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                     16: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
                     17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi</font></h2>
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1.18      miod       19: <hr>
1.40      jasper     20: <a href="images/sgi_o2.jpg">
                     21: <img src="images/sgi_o2.jpg"align="right"></a>
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.
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:
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>).
                     37:
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>
1.43      deraadt    41: <table><tr>
                     42: <td width=1%></td>
1.42      deraadt    43: <td valign="top" width="20%">
1.36      jasper     44:   <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a><br>
                     45:   <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>
                     46:   <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
1.42      deraadt    47: </td><td valign="top" width="20%">
1.36      jasper     48:   <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
                     49:   <li><a href="#projects">Projects & bugs left to fix</a><br>
1.42      deraadt    50: </td></tr></table>
                     51: <br clear=all>
1.36      jasper     52: <hr>
1.19      pefo       53:
                     54: <a name="history"></a>
1.36      jasper     55: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.3       fn         56: <p>
1.20      miod       57: The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>
                     58: port created early in the OpenBSD history. Arc support was rather soon
                     59: discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.
                     60: The OpenBSD Mips support has since then been supported outside the OpenBSD
                     61: project. As SGI hardware has become affordable and easy to get by, interest
                     62: for an SGI port in the tree has increased.
                     63: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, is now available and the 64 bit
                     64: SGI OpenBSD port is now available and managed in the OpenBSD source tree.
1.3       fn         65: </p>
1.1       deraadt    66:
1.19      pefo       67: <a name="status"></a>
1.36      jasper     68: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.19      pefo       69:
1.1       deraadt    70: <p>
1.20      miod       71: Currently OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.34      jasper     72: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.<br>
                     73: In late 2007 the port was expanded with support for the
                     74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">wscons(4)</a>
                     75: framework. This makes it possible to use the glass console.
1.3       fn         76: </p>
1.1       deraadt    77:
1.36      jasper     78: <a name="hardware"></a>
                     79: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.19      pefo       80:
                     81: <ul>
1.36      jasper     82: 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&amp;arch=sgi&sektion=4">intro(4/sgi)</a>.
1.19      pefo       83: <p>
1.39      deraadt    84: <li><strong>SGI O2 (aka Moosehead) with R5000, RM5200, RM7000, R10000 and R12000 CPUs.<br>
                     85:     Level 2 caches are supported on all CPUs. RM7000 level 3 cache is supported.</strong>
1.36      jasper     86: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&amp;sektion=4">ahc(4)</a> Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.
                     87: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mec&amp;sektion=4">mec(4)</a> MAC-110 100MBit ethernet.
                     88: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&amp;sektion=4">com(4)</a> built-in serial ports.
                     89: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&amp;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&amp;sektion=4">pci(4)</a> bus.
                     90: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mavb&amp;sektion=4">mavb(4)</a> Moosehead A/V Board audio device.
                     91: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gbe&amp;sektion=4">gbe(4)</a> SGI Graphics Back End Frame Buffer, supporting <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&amp;arch=sgi&amp;sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> console which supports X Windows.
                     92: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mkbc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">mkbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
                     93: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
                     94: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
                     95: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
1.19      pefo       96: </ul>
                     97:
                     98: <a name="install"></a>
                     99: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.36      jasper    100: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19      pefo      101: </font></h3>
                    102:
                    103: <p>
1.23      david     104: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.44    ! steven    105: <a href="43.html">OpenBSD 4.3</a>.
1.23      david     106: Here are the
1.44    ! steven    107: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
        !           108: OpenBSD/sgi 4.3 installation instructions
1.23      david     109: </a>.
1.19      pefo      110:
                    111: <p>
                    112: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
                    113: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
                    114: as well as in a few
                    115: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
                    116: Here are the
                    117: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
                    118: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
                    119: </a> as well.
                    120:
1.36      jasper    121: <a name="projects"></a>
                    122: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects & bugs left to fix</strong></font></h3>
                    123:
                    124: <ul>
                    125:   <li>Workaround for R10000 CPUs coherency behaviour
                    126:   <li>Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)
                    127:   <li>Support more SGI hardware like Origin 200, Octane, etc
                    128:   <li>Support for multiprocessor systems (<b>not</b> NUMA)
                    129: </ul>
                    130:
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