgi"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
29: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
30: subscribing.
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1.36 jasper 33: <hr>
1.19 pefo 34:
1.92 bentley 35: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 36: <p>
1.20 miod 37: The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>
1.78 miod 38: port created early in the OpenBSD history. ARC support was rather soon
1.20 miod 39: discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.
1.96 miod 40: </p>
41: <p>
1.64 deraadt 42: Eventually SGI hardware became more affordable and obtainable, and interest
43: for an SGI port in the tree increased.
1.54 miod 44: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, eventually became available and
45: allowed the 64 bit SGI OpenBSD port to appear in 2004.
1.96 miod 46: </p>
47: <p>
1.64 deraadt 48: Hardware support was initially limited to the O2 workstations. Efforts
1.54 miod 49: to port to more systems did not really start until 2008, where the first
50: Octane support parts were introduced. This work was completed in 2009
1.55 miod 51: with support for Origin family systems as well, allowing OpenBSD to be
1.64 deraadt 52: the first free operating system to run on the Fuel workstations, and even
53: later, also on Origin 350 servers.
1.96 miod 54: </p>
55: <p>
56: The earlier generation of R4000 Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 was not forgotten
57: either and support for it appeared in 2012. This paved the way for
58: R8000 and R10000 <i>POWER Indigo2</i> support as well.
1.3 fn 59: </p>
1.1 deraadt 60:
1.92 bentley 61: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 62:
1.1 deraadt 63: <p>
1.96 miod 64: OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.54 miod 65: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.
66: <br>
1.78 miod 67: All graphics options but the IP27 Kona frame buffer should be supported;
1.80 jsg 68: on such setups the kernel will be limited to serial console operation only.
1.63 miod 69: <br>
70: An X server, currently unaccelerated, is also available for IP32 (O2) systems.
1.3 fn 71: </p>
1.1 deraadt 72:
1.92 bentley 73: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 74:
1.101 sthen 75: 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 76: <p>
77: The following families are supported:
1.19 pefo 78: <ul>
1.84 sthen 79: <li>IP20 (R4000 Indigo) family:
1.78 miod 80: <ul>
81: <li>Indigo (R4000 and R4400 models)
82: </ul>
1.96 miod 83: </ul>
84: <ul>
1.84 sthen 85: <li>IP22 (Indy, Indigo2) family:
1.78 miod 86: <ul>
1.90 miod 87: <li>Challenge S
1.78 miod 88: <li>Indy
89: <li>Indigo2
90: </ul>
1.96 miod 91: All R4000, R4400, R4600 and R5000 processor options are supported.
92: </ul>
93: <ul>
94: <li>IP26 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
1.98 miod 95: <!-- remove the following line after 5.8 when 5.9 gets released! -->
96: <small>(support only available in snapshots)</small>
1.96 miod 97: <ul>
1.97 miod 98: <li>POWER Indigo2 R8000
1.96 miod 99: </ul>
100: </ul>
101: <ul>
1.59 dms 102: <li>IP27 (Origin) family:
1.54 miod 103: <ul>
1.72 miod 104: <li>Origin 200
1.54 miod 105: </ul>
1.70 miod 106: Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 are not supported yet.
1.96 miod 107: </ul>
108: <ul>
109: <li>IP28 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
1.82 miod 110: <ul>
111: <li>POWER Indigo2 R10000
112: </ul>
1.96 miod 113: </ul>
114: <ul>
115: <li>IP30 (Octane a.k.a <i>Speedracer</i>) family:
1.54 miod 116: <ul>
117: <li>Octane
118: <li>Octane 2
119: </ul>
1.71 jasper 120: Multiprocessor operation is supported.
1.96 miod 121: </ul>
122: <ul>
123: <li>IP32 (O2 a.k.a <i>Moosehead</i>) family:
1.54 miod 124: <ul>
125: <li>O2
126: <li>O2+
127: </ul>
1.96 miod 128: R5000, RM5200, RM7000 as well as R10000 and R12000 processor options are
129: supported, including the RM7000 level 3 cache.
130: </ul>
131: <ul>
1.59 dms 132: <li>IP35 (Tezro) family:
1.54 miod 133: <ul>
134: <li>Fuel
1.74 jasper 135: <li>Origin 3000
1.71 jasper 136: <li>Origin 350
1.74 jasper 137: <li>Tezro
138: <li>Onyx 4 (currently limited to serial console)
1.69 miod 139: <li>Onyx 350 has not been tested, but ought to work
1.71 jasper 140: since it is very similar to Origin 350.
1.54 miod 141: </ul>
1.70 miod 142: Origin 300 and Onyx 300 are not supported yet.
1.54 miod 143: </ul>
1.66 miod 144: Note that <i>Octane 3</i> and <i>Origin 400</i> systems are completely different
1.65 miod 145: architectures based on x86 processors, and as such are not supported
146: by OpenBSD/sgi.
