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17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi</font></h2>
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1.40 jasper 20: <a href="images/sgi_o2.jpg">
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1.1 deraadt 22:
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.
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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>
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1.36 jasper 31: <p>
32: The current port maintainers are Miod Vallat
1.37 deraadt 33: (<a href="mailto:miod@openbsd.org">miod@openbsd.org</a>)
1.36 jasper 34: and
35: Joel Sing
36: (<a href="mailto:jsing@openbsd.org">jsing@openbsd.org</a>).
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1.19 pefo 38:
1.30 nick 39: <a name="toc"></a>
1.19 pefo 40: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.41 ! jasper 41: <ul>
1.36 jasper 42: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a><br>
43: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>
44: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
45: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
46: <li><a href="#projects">Projects & bugs left to fix</a><br>
1.41 ! jasper 47: </ul>
1.36 jasper 48: <hr>
1.19 pefo 49:
50: <a name="history"></a>
1.36 jasper 51: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 52: <p>
1.20 miod 53: The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>
54: port created early in the OpenBSD history. Arc support was rather soon
55: discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.
56: The OpenBSD Mips support has since then been supported outside the OpenBSD
57: project. As SGI hardware has become affordable and easy to get by, interest
58: for an SGI port in the tree has increased.
59: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, is now available and the 64 bit
60: SGI OpenBSD port is now available and managed in the OpenBSD source tree.
1.3 fn 61: </p>
1.1 deraadt 62:
1.19 pefo 63: <a name="status"></a>
1.36 jasper 64: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 65:
1.1 deraadt 66: <p>
1.20 miod 67: Currently OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.34 jasper 68: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.<br>
69: In late 2007 the port was expanded with support for the
70: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4&arch=sgi">wscons(4)</a>
71: framework. This makes it possible to use the glass console.
1.3 fn 72: </p>
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1.36 jasper 74: <a name="hardware"></a>
75: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 76:
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1.36 jasper 78: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=intro&arch=sgi&sektion=4">intro(4/sgi)</a>.
1.19 pefo 79: <p>
1.39 deraadt 80: <li><strong>SGI O2 (aka Moosehead) with R5000, RM5200, RM7000, R10000 and R12000 CPUs.<br>
81: Level 2 caches are supported on all CPUs. RM7000 level 3 cache is supported.</strong>
1.36 jasper 82: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a> Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.
83: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mec&sektion=4">mec(4)</a> MAC-110 100MBit ethernet.
84: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> built-in serial ports.
85: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> built-in Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI ethernet, on the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">pci(4)</a> bus.
86: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mavb&sektion=4">mavb(4)</a> Moosehead A/V Board audio device.
87: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gbe&sektion=4">gbe(4)</a> SGI Graphics Back End Frame Buffer, supporting <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&arch=sgi&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> console which supports X Windows.
88: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mkbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mkbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
89: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&sektion=4&arch=sgi">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
90: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4&arch=sgi">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
91: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
1.19 pefo 92: </ul>
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94: <a name="install"></a>
95: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.36 jasper 96: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19 pefo 97: </font></h3>
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99: <p>
1.23 david 100: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.29 miod 101: <a href="41.html">OpenBSD 4.1</a>.
1.23 david 102: Here are the
1.29 miod 103: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
104: OpenBSD/sgi 4.1 installation instructions
1.23 david 105: </a>.
1.19 pefo 106:
107: <p>
108: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
109: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
110: as well as in a few
111: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
112: Here are the
113: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
114: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
115: </a> as well.
116:
1.31 miod 117: <p>
118: Due to kernel stability issues on this platform with the 4.2 codebase, the
119: 4.2 release has been skipped on this platform. These problems have been fixed
1.36 jasper 120: since, and sgi will be part of the regular releases starting with the next
1.31 miod 121: release, 4.3.
1.19 pefo 122:
1.36 jasper 123: <a name="projects"></a>
124: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects & bugs left to fix</strong></font></h3>
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126: <ul>
127: <li>Workaround for R10000 CPUs coherency behaviour
128: <li>Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)
129: <li>Support more SGI hardware like Origin 200, Octane, etc
130: <li>Support for multiprocessor systems (<b>not</b> NUMA)
131: </ul>
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