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18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 19:
1.3 fn 20: <hr>
1.50 jason 21:
22: <p>
23: OpenBSD/sparc runs on most of the 32bit Sun SPARC workstations, including
1.119 miod 24: the sun4, sun4c, and sun4m architecture families
25: (but not the 64bit UltraSPARC computers, which are supported by
1.106 jason 26: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>).
1.119 miod 27: </p>
28:
29: <p>
30: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sparc and OpenBSD/sparc64 ports is
31: available at <u><font color="#23238e">sparc@openbsd.org</font></u>.
32: To join the OpenBSD/sparc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
33: sparc"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
34: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
35: subscribing.
36: </p>
37:
38: <p>
39: The current port maintainer is Art Grabowski
40: (<a href="mailto:art@openbsd.org">art@openbsd.org</a>), with the help of
41: mainly Jason Wright, Theo de Raadt, and Miodrag Vallat.
1.56 aaron 42: Others are definitely welcome to contribute!
1.50 jason 43: </p>
44:
1.119 miod 45: <a href="#toc"></a>
1.118 jufi 46: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 downsj 47: <p>
48: <ul>
1.123 jufi 49: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.119 miod 50: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
51: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
1.122 miod 52: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware list</a>
1.119 miod 53: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc</a>
1.29 downsj 54: </ul>
1.119 miod 55: </p>
1.29 downsj 56:
57: <hr>
1.119 miod 58: <a name="history"></a>
1.118 jufi 59: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 60:
61: <p>
1.126 ! jufi 62: The original 4.4BSD port was done by Chris Torek as a contract to
1.50 jason 63: LBL. The code was released by Chris in mid-1993, and Theo de Raadt
1.1 deraadt 64: worked it into shape for the NetBSD tree. Theo and Markus Wild worked
65: on improving Chris' original SunOS compatibility code into a highly
66: complete and reliable emulation. Chuck Cranor ported the sun4c code to
1.119 miod 67: the 8KB pagesize sun4 architecture, and Theo merged this code in a
1.1 deraadt 68: way that would allow the same kernel and programs to run on either
1.64 jason 69: sun4c or sun4 machines (unlike Sun's separate kernel environments).
1.1 deraadt 70: This last change also required a rewrite of the device configuration
1.25 johns 71: code. Just after the NetBSD/sparc 1.0 release, Peter Galbavy wrote an
72: ESP scsi device driver as a replacement for Chris' sparc-specific scsi
1.119 miod 73: code.
1.3 fn 74: </p>
1.1 deraadt 75:
76: <p>
77: At this point a conflict emerged between Theo and the other people he
78: started the NetBSD project with, and Theo was forced by the core group
79: to resign from NetBSD. After Theo left NetBSD, a few people in the
80: NetBSD group did some other things for the port: Paul Kranenburg
81: ported a floppy driver and started writing support for the 4/400.
82: Chuck spent many long hours working on the ie, xy, xd device drivers.
1.3 fn 83: </p>
1.1 deraadt 84:
85: <p>
86: Theo continued working independently, and made a number of additions:
1.119 miod 87: P4 support, flexible boot strategy, a few graphics drivers with the help
88: from John Stone, and masses of bug fixes.
1.3 fn 89: </p>
1.1 deraadt 90:
91: <p>
1.25 johns 92: Work on porting OpenBSD/sparc to the sun4m platform was started by Theo,
1.36 todd 93: but tendinitis problems with his wrists and the problems with the NetBSD
1.119 miod 94: core combined made him stop this work. The initial sun4m work was passed
1.7 deraadt 95: to Aaron Brown of Harvard, who was paid out of Margo Seltzer's research
1.119 miod 96: funds. This initial stuff consisted mostly of a few attempts at building
1.8 deraadt 97: pmap structure that could support all 3 MMU types efficiently. Also,
1.119 miod 98: David Miller of the UltraLinux project got a little bit involved.
1.7 deraadt 99: </p>
100:
101: <p>
1.27 downsj 102: Theo and Jason Downs merged the NetBSD sparc code back into OpenBSD, making
1.50 jason 103: OpenBSD/sparc usable again. Jason Wright wrote a few new SBus Ethernet
1.119 miod 104: drivers with information from the UltraLinux project and has merged a few bits
1.50 jason 105: from NetBSD sources to improve the stability of this architecture.
