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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
the sun4, sun4c, and sun4m architectures
(not the 64bit Ultra SPARC computers).
The current port maintainer is
-Jason Wright (jason@openbsd.org).
+Art Grabowski (art@openbsd.org).
Others are definitely welcome to contribute!
@@ -130,12 +130,9 @@
-The installation tools and process as of the 2.1 release are greatly
-improved over previous releases of OpenBSD, and more work has been done
-with each successive release. OpenBSD/sparc can be installed
-or upgraded via floppy boot images on sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images
-for machines without floppies (and sun4 machines), as well as network
-and diskless installs.
+OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via floppy boot images on
+sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
+(and sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
@@ -145,7 +142,7 @@
@@ -166,8 +163,12 @@
sun4c:
- - SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c
-
- SS1+: 25MHz version of the above
+
- SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c.
+ (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
+ in some of the slots).
+
- SS1+: 25MHz version of the above.
+ (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
+ in some of the slots).
- IPC: SS1+ in a cube, with cgtree graphics builtin
- SLC: SS1+ built into a B&W monitor
- SS2: 40MHz version of the SS1
@@ -175,31 +176,38 @@
- ELC: SS2-performance built into a B&W monitor
- Please note that SBus DMA peripherals do not work in some
- of the slots of an SS1 or SS1+.
sun4m:
- - 600MP: The original Sun4m machine. This is a mbus machine
- with SBUS and VME busses
-
- LC: 50MHz MicroSPARC-1 based machines
+
- 600MP: The original Sun4m machine. This is a mbus machine
+ with SBUS and VME busses.
+
- LC: 50MHz MicroSPARC-1 based machines (aka Classic)
- LX: LC with a few more devices
-
- SPARCClassic: 50Mhz MicroSPARC-1 based machine
- SS5: MicroSPARC-2 based machines available in 60, 70,
85, 110, and 170 MHz versions
- SS4: Reduced cost version of the SS5, only available at 110MHz
-
- SS10: Pizzabox mbus-based machine
-
- SS20: Improved Pizzabox mbus-based machine
-
- CPU5V by Force Computer (MicroSPARC-2)
-
- SPARCbook 3GX (110mhz) and 3GS (85mhz) by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2)
+
- SS10: Pizzabox mbus-based machine
+
- SS20: Improved Pizzabox mbus-based machine
+
- Sun Voyager (untested)
-
- See below for a list of mbus modules that work.
-
- A few cpu combinations do not work reliably, as well as a few odd
- memory configurations.
+
-
Typically it works on faithful clones of these machine.
+As well, the following clones:
+
+ - Aries Research Inc, Parrot II (SS2 clone)
+
- Opus 5000 (SS1 clone)
+
- Opus 5250 (SS1 clone)
+
- SPARCbook 3GX, 3GS, and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2)
+
- CPU5V: VME card by Force Computer (sun4m)
+
- TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone).
+
- TATUNG micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
+
- Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
+
- RDI,PowerLite: sun4m models, available in 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
+
- RDI,BrigeLite
+
- DTKstation/Classic+
+
- Transtec SS5/170
+
+
Supported devices
@@ -209,29 +217,30 @@
one must be more careful.
-- Mbus CPU modules
+
+
- Mbus CPU modules
- - SM100: 40mhz Cypress 7C601
- SM30
-
- SM41: 40Mhz SuperSPARC with 1MB of cache
-
- SM51: 50Mhz SuperSPARC with 1MB of cache
-
- SM61: 60MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of cache
-
- SM71: 75MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of cache
-
- SM81: 85MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of cache
-
- SM81-2: 85MHz Supersparc with 2MB of cache
+
- SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC
+
- SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
+
- SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
+
- SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
+
- SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
+
- SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
+
- SM100: 40 MHz Cypress 7C601
- - Sun keyboard and mouse
+
- Sun keyboard and mouse
- Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
- - Floppy drives:
+
- Floppy drives:
- sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
- - Serial ports:
+
- Serial ports:
- ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports (can be used as console if needed)
- 4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
@@ -241,7 +250,7 @@
- - Audio support:
+
- Audio support:
- on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
(this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
@@ -249,7 +258,7 @@
audio for other sun4m systems is not supported
- - Framebuffers:
+
- Framebuffers:
- SBus, MBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
@@ -263,7 +272,7 @@
- cgfourteen - 8-bit color (24-bit MBus accelerated card, but the
driver only properly emulates a cgthree).
- p9100 - found in Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX (8bit unaccelated)
- ("pnozz")
+ (called "pnozz")
- TCX - 8-bit color (24-bit, but driver currently emulates a cgthree).
@@ -286,7 +295,7 @@
- Ethernet adapters:
+ Ethernet adapters:
- on-board AMD Lance Ethernet
- SBus AMD Lance Ethernet cards
@@ -302,7 +311,7 @@
(aka. Sun Quad Fast Ethernet 2.x)
- SCSI controllers:
+ SCSI controllers:
- on-board "esp" SCSI controller (sun4c, sun4m, and 4/300)
- SBus "esp" SCSI controller (Also works with several 3rd party
@@ -313,13 +322,13 @@
- QSP/ISP scsi controllers (ie. "PTI,ptisp", "ptisp", "SUNW,isp" and "QLGC,isp").
- SMD and other disk controllers:
+ SMD and other disk controllers:
- Xylogics 7053 VME/SMD disk controller ("xd")
- Xylogics 450/451 VME disk controller ("xy")
- Miscellaneous:
+ Miscellaneous:
- SBus Expansion Subsystem ("xbox")
- Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge ("fga")
@@ -350,20 +359,20 @@
Unsupported Devices. First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
- - Serial Cards:
+
- Serial Cards:
- VME mti 16-port serial card
- VME alm2 16-port serial card
- VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8 port)
- - Disk Controllers:
+
- Disk Controllers:
- VME "sc" SCSI controller
- VME IPI controller
- - Framebuffers:
+
- Framebuffers:
- VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
unaccelerated without GP/GP2
@@ -380,16 +389,16 @@
3-D acceleration (aka Leo)
- - SBus cards other those listed above
-
- On-board Audio and ISDN hardware present on some sun4m systems
- (LX,ZX, SPARCstation 10/20)
-
- Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems
+
- On-board Audio and ISDN hardware present on some sun4m systems
+ (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20)
+
- Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems
(OpenBSD will not currently boot on machines with multiple processors.)
-
- SUNW,bpp (parallel port driver)
-
- FAS scsi controllers
-
- FDDI cards|
-
- Tadpole PCMCIA bridge
+
- SUNW,bpp (parallel port driver)
+
- FAS scsi controllers
+
- FDDI cards
+
- Tadpole PCMCIA bridge
+
- SBus cards other those listed above
@@ -405,7 +414,7 @@
www@openbsd.org
-$OpenBSD: sparc.html,v 1.72 2000/01/26 21:05:06 jason Exp $
+$OpenBSD: sparc.html,v 1.73 2000/01/26 21:09:42 deraadt Exp $