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18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
19: <font color="#e00000">sgi</font>
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1.61 jasper 23: <a href="images/sgi_octane.jpg">
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1.96 miod 26: OpenBSD/sgi runs on most 64 bit MIPS-based SGI servers and workstations.
1.20 miod 27: OpenBSD/sgi is a fully featured 64 bit port and will thus only run on systems
28: based on 64 bit processors, i.e. R4000 and up.
1.102 deraadt 29: <p>
1.19 pefo 30:
1.46 jsing 31: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sgi port is available at
32: <u><font color="#23238e">sgi@openbsd.org</font></u>.
33: To join the OpenBSD/sgi mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
34: sgi"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
35: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
36: subscribing.
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1.36 jasper 39: <hr>
1.19 pefo 40:
1.92 bentley 41: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 42: <p>
1.20 miod 43: The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>
1.78 miod 44: port created early in the OpenBSD history. ARC support was rather soon
1.20 miod 45: discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.
1.96 miod 46: </p>
47: <p>
1.64 deraadt 48: Eventually SGI hardware became more affordable and obtainable, and interest
49: for an SGI port in the tree increased.
1.54 miod 50: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, eventually became available and
51: allowed the 64 bit SGI OpenBSD port to appear in 2004.
1.96 miod 52: </p>
53: <p>
1.64 deraadt 54: Hardware support was initially limited to the O2 workstations. Efforts
1.54 miod 55: to port to more systems did not really start until 2008, where the first
56: Octane support parts were introduced. This work was completed in 2009
1.55 miod 57: with support for Origin family systems as well, allowing OpenBSD to be
1.64 deraadt 58: the first free operating system to run on the Fuel workstations, and even
59: later, also on Origin 350 servers.
1.96 miod 60: </p>
61: <p>
62: The earlier generation of R4000 Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 was not forgotten
63: either and support for it appeared in 2012. This paved the way for
64: R8000 and R10000 <i>POWER Indigo2</i> support as well.
1.3 fn 65: </p>
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1.92 bentley 67: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 68:
1.1 deraadt 69: <p>
1.96 miod 70: OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.54 miod 71: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.
72: <br>
1.78 miod 73: All graphics options but the IP27 Kona frame buffer should be supported;
1.80 jsg 74: on such setups the kernel will be limited to serial console operation only.
1.63 miod 75: <br>
76: An X server, currently unaccelerated, is also available for IP32 (O2) systems.
1.3 fn 77: </p>
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1.92 bentley 79: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 80:
1.112 tb 81: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=intro&arch=sgi&sektion=4">intro(4/sgi)</a>.
1.54 miod 82: <p>
83: The following families are supported:
1.19 pefo 84: <ul>
1.84 sthen 85: <li>IP20 (R4000 Indigo) family:
1.78 miod 86: <ul>
87: <li>Indigo (R4000 and R4400 models)
88: </ul>
1.96 miod 89: </ul>
90: <ul>
1.84 sthen 91: <li>IP22 (Indy, Indigo2) family:
1.78 miod 92: <ul>
1.90 miod 93: <li>Challenge S
1.78 miod 94: <li>Indy
95: <li>Indigo2
96: </ul>
1.96 miod 97: All R4000, R4400, R4600 and R5000 processor options are supported.
98: </ul>
99: <ul>
100: <li>IP26 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
101: <ul>
1.97 miod 102: <li>POWER Indigo2 R8000
1.96 miod 103: </ul>
104: </ul>
105: <ul>
1.59 dms 106: <li>IP27 (Origin) family:
1.54 miod 107: <ul>
1.72 miod 108: <li>Origin 200
1.54 miod 109: </ul>
1.105 visa 110: Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 are not supported yet. Single-node multiprocessor
111: operation is supported on Origin 200.
1.96 miod 112: </ul>
113: <ul>
114: <li>IP28 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
1.82 miod 115: <ul>
116: <li>POWER Indigo2 R10000
117: </ul>
1.96 miod 118: </ul>
119: <ul>
120: <li>IP30 (Octane a.k.a <i>Speedracer</i>) family:
1.54 miod 121: <ul>
122: <li>Octane
123: <li>Octane 2
124: </ul>
1.71 jasper 125: Multiprocessor operation is supported.
1.96 miod 126: </ul>
127: <ul>
128: <li>IP32 (O2 a.k.a <i>Moosehead</i>) family:
1.54 miod 129: <ul>
130: <li>O2
131: <li>O2+
132: </ul>
1.96 miod 133: R5000, RM5200, RM7000 as well as R10000 and R12000 processor options are
134: supported, including the RM7000 level 3 cache.
135: </ul>
136: <ul>
1.59 dms 137: <li>IP35 (Tezro) family:
1.54 miod 138: <ul>
139: <li>Fuel
1.74 jasper 140: <li>Origin 3000
1.71 jasper 141: <li>Origin 350
1.74 jasper 142: <li>Tezro
143: <li>Onyx 4 (currently limited to serial console)
1.69 miod 144: <li>Onyx 350 has not been tested, but ought to work
1.71 jasper 145: since it is very similar to Origin 350.
1.54 miod 146: </ul>
1.105 visa 147: Origin 300 and Onyx 300 are not supported yet. Single-node multiprocessor
148: operation is supported at least on Origin 350.
1.54 miod 149: </ul>
1.66 miod 150: Note that <i>Octane 3</i> and <i>Origin 400</i> systems are completely different
1.65 miod 151: architectures based on x86 processors, and as such are not supported
152: by OpenBSD/sgi.
