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17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi</font></h2>
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1.61 jasper 20: <a href="images/sgi_octane.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>
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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.
1.54 miod 70: <br>
1.64 ! deraadt 71: Eventually SGI hardware became more affordable and obtainable, and interest
! 72: for an SGI port in the tree increased.
1.54 miod 73: The final piece, a working 64 bit toolchain, eventually became available and
74: allowed the 64 bit SGI OpenBSD port to appear in 2004.
75: <br>
1.64 ! deraadt 76: Hardware support was initially limited to the O2 workstations. Efforts
1.54 miod 77: to port to more systems did not really start until 2008, where the first
78: Octane support parts were introduced. This work was completed in 2009
1.55 miod 79: with support for Origin family systems as well, allowing OpenBSD to be
1.64 ! deraadt 80: the first free operating system to run on the Fuel workstations, and even
! 81: later, also on Origin 350 servers.
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>
1.63 miod 91: Not all graphics options are supported on IP27 (Origin) and IP35 (Tezro)
92: systems yet; in this case the kernel will be limited to serial console
93: operation only.
94: <br>
95: An X server, currently unaccelerated, is also available for IP32 (O2) systems.
1.3 fn 96: </p>
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1.36 jasper 98: <a name="hardware"></a>
99: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.19 pefo 100:
1.54 miod 101: 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>.
102: <p>
103: The following families are supported:
1.19 pefo 104: <ul>
1.59 dms 105: <li>IP27 (Origin) family:
1.54 miod 106: <ul>
107: <li>Origin 200. Dual-Origin 200 systems using the CRAYlink connection should
1.59 dms 108: work, but currently limited to the first node. <sup>*</sup>
1.63 miod 109: <li>Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 have not been tested, but should work. <sup>*</sup>
1.54 miod 110: </ul>
1.59 dms 111: <li>IP30 (Octane a.k.a Speedracer) family:
1.54 miod 112: <ul>
113: <li>Octane
114: <li>Octane 2
115: </ul>
1.63 miod 116: Multiprocessor operation is supported. <sup>*2</sup>
117: <br>
1.57 miod 118: Octane 3 systems are a completely different architecture based on
119: x86 processors, and as such are not supported by OpenBSD/sgi.
1.54 miod 120: <li>IP32 (O2 a.k.a Moosehead) family:
121: <ul>
122: <li>O2
123: <li>O2+
124: </ul>
125: R5000, RM5200, RM7000 as well as R10000 and R12000 processors are supported.
126: RM7000 level 3 cache is supported.
1.59 dms 127: <li>IP35 (Tezro) family:
1.54 miod 128: <ul>
129: <li>Fuel
1.62 miod 130: <!--
1.63 miod 131: <li>Origin 300
132: <li>Onyx 300 and Origin 3000 have not been testedm but ought to work
133: since they are very similar to Origin 300.
1.62 miod 134: -->
1.59 dms 135: <li>Origin 350 <sup>*2</sup>
1.56 miod 136: <li>Onyx 350, Onyx 4 and Tezro have not been tested, but ought to work
1.59 dms 137: since they are very similar to Origin 350. <sup>*2</sup>
1.54 miod 138: </ul>
1.62 miod 139: Origin 300, Onyx 300 and Origin 3000 are not supported yet.
1.54 miod 140: </ul>
1.59 dms 141: <sup>*</sup> support for multiple nodes in <i>M</i> mode
1.56 miod 142: has been added after the 4.6 release.
143: <br>
1.63 miod 144: <sup>*2</sup> support added after the 4.6 release.
1.56 miod 145: <br>
1.54 miod 146:
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1.54 miod 148: The following devices are supported:
149: <ul>
150: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
151: <ul>
152: <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.
1.60 miod 153: <li>IOC3 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iec&arch=sgi&sektion=4">iec(4)</a> 10/100MBit ethernet (this is the on-board interface
154: found on Octane, Origin 200/2000/300/3000 and Fuel) <sup>*</sup>
1.54 miod 155: <li>Many
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
157: adapters, including wireless adapters.
158: </ul>
159: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
160: <ul>
1.36 jasper 161: <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 162: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> QLogic ISP SCSI.
163: <li>Some
164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
165: SCSI adapters.
166: </ul>
167: <li><strong>RS-232 Devices</strong>
168: <ul>
1.36 jasper 169: <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 170: </ul>
171: <li><strong>USB Controllers and Devices</strong>
172: <ul>
173: <li>Fuel on-board <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>.
174: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
175: USB controllers.
176: <li>Most
177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">USB</a>
178: devices.
179: </ul>
180: <li><strong>Audio Devices</strong>
181: <ul>
182: <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.
183: </ul>
184: <li><strong>Video Devices</strong>
185: <ul>
1.63 miod 186: <li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gbe&arch=sgi&sektion=4">gbe(4)</a>
187: 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.
188: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=impact&arch=sgi&sektion=4">impact(4)</a>
189: Impact (<i>Mardigras</i>) frame buffer commonly encountered on Octane systems.
190: <sup>*</sup>
191: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=odyssey&arch=sgi&sektion=4">odyssey(4)</a>
192: Odyssey VPro frame buffer commonly encountered on Fuel, Octane 2, Onyx 350 and
193: Tezro, as well as some Octane systems.
194: <sup>*</sup>
1.54 miod 195: </ul>
196: <li><strong>Input Devices</strong>
197: <ul>
198: <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.
1.63 miod 199: <li>Octane and Origin family
200: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iockbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iockbc(4)</a> PS/2 Controller
201: found on
202: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ioc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">ioc(4)</a> IOC3- or
203: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iof&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iof(4)</a> IOC4- based I/O boards (such as IO9).
1.45 miod 204: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
205: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
1.54 miod 206: </ul>
207: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
208: <ul>
1.60 miod 209: <li>O2 and Octane<sup>*</sup> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
1.54 miod 210: </ul>
1.19 pefo 211: </ul>
1.60 miod 212: <sup>*</sup> support added after the 4.6 release.
1.19 pefo 213:
214: <a name="install"></a>
215: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.36 jasper 216: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19 pefo 217: </font></h3>
218:
219: <p>
1.23 david 220: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.59 dms 221: <a href="46.html">OpenBSD 4.6</a>.
1.23 david 222: Here are the
1.59 dms 223: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
224: OpenBSD/sgi 4.6 installation instructions
1.23 david 225: </a>.
1.19 pefo 226:
227: <p>
228: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
229: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
230: as well as in a few
231: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
232: Here are the
233: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
234: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
235: </a> as well.
236:
1.36 jasper 237: <a name="projects"></a>
1.54 miod 238: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order)</strong></font></h3>
1.36 jasper 239:
240: <ul>
241: <li>Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)
1.63 miod 242: <li>X11 support for Impact and Odysseey frame buffers.
243: <li>SMP support on IP27 and IP35 (in progress)
1.62 miod 244: <li>Fix IOC3 serial driver on Origin 300
1.56 miod 245: <li>IOC4 ATAPI controller support
1.36 jasper 246: </ul>
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