=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/sparc.html,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 --- www/sparc.html 1996/05/06 10:32:09 1.2 +++ www/sparc.html 1996/05/20 23:17:34 1.3 @@ -1,10 +1,24 @@ - + + OpenBSD/sparc + + + + + + + + + + +

OpenBSD/sparc

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History and Status:

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The original BSD4.4 port was done by Chris Torek as a contract to LBL. The code was released by Chris in mid-93, and Theo de Raadt worked it into shape for the NetBSD tree. Theo and Markus Wild worked @@ -17,6 +31,7 @@ code. Just after the NetBSD/sparc 1.0 release, Peter Galbavy wrote an ESP scsi device driver as a replacement for Chris' sparc-specific scsi code, this new driver unfortunately had some problems. +

At this point a conflict emerged between Theo and the other people he @@ -25,6 +40,7 @@ NetBSD group did some other things for the port: Paul Kranenburg ported a floppy driver and started writing support for the 4/400. Chuck spent many long hours working on the ie, xy, xd device drivers. +

Theo continued working independently, and made a number of additions: @@ -32,6 +48,7 @@ from John Stone, and masses of bug fixes. Many people will be most interested that the ESP scsi driver has been completely replaced by Theo, and that it supports disconnect/reconnect. +

Work on porting OpenBSD/sparc to the sun4m platform is currently in @@ -39,20 +56,23 @@ group and a research group at a US university. This research group wishes to remain anonymous at this time. This work should be available for integration within the next few months. +

OpenBSD/sparc can be correctly described as NetBSD/sparc + improvements. +

The people working the most on OpenBSD/sparc currently consists of -Chuck Cranor, Theo de Raadt, and David Miller. Of course others are +Chuck Cranor, Theo de Raadt, and David Miller. Of course, others are very welcome! +

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-Where to get it?

-The third binary snapshot (Nov 22) is now available.

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Where to get it?

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+The third binary snapshot (Nov 22) is now available.

You should also read the general description about OpenBSD snapshots. +

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What hardware is supported?

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OpenBSD/sparc runs on the following classes of machines:

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Supported devices. This list of basically declares that any `stock' sun4c -"sparcstation" machine will probably work; for sun4 machines one must be -more careful.

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Supported devices. This list of basically declares that any `stock' sun4c +"sparcstation" machine will probably work; for sun4 machines one must be more +careful.

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OpenBSD/sparc does *not* run on these machines (yet):

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Unsupported Devices. First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices. A comprehensive list can probably not be written.

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+OpenBSD www@openbsd.org -
$OpenBSD: sparc.html,v 1.2 1996/05/06 10:32:09 deraadt Exp $ +
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