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1.117 ! bentley 14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
! 15: sgi
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1.96 miod 21: OpenBSD/sgi runs on most 64 bit MIPS-based SGI servers and workstations.
1.20 miod 22: OpenBSD/sgi is a fully featured 64 bit port and will thus only run on systems
23: based on 64 bit processors, i.e. R4000 and up.
1.117 ! bentley 24:
1.102 deraadt 25: <p>
1.46 jsing 26: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sgi port is available at
1.117 ! bentley 27: <a href="mailto:sgi@openbsd.org">sgi@openbsd.org</a>.
1.46 jsing 28: To join the OpenBSD/sgi mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
29: sgi"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
30: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
31: subscribing.
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! 37:
1.36 jasper 38: <hr>
1.19 pefo 39:
1.117 ! bentley 40: <h3 id="history"><strong>History</strong></h3>
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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.
1.117 ! bentley 46:
1.96 miod 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.
1.117 ! bentley 52:
1.96 miod 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.
1.117 ! bentley 60:
1.96 miod 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.
1.1 deraadt 65:
1.117 ! bentley 66: <h3 id="status"><strong>Current status</strong></h3>
1.19 pefo 67:
1.1 deraadt 68: <p>
1.96 miod 69: OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.54 miod 70: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.
71: <br>
1.78 miod 72: All graphics options but the IP27 Kona frame buffer should be supported;
1.80 jsg 73: on such setups the kernel will be limited to serial console operation only.
1.63 miod 74: <br>
75: An X server, currently unaccelerated, is also available for IP32 (O2) systems.
1.1 deraadt 76:
1.117 ! bentley 77: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></h3>
! 78:
! 79: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/intro.4">intro(4/sgi)</a>.
1.19 pefo 80:
1.54 miod 81: <p>
82: The following families are supported:
1.19 pefo 83: <ul>
1.84 sthen 84: <li>IP20 (R4000 Indigo) family:
1.78 miod 85: <ul>
86: <li>Indigo (R4000 and R4400 models)
87: </ul>
1.96 miod 88: </ul>
89: <ul>
1.84 sthen 90: <li>IP22 (Indy, Indigo2) family:
1.78 miod 91: <ul>
1.90 miod 92: <li>Challenge S
1.78 miod 93: <li>Indy
94: <li>Indigo2
95: </ul>
1.96 miod 96: All R4000, R4400, R4600 and R5000 processor options are supported.
97: </ul>
98: <ul>
99: <li>IP26 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
100: <ul>
1.97 miod 101: <li>POWER Indigo2 R8000
1.96 miod 102: </ul>
103: </ul>
104: <ul>
1.59 dms 105: <li>IP27 (Origin) family:
1.54 miod 106: <ul>
1.72 miod 107: <li>Origin 200
1.54 miod 108: </ul>
1.105 visa 109: Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 are not supported yet. Single-node multiprocessor
110: operation is supported on Origin 200.
1.96 miod 111: </ul>
112: <ul>
113: <li>IP28 (<i>POWER Indigo2</i>) family:
1.82 miod 114: <ul>
115: <li>POWER Indigo2 R10000
116: </ul>
1.96 miod 117: </ul>
118: <ul>
119: <li>IP30 (Octane a.k.a <i>Speedracer</i>) family:
1.54 miod 120: <ul>
121: <li>Octane
122: <li>Octane 2
123: </ul>
1.71 jasper 124: Multiprocessor operation is supported.
1.96 miod 125: </ul>
126: <ul>
127: <li>IP32 (O2 a.k.a <i>Moosehead</i>) family:
1.54 miod 128: <ul>
129: <li>O2
130: <li>O2+
131: </ul>
1.96 miod 132: R5000, RM5200, RM7000 as well as R10000 and R12000 processor options are
133: supported, including the RM7000 level 3 cache.
134: </ul>
135: <ul>
1.59 dms 136: <li>IP35 (Tezro) family:
1.54 miod 137: <ul>
138: <li>Fuel
1.74 jasper 139: <li>Origin 3000
1.71 jasper 140: <li>Origin 350
1.74 jasper 141: <li>Tezro
142: <li>Onyx 4 (currently limited to serial console)
1.69 miod 143: <li>Onyx 350 has not been tested, but ought to work
1.71 jasper 144: since it is very similar to Origin 350.
1.54 miod 145: </ul>
1.105 visa 146: Origin 300 and Onyx 300 are not supported yet. Single-node multiprocessor
147: operation is supported at least on Origin 350.
1.54 miod 148: </ul>
1.66 miod 149: Note that <i>Octane 3</i> and <i>Origin 400</i> systems are completely different
1.65 miod 150: architectures based on x86 processors, and as such are not supported
151: by OpenBSD/sgi.
1.54 miod 152:
1.19 pefo 153: <p>
1.54 miod 154: The following devices are supported:
155: <ul>
156: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
157: <ul>
1.96 miod 158: <li>built-in IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28
1.117 ! bentley 159: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/sq.4">sq(4)</a>
1.78 miod 160: Seeq 80C03 Ethernet.
161: <li>built-in O2
1.117 ! bentley 162: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/mec.4">mec(4)</a>
1.78 miod 163: MAC-110 10/100Mbit Ethernet.
1.117 ! bentley 164: <li>IOC3 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/iec.4">iec(4)</a> 10/100Mbit ethernet (this is the on-board interface found on Octane, Origin 200/2000/300/3000 and Fuel).