1.54 miod 147:
1.19 pefo 148: <p>
1.54 miod 149: The following devices are supported:
150: <ul>
151: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
152: <ul>
1.96 miod 153: <li>built-in IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28
1.101 sthen 154: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sq&arch=sgi&sektion=4">sq(4)</a>
1.78 miod 155: Seeq 80C03 Ethernet.
156: <li>built-in O2
1.101 sthen 157: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mec&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mec(4)</a>
1.78 miod 158: MAC-110 10/100Mbit Ethernet.
1.101 sthen 159: <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).
160: <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 161: <li>Many
1.101 sthen 162: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 163: adapters, including wireless adapters.
164: </ul>
165: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
166: <ul>
1.96 miod 167: <li>IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28 built-in
1.101 sthen 168: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wdsc&sektion=4">wdsc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 169: WD33C93 SCSI.
170: <li>O2 built-in
1.101 sthen 171: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 172: Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.
173: <li>IP27/IP30/IP35 built-in
1.101 sthen 174: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.78 miod 175: QLogic ISP SCSI.
1.54 miod 176: <li>Some
1.101 sthen 177: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 178: SCSI adapters.
179: </ul>
180: <li><strong>RS-232 Devices</strong>
181: <ul>
1.78 miod 182: <li>On-board
1.101 sthen 183: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zstty&sektion=4">zstty(4)</a>
1.78 miod 184: and
1.101 sthen 185: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
1.78 miod 186: serial ports.
1.54 miod 187: </ul>
188: <li><strong>USB Controllers and Devices</strong>
189: <ul>
1.101 sthen 190: <li>Fuel, Origin 3* and Tezro on-board <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci(4)</a>.
191: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 192: USB controllers.
193: <li>Most
1.101 sthen 194: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">USB</a>
1.54 miod 195: devices.
196: </ul>
197: <li><strong>Audio Devices</strong>
198: <ul>
1.101 sthen 199: <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 200: <!--
1.101 sthen 201: <li>Tezro <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=envy&arch=sgi&sektion=4">envy(4)</a> Envy24 audio device.
1.69 miod 202: -->
1.54 miod 203: </ul>
204: <li><strong>Video Devices</strong>
205: <ul>
1.78 miod 206: <li>Indigo Light (<i>Entry</i>, <i>Starter</i>) graphics
1.101 sthen 207: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=light&arch=sgi&sektion=4">light(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 208: <li>Indy and Indigo2 Newport (<i>XL</i>, <i>XGE</i>) graphics
1.101 sthen 209: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=newport&arch=sgi&sektion=4">newport(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 210: <li>Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 Express (<i>XS</i>, <i>XZ</i>, <i>Elan</i>, <i>Extreme</i>) graphics
1.101 sthen 211: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=grtwo&arch=sgi&sektion=4">grtwo(4)</a>)
212: <li>O2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gbe&arch=sgi&sektion=4">gbe(4)</a>
1.78 miod 213: Graphics Back End Frame Buffer
214: <li>Indigo2 Impact (<i>Mardigras</i>) and Octane ImpactSR graphics
1.101 sthen 215: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=impact&arch=sgi&sektion=4">impact(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 216: <li>Octane 2, Fuel, Onyx 350 and Tezro VPro graphics
1.101 sthen 217: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=odyssey&arch=sgi&sektion=4">odyssey(4)</a>)
1.54 miod 218: </ul>
219: <li><strong>Input Devices</strong>
220: <ul>
1.78 miod 221: <li>Indigo
1.101 sthen 222: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sgi">zskbd(4)</a>
1.78 miod 223: keyboard
224: and
1.101 sthen 225: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zsms&sektion=4&arch=sgi">zsms(4)</a>
1.78 miod 226: mouse.
1.101 sthen 227: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pckbc&sektion=4">pckbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
228: <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 229: <li>Octane and Origin family
1.101 sthen 230: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=iockbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iockbc(4)</a> PS/2 Controller
1.63 miod 231: found on
1.101 sthen 232: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ioc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">ioc(4)</a> IOC3- or
233: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=iof&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iof(4)</a>
1.78 miod 234: IOC4- based I/O boards (such as IO9 and IO10).
1.101 sthen 235: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
236: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
1.54 miod 237: </ul>
238: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
239: <ul>
1.101 sthen 240: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=panel&sektion=4&arch=sgi">panel(4)</a>
1.78 miod 241: power and volume buttons.
1.101 sthen 242: <li>O2 and Octane <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
1.54 miod 243: </ul>
1.19 pefo 244: </ul>
245:
1.92 bentley 246: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.36 jasper 247: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19 pefo 248: </font></h3>
249:
250: <p>
1.23 david 251: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.99 sthen 252: <a href="58.html">OpenBSD 5.8</a>.
1.23 david 253: Here are the
1.99 sthen 254: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
255: OpenBSD/sgi 5.8 installation instructions
1.23 david 256: </a>.
1.19 pefo 257:
258: <p>
259: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.86 sthen 260: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
1.19 pefo 261: as well as in a few
262: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
263: Here are the
1.86 sthen 264: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.19 pefo 265: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
266: </a> as well.
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