1.54 miod 153:
1.19 pefo 154: <p>
1.54 miod 155: The following devices are supported:
156: <ul>
157: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
158: <ul>
1.96 miod 159: <li>built-in IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28
1.112 tb 160: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sq&arch=sgi&sektion=4">sq(4)</a>
1.78 miod 161: Seeq 80C03 Ethernet.
162: <li>built-in O2
1.112 tb 163: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mec&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mec(4)</a>
1.78 miod 164: MAC-110 10/100Mbit Ethernet.
1.112 tb 165: <li>IOC3 <a href="https://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).
166: <li>Broadcom BCM57xx (a.k.a. Tigon3) <a href="https://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 167: <li>Many
1.112 tb 168: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 169: adapters, including wireless adapters.
170: </ul>
171: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
172: <ul>
1.96 miod 173: <li>IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28 built-in
1.112 tb 174: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wdsc&sektion=4">wdsc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 175: WD33C93 SCSI.
176: <li>O2 built-in
1.112 tb 177: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 178: Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.
179: <li>IP27/IP30/IP35 built-in
1.112 tb 180: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=qlw&sektion=4">qlw(4)</a>
1.78 miod 181: QLogic ISP SCSI.
1.54 miod 182: <li>Some
1.112 tb 183: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 184: SCSI adapters.
185: </ul>
186: <li><strong>RS-232 Devices</strong>
187: <ul>
1.78 miod 188: <li>On-board
1.112 tb 189: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=zstty&sektion=4">zstty(4)</a>
1.78 miod 190: and
1.112 tb 191: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
1.78 miod 192: serial ports.
1.54 miod 193: </ul>
194: <li><strong>USB Controllers and Devices</strong>
195: <ul>
1.112 tb 196: <li>Fuel, Origin 3* and Tezro on-board <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci(4)</a>.
197: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 198: USB controllers.
199: <li>Most
1.112 tb 200: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci&sektion=4">USB</a>
1.54 miod 201: devices.
202: </ul>
203: <li><strong>Audio Devices</strong>
204: <ul>
1.112 tb 205: <li>O2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mavb&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mavb(4)</a> Moosehead A/V Board audio device.
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1.112 tb 207: <li>Tezro <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=envy&arch=sgi&sektion=4">envy(4)</a> Envy24 audio device.
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1.54 miod 209: </ul>
210: <li><strong>Video Devices</strong>
211: <ul>
1.78 miod 212: <li>Indigo Light (<i>Entry</i>, <i>Starter</i>) graphics
1.112 tb 213: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=light&arch=sgi&sektion=4">light(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 214: <li>Indy and Indigo2 Newport (<i>XL</i>, <i>XGE</i>) graphics
1.112 tb 215: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=newport&arch=sgi&sektion=4">newport(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 216: <li>Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 Express (<i>XS</i>, <i>XZ</i>, <i>Elan</i>, <i>Extreme</i>) graphics
1.112 tb 217: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=grtwo&arch=sgi&sektion=4">grtwo(4)</a>)
218: <li>O2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gbe&arch=sgi&sektion=4">gbe(4)</a>
1.78 miod 219: Graphics Back End Frame Buffer
220: <li>Indigo2 Impact (<i>Mardigras</i>) and Octane ImpactSR graphics
1.112 tb 221: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=impact&arch=sgi&sektion=4">impact(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 222: <li>Octane 2, Fuel, Onyx 350 and Tezro VPro graphics
1.112 tb 223: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=odyssey&arch=sgi&sektion=4">odyssey(4)</a>)
1.54 miod 224: </ul>
225: <li><strong>Input Devices</strong>
226: <ul>
1.78 miod 227: <li>Indigo
1.112 tb 228: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sgi">zskbd(4)</a>
1.78 miod 229: keyboard
230: and
1.112 tb 231: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=zsms&sektion=4&arch=sgi">zsms(4)</a>
1.78 miod 232: mouse.
1.112 tb 233: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pckbc&sektion=4">pckbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
234: <li>O2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mkbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mkbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
1.63 miod 235: <li>Octane and Origin family
1.112 tb 236: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iockbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iockbc(4)</a> PS/2 Controller
1.63 miod 237: found on
1.112 tb 238: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ioc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">ioc(4)</a> IOC3- or
239: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iof&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iof(4)</a>
1.78 miod 240: IOC4- based I/O boards (such as IO9 and IO10).
1.112 tb 241: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
242: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
1.54 miod 243: </ul>
244: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
245: <ul>
1.112 tb 246: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=panel&sektion=4&arch=sgi">panel(4)</a>
1.78 miod 247: power and volume buttons.
1.112 tb 248: <li>O2 and Octane <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
1.54 miod 249: </ul>
1.19 pefo 250: </ul>
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1.92 bentley 252: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.36 jasper 253: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19 pefo 254: </font></h3>
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256: <p>
1.23 david 257: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.114 ! tj 258: <a href="63.html">OpenBSD 6.3</a>.
1.23 david 259: Here are the
1.114 ! tj 260: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.113 tj 261: OpenBSD/sgi installation instructions</a>.
1.19 pefo 262:
263: <p>
264: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.108 tb 265: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
1.19 pefo 266: as well as in a few
267: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
268: Here are the
1.108 tb 269: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.110 tb 270: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
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