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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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1.50 jasper 23: <p>
1.54 ! miod 24: OpenBSD/sgi runs on several 64 bit MIPS-based SGI servers and workstations.
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>
1.46 jsing 32: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sgi port is available at
33: <u><font color="#23238e">sgi@openbsd.org</font></u>.
34: To join the OpenBSD/sgi mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
35: sgi"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
36: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
37: subscribing.
38: </p>
39:
40: <p>
1.36 jasper 41: The current port maintainers are Miod Vallat
1.37 deraadt 42: (<a href="mailto:miod@openbsd.org">miod@openbsd.org</a>)
1.36 jasper 43: and
44: Joel Sing
45: (<a href="mailto:jsing@openbsd.org">jsing@openbsd.org</a>).
1.46 jsing 46: </p>
1.36 jasper 47:
1.19 pefo 48:
1.30 nick 49: <a name="toc"></a>
1.19 pefo 50: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.43 deraadt 51: <table><tr>
52: <td width=1%></td>
1.42 deraadt 53: <td valign="top" width="20%">
1.36 jasper 54: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a><br>
55: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>
56: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
1.42 deraadt 57: </td><td valign="top" width="20%">
1.36 jasper 58: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
1.54 ! miod 59: <li><a href="#projects">Projects</a><br>
1.42 deraadt 60: </td></tr></table>
61: <br clear=all>
1.36 jasper 62: <hr>
1.19 pefo 63:
64: <a name="history"></a>
1.36 jasper 65: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 66: <p>
1.20 miod 67: The OpenBSD/sgi port has its roots in the <a href="arc.html">OpenBSD/arc</a>
68: port created early in the OpenBSD history. Arc support was rather soon
69: discontinued due to the lack of interest and availability of decent hardware.
70: The OpenBSD Mips support has since then been supported outside the OpenBSD
1.54 ! miod 71: project.
! 72: <br>
! 73: As SGI hardware has become affordable and easy to come by, interest
1.20 miod 74: for an SGI port in the tree has increased.
1.54 ! miod 75: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, eventually became available and
! 76: allowed the 64 bit SGI OpenBSD port to appear in 2004.
! 77: <br>
! 78: Hardware support was initially limited to the O2 workstations. Efforts
! 79: to port to more systems did not really start until 2008, where the first
! 80: Octane support parts were introduced. This work was completed in 2009
! 81: with support for Origin family systems as well.
1.3 fn 82: </p>
1.1 deraadt 83:
1.19 pefo 84: <a name="status"></a>
1.36 jasper 85: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 86:
1.1 deraadt 87: <p>
1.20 miod 88: Currently OpenBSD/sgi runs in 64 bit mode and boots multi-user on supported
1.54 ! miod 89: systems. Snapshots are made periodically as the port develops and expands.
! 90: <br>
! 91: On most systems it is currently limited to serial console only.
! 92: This is however not the case on O2, on which it is possible to use the glass
! 93: console.
1.3 fn 94: </p>
1.1 deraadt 95:
1.36 jasper 96: <a name="hardware"></a>
97: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 98:
1.54 ! miod 99: 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>.
! 100: <p>
! 101: The following families are supported:
1.19 pefo 102: <ul>
1.54 ! miod 103: <li>IP27 (Origin) family:<sup>*</sup>
! 104: <ul>
! 105: <li>Origin 200. Dual-Origin 200 systems using the CRAYlink connection should
! 106: work, but currently limited to the first node.
! 107: <li>Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 have not been tested, but should work, currently
! 108: limited to the first node.
! 109: </ul>
! 110: <li>IP30 (Octane a.k.a Speedracer) family:<sup>*</sup>
! 111: <ul>
! 112: <li>Octane
! 113: <li>Octane 2
! 114: </ul>
! 115: <li>IP32 (O2 a.k.a Moosehead) family:
! 116: <ul>
! 117: <li>O2
! 118: <li>O2+
! 119: </ul>
! 120: R5000, RM5200, RM7000 as well as R10000 and R12000 processors are supported.
! 121: RM7000 level 3 cache is supported.
! 122: <li>IP35 (Tezro) family:<sup>*</sup>
! 123: <ul>
! 124: <li>Fuel
! 125: <li>Origin 300, Onyx 300 and Origin 3000 have not been tested, but should
! 126: work, currently limited to the first node.
! 127: <li>Origin 350, Onyx 350, Onyx 4 and Tezro have not been tested, and are
! 128: not supported yet due to lack of support for their PCI-X controller.
! 129: </ul>
! 130: </ul>
! 131: <sup>*</sup> support for these families has been added after the 4.5 release.
! 132:
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1.54 ! miod 134: The following devices are supported:
! 135: <ul>
! 136: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
! 137: <ul>
! 138: <li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mec&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mec(4)</a> MAC-110 10/100MBit ethernet.
! 139: <li>Many
! 140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
! 141: adapters, including wireless adapters.
! 142: </ul>
! 143: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
! 144: <ul>
1.36 jasper 145: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a> Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI.
1.54 ! miod 146: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> QLogic ISP SCSI.
! 147: <li>Some
! 148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
! 149: SCSI adapters.
! 150: </ul>
! 151: <li><strong>RS-232 Devices</strong>
! 152: <ul>
1.36 jasper 153: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> built-in serial ports.
1.54 ! miod 154: </ul>
! 155: <li><strong>USB Controllers and Devices</strong>
! 156: <ul>
! 157: <li>Fuel on-board <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>.
! 158: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
! 159: USB controllers.
! 160: <li>Most
! 161: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">USB</a>
! 162: devices.
! 163: </ul>
! 164: <li><strong>Audio Devices</strong>
! 165: <ul>
! 166: <li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mavb&arch=sgi&sektion=4">mavb(4)</a> Moosehead A/V Board audio device.
! 167: </ul>
! 168: <li><strong>Video Devices</strong>
! 169: <ul>
! 170: <li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gbe&arch=sgi&sektion=4">gbe(4)</a> Graphics Back End Frame Buffer, supporting <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> console and X Window.
! 171: </ul>
! 172: <li><strong>Input Devices</strong>
! 173: <ul>
! 174: <li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mkbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">mkbc(4)</a> built in PS/2 Controller.
1.45 miod 175: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
176: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
1.54 ! miod 177: </ul>
! 178: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
! 179: <ul>
! 180: <li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
! 181: </ul>
1.19 pefo 182: </ul>
183:
184: <a name="install"></a>
185: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.36 jasper 186: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19 pefo 187: </font></h3>
188:
189: <p>
1.23 david 190: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.53 miod 191: <a href="45.html">OpenBSD 4.5</a>.
1.23 david 192: Here are the
1.53 miod 193: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
194: OpenBSD/sgi 4.5 installation instructions
1.23 david 195: </a>.
1.19 pefo 196:
197: <p>
198: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
199: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
200: as well as in a few
201: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
202: Here are the
203: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
204: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
205: </a> as well.
206:
1.36 jasper 207: <a name="projects"></a>
1.54 ! miod 208: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order)</strong></font></h3>
1.36 jasper 209:
210: <ul>
211: <li>Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)
1.54 ! miod 212: <li>Onboard Ethernet support on Octane and Origin families
! 213: <li>SMP support
! 214: <li>Multiple node support on Origin systems
! 215: <li>Origin 350 and Tezro ``PIC'' PCI-X controller support
1.36 jasper 216: </ul>
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