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18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi</font></h2>
1.3 fn 19:
1.18 miod 20: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 21:
1.18 miod 22: <p>
1.19 pefo 23: OpenBSD/sgi currently runs on the 64 bit MIPS-based SGI O2 workstations.
24: Other 64 bit SGI systems will be supported in the future.
1.18 miod 25: </p>
1.19 pefo 26: <p>
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.
1.19 pefo 29: </p>
30:
31:
1.30 nick 32: <a name="toc"></a>
1.19 pefo 33: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
34: <ul>
35: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
36: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
1.21 miod 37: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
1.19 pefo 38: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
39: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sgi</a>
40: </ul>
41:
42:
43: <hr>
44: <a name="history"></a>
45: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 46:
1.3 fn 47: <p>
1.20 miod 48: The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>
49: port created early in the OpenBSD history. Arc support was rather soon
50: discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.
51: The OpenBSD Mips support has since then been supported outside the OpenBSD
52: project. As SGI hardware has become affordable and easy to get by, interest
53: for an SGI port in the tree has increased.
54: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, is now available and the 64 bit
55: SGI OpenBSD port is now available and managed in the OpenBSD source tree.
1.3 fn 56: </p>
1.1 deraadt 57:
1.19 pefo 58: <hr>
59: <a name="status"></a>
60: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
61:
1.1 deraadt 62: <p>
1.20 miod 63: Currently OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.19 pefo 64: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.
1.3 fn 65: </p>
1.1 deraadt 66:
1.19 pefo 67:
68: <hr>
69: <a name="projects"></a>
70: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
71: </strong></font></h3>
72:
73: <p>
74: <ul>
75: <li>Workaround for R10000 CPUs coherency behaviour
76: <li>X11 server support
1.20 miod 77: <li>Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)
78: <li>Support more SGI hardware like Origin 200, Octane, etc
1.19 pefo 79: <li>Support for multiprocessor systems (<b>not</b> NUMA)
80: </ul>
81: </p>
82:
83: <hr>
84: <a name="hardware"></a>
85: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
86:
87: <p>
88: <h4>Supported models</h4>
89:
90: <p>
91: <ul>
1.24 david 92: <li>O2 (aka Moosehead) with R5000, RM5200, RM7000, R10000 and R12000 CPUs. Level 2 caches are supported on all CPUs. RM7000 level 3 cache is supported.
1.19 pefo 93: <ul>
1.20 miod 94: <li>Built-in Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI
95: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc</a>)
96: <li>Built-in Ethernet
97: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mec&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mec</a>)
98: <li>Built-in serial ports
99: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com</a>)
1.19 pefo 100: <li>64 bit PCI expansion slot
1.20 miod 101: <li>Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI ethernet
102: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp</a>)
1.26 miod 103: <li>Built-in audio
104: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mavb&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mavb</a>)
1.33 ! jasper 105: <li>Built-in video (no X11 yet)
! 106: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gbe&sektion=4&arch=sgi">gbe</a>)
! 107: <li>Built-in PS/2 Controller
! 108: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mkbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mkbc</a>)
! 109: <li>PS/2 keyboards
! 110: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&sektion=4&arch=sgi">pckbd</a>)
! 111: <li>PS/2 mice
! 112: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4&arch=sgi">pms</a>)
! 113: <li>Power button
! 114: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power</a>)
1.19 pefo 115: </ul>
116: </ul>
117:
118: <p>
119: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
120:
121: <p>
122: While most models support expansion via PCI many PCI devices may work.
123: However each device has to be tested before they will be listed here as
124: supported so if support for a particular device is wanted, suitable hardware
125: must be made available to a developer who can test and verify functionality.
126: </p>
127:
128:
129: <p>
130: Please contact <a href="mailto:pefo@openbsd.org">Per Fogelström</a>
131: if you would like more information.
132: </p>
133:
134: <hr>
135: <a name="install"></a>
136: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
137: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sgi:</strong>
138: </font></h3>
139:
140: <p>
1.23 david 141: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.29 miod 142: <a href="41.html">OpenBSD 4.1</a>.
1.23 david 143: Here are the
1.29 miod 144: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
145: OpenBSD/sgi 4.1 installation instructions
1.23 david 146: </a>.
1.19 pefo 147:
148: <p>
149: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
150: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
151: as well as in a few
152: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
153: Here are the
154: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
155: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
156: </a> as well.
157:
1.31 miod 158: <p>
159: Due to kernel stability issues on this platform with the 4.2 codebase, the
160: 4.2 release has been skipped on this platform. These problems have been fixed
161: since, and sgi should be part of the regular releases starting with the next
162: release, 4.3.
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