! 165: <li>Broadcom BCM57xx (a.k.a. Tigon3) <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/bge.4">bge(4)</a> 10/100/Gigabit ethernet (this is the on-board interface found on Origin 350 and Tezro).
1.54 miod 166: <li>Many
1.117 ! bentley 167: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pci.4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 168: adapters, including wireless adapters.
169: </ul>
170: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
171: <ul>
1.96 miod 172: <li>IP20/IP22/IP26/IP28 built-in
1.117 ! bentley 173: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wdsc.4">wdsc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 174: WD33C93 SCSI.
175: <li>O2 built-in
1.117 ! bentley 176: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ahc.4">ahc(4)</a>
1.78 miod 177: Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.
178: <li>IP27/IP30/IP35 built-in
1.117 ! bentley 179: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/qlw.4">qlw(4)</a>
1.78 miod 180: QLogic ISP SCSI.
1.54 miod 181: <li>Some
1.117 ! bentley 182: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pci.4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 183: SCSI adapters.
184: </ul>
185: <li><strong>RS-232 Devices</strong>
186: <ul>
1.78 miod 187: <li>On-board
1.117 ! bentley 188: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zstty.4">zstty(4)</a>
1.78 miod 189: and
1.117 ! bentley 190: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/com.4">com(4)</a>
1.78 miod 191: serial ports.
1.54 miod 192: </ul>
193: <li><strong>USB Controllers and Devices</strong>
194: <ul>
1.117 ! bentley 195: <li>Fuel, Origin 3* and Tezro on-board <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ohci.4">ohci(4)</a>.
! 196: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pci.4">PCI</a>
1.54 miod 197: USB controllers.
198: <li>Most
1.117 ! bentley 199: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pci.4">USB</a>
1.54 miod 200: devices.
201: </ul>
202: <li><strong>Audio Devices</strong>
203: <ul>
1.117 ! bentley 204: <li>O2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/mavb.4">mavb(4)</a> Moosehead A/V Board audio device.
1.69 miod 205: <!--
1.117 ! bentley 206: <li>Tezro <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/envy.4">envy(4)</a> Envy24 audio device.
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1.54 miod 208: </ul>
209: <li><strong>Video Devices</strong>
210: <ul>
1.78 miod 211: <li>Indigo Light (<i>Entry</i>, <i>Starter</i>) graphics
1.117 ! bentley 212: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/light.4">light(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 213: <li>Indy and Indigo2 Newport (<i>XL</i>, <i>XGE</i>) graphics
1.117 ! bentley 214: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/newport.4">newport(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 215: <li>Indigo, Indy and Indigo2 Express (<i>XS</i>, <i>XZ</i>, <i>Elan</i>, <i>Extreme</i>) graphics
1.117 ! bentley 216: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/grtwo.4">grtwo(4)</a>)
! 217: <li>O2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/gbe.4">gbe(4)</a>
1.78 miod 218: Graphics Back End Frame Buffer
219: <li>Indigo2 Impact (<i>Mardigras</i>) and Octane ImpactSR graphics
1.117 ! bentley 220: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/impact.4">impact(4)</a>)
1.78 miod 221: <li>Octane 2, Fuel, Onyx 350 and Tezro VPro graphics
1.117 ! bentley 222: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/odyssey.4">odyssey(4)</a>)
1.54 miod 223: </ul>
224: <li><strong>Input Devices</strong>
225: <ul>
1.78 miod 226: <li>Indigo
1.117 ! bentley 227: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/zskbd.4">zskbd(4)</a>
1.78 miod 228: keyboard
229: and
1.117 ! bentley 230: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/zsms.4">zsms(4)</a>
1.78 miod 231: mouse.
1.117 ! bentley 232: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pckbc.4">pckbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
! 233: <li>O2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/mkbc.4">mkbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
1.63 miod 234: <li>Octane and Origin family
1.117 ! bentley 235: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/iockbc.4">iockbc(4)</a> PS/2 Controller
1.63 miod 236: found on
1.117 ! bentley 237: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/ioc.4">ioc(4)</a> IOC3- or
! 238: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/iof.4">iof(4)</a>
1.78 miod 239: IOC4- based I/O boards (such as IO9 and IO10).
1.117 ! bentley 240: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pckbd.4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
! 241: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pms.4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
1.54 miod 242: </ul>
243: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
244: <ul>
1.117 ! bentley 245: <li>Indy and Indigo2 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/panel.4">panel(4)</a>
1.78 miod 246: power and volume buttons.
1.117 ! bentley 247: <li>O2 and Octane <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/power.4">power(4)</a> button.
1.54 miod 248: </ul>
1.19 pefo 249: </ul>
250:
1.117 ! bentley 251: <h3 id="install">
1.36 jasper 252: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.117 ! bentley 253: </h3>
1.19 pefo 254:
255: <p>
1.23 david 256: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.116 tj 257: <a href="65.html">OpenBSD 6.5</a>.
1.23 david 258: Here are the
1.116 tj 259: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.113 tj 260: OpenBSD/sgi installation instructions</a>.
1.19 pefo 261:
262: <p>
263: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.115 tj 264: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
265: as well as on a few
1.19 pefo 266: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
267: Here are the
1.115 tj 268: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.110 tb 269: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
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