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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">
1.73 nick 21: <img src="images/sgi_octane.jpg" align="right"></a>
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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.
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>
1.1 deraadt 97:
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>
1.72 miod 107: <li>Origin 200
1.54 miod 108: </ul>
1.70 miod 109: Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 are not supported yet.
1.59 dms 110: <li>IP30 (Octane a.k.a Speedracer) family:
1.54 miod 111: <ul>
112: <li>Octane
113: <li>Octane 2
114: </ul>
1.71 jasper 115: Multiprocessor operation is supported.
1.54 miod 116: <li>IP32 (O2 a.k.a Moosehead) family:
117: <ul>
118: <li>O2
119: <li>O2+
120: </ul>
121: R5000, RM5200, RM7000 as well as R10000 and R12000 processors are supported.
122: RM7000 level 3 cache is supported.
1.59 dms 123: <li>IP35 (Tezro) family:
1.54 miod 124: <ul>
125: <li>Fuel
1.74 jasper 126: <li>Origin 3000
1.71 jasper 127: <li>Origin 350
1.74 jasper 128: <li>Tezro
129: <li>Onyx 4 (currently limited to serial console)
1.69 miod 130: <li>Onyx 350 has not been tested, but ought to work
1.71 jasper 131: since it is very similar to Origin 350.
1.54 miod 132: </ul>
1.70 miod 133: Origin 300 and Onyx 300 are not supported yet.
1.54 miod 134: </ul>
1.66 miod 135: Note that <i>Octane 3</i> and <i>Origin 400</i> systems are completely different
1.65 miod 136: architectures based on x86 processors, and as such are not supported
137: by OpenBSD/sgi.
1.54 miod 138:
1.19 pefo 139: <p>
1.54 miod 140: The following devices are supported:
141: <ul>
142: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
143: <ul>
1.68 sthen 144: <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.
1.71 jasper 145: <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 found on Octane, Origin 200/2000/300/3000 and Fuel).
1.68 sthen 146: <li>Broadcom BCM57xx (a.k.a. Tigon3) <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&arch=sgi&sektion=4">bge(4)</a> 10/100/Gigabit ethernet (this is the on-board interface found on Origin 350 and Tezro).
1.54 miod 147: <li>Many
148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
149: adapters, including wireless adapters.
150: </ul>
151: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
152: <ul>
1.36 jasper 153: <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 154: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> QLogic ISP SCSI.
155: <li>Some
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
157: SCSI adapters.
158: </ul>
159: <li><strong>RS-232 Devices</strong>
160: <ul>
1.36 jasper 161: <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 162: </ul>
163: <li><strong>USB Controllers and Devices</strong>
164: <ul>
1.77 ! miod 165: <li>Fuel, Origin 3* and Tezro on-board <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>.
1.54 miod 166: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">PCI</a>
167: USB controllers.
168: <li>Most
169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">USB</a>
170: devices.
171: </ul>
172: <li><strong>Audio Devices</strong>
173: <ul>
174: <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.
1.69 miod 175: <!--
1.68 sthen 176: <li>Tezro <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=envy&arch=sgi&sektion=4">envy(4)</a> Envy24 audio device.
1.69 miod 177: -->
1.54 miod 178: </ul>
179: <li><strong>Video Devices</strong>
180: <ul>
1.63 miod 181: <li>O2 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gbe&arch=sgi&sektion=4">gbe(4)</a>
182: 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.
183: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=impact&arch=sgi&sektion=4">impact(4)</a>
184: Impact (<i>Mardigras</i>) frame buffer commonly encountered on Octane systems.
185: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=odyssey&arch=sgi&sektion=4">odyssey(4)</a>
186: Odyssey VPro frame buffer commonly encountered on Fuel, Octane 2, Onyx 350 and
187: Tezro, as well as some Octane systems.
1.54 miod 188: </ul>
189: <li><strong>Input Devices</strong>
190: <ul>
191: <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 192: <li>Octane and Origin family
193: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iockbc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">iockbc(4)</a> PS/2 Controller
194: found on
195: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ioc&sektion=4&arch=sgi">ioc(4)</a> IOC3- or
196: <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 197: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd(4)</a> PS/2 keyboards.
198: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> PS/2 mice.
1.54 miod 199: </ul>
200: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
201: <ul>
1.71 jasper 202: <li>O2 and Octane <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&sektion=4&arch=sgi">power(4)</a> button.
1.54 miod 203: </ul>
1.19 pefo 204: </ul>
205:
206: <a name="install"></a>
207: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.36 jasper 208: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.19 pefo 209: </font></h3>
210:
211: <p>
1.23 david 212: The latest supported OpenBSD/sgi release is
1.76 miod 213: <a href="50.html">OpenBSD 5.0</a>.
1.23 david 214: Here are the
1.76 miod 215: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.0/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
216: OpenBSD/sgi 5.0 installation instructions
1.23 david 217: </a>.
1.19 pefo 218:
219: <p>
220: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
221: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi">this location</a>
222: as well as in a few
223: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
224: Here are the
225: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
226: OpenBSD/sgi snapshot installation instructions
227: </a> as well.
228:
1.36 jasper 229: <a name="projects"></a>
1.54 miod 230: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order)</strong></font></h3>
1.36 jasper 231:
232: <ul>
233: <li>Larger user VM space (currently limited to 2GB)
1.69 miod 234: <li>X11 support for Impact and Odyssey frame buffers.
1.72 miod 235: <li>Kona frame buffer support
1.63 miod 236: <li>SMP support on IP27 and IP35 (in progress)
1.70 miod 237: <li>Fix IOC3 serial driver
238: (will bring Origin 2000, Onyx 2 and Origin 300 support)
1.56 miod 239: <li>IOC4 ATAPI controller support
1.36 jasper 240: </ul>
241:
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