1.119 miod 106: Over the time, Art Grabowski fixed various stability or reliability issues,
107: and added non-executable stack and heap on sun4m machines.
108: The frame buffer and console code was completely overhauled for OpenBSD 3.2,
109: improving display speed with some frame buffers, and supporting more cards.
1.50 jason 110: </p>
111:
112: <p>
113: And work continues...
1.3 fn 114: </p>
1.1 deraadt 115:
1.28 downsj 116: <hr>
1.119 miod 117: <a name="status"></a>
118: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
1.28 downsj 119:
1.1 deraadt 120: <p>
1.119 miod 121: Currently, all the hardware listed in the
122: <a href="#hardware">supported hardware list</a> section below boots
123: multi-user, and supports enough (if not all) of the on-board devices to
124: be generally useable.
125: A small set of third-party SBus cards are also supported.
1.50 jason 126: </p>
127:
128: <p>
1.119 miod 129: The X-Window system is working on all supported frame buffers, including
130: multi-head configurations.
131: No accelerated server is provided at the moment, although this is being
132: worked on.
1.6 downsj 133: </p>
134:
135: <p>
1.25 johns 136: An important note about OpenBSD/sparc is that it is designed so that
1.30 downsj 137: a single kernel can run on <b>ALL SUPPORTED</b> sparc machines. Whereas
1.92 jufi 138: SunOS and Solaris have always had separate `kernel architectures', i.e. sun4,
1.26 downsj 139: sun4c, and sun4m, the same `GENERIC' OpenBSD kernel will run on all the
140: supported models.
1.15 grr 141: </p>
142:
143: <p>
1.50 jason 144: Most of the problems with OpenBSD/sparc are believed to stem from the wide
145: variety of sparc processor and cache implementations along with their
146: undocumented bugs, rather then general kernel problems.
1.15 grr 147: Feedback on which models do and do not work reliably is
1.77 deraadt 148: appreciated, particularly with newer models or upgrades.
1.15 grr 149: </p>
150:
1.119 miod 151: <hr>
152: <a name="projects"></a>
153: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
154: </strong></font></h3>
155:
1.15 grr 156: <p>
1.119 miod 157: <ul>
158: <li>Write drivers for more unsupported devices (audio, frame buffer...)
159: <li>Provide an accelerated X server for the cgsix frame buffer
160: <li>Merge in useful NetBSD work.
161: </ul>
1.3 fn 162: </p>
163:
164: <hr>
1.119 miod 165: <a name="hardware"></a>
166: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 167:
1.22 johns 168: <p>
1.119 miod 169: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
170: </p>
1.1 deraadt 171:
1.119 miod 172: <p>
1.3 fn 173: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 174: <li> sun4: the VME series
175: <ul>
176: <li>4/100: Original sparc with VME. Many hardware bugs.
177: <li>4/200: A fairly decent VME-only machine
178: <li>4/300: a 25MHz VME machine with many devices built onto the main board.
1.85 miod 179: In other respects, it is quite similar to the SS1+.
1.70 deraadt 180: </ul>
1.119 miod 181:
1.70 deraadt 182: <li> sun4c:
183: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 184: <li>SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c.
185: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
186: in some of the slots).
187: <li>SS1+: 25MHz version of the above.
188: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
189: in some of the slots).
1.95 miod 190: <li>IPC: SS1+ in a cube, with bwtwo graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 191: <li>SLC: SS1+ built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 192: <li>SS2: 40MHz version of the SS1
193: <li>IPX: SS2 in a cube, with cgsix graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 194: <li>ELC: SS2-performance built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 195: </ul>
1.119 miod 196:
1.70 deraadt 197: <li> sun4m:
198: <ul>
1.119 miod 199: <li>600MP: The original Sun4m machine.
200: This is a <a href="#mbus">mbus</a> machine with SBus and VME buses.
1.73 deraadt 201: <li>LC: 50MHz MicroSPARC-1 based machines (aka Classic)
1.70 deraadt 202: <li>LX: LC with a few more devices
1.75 deraadt 203: <li>SS4: Reduced cost version of the SS5, available at 70MHz and 110MHz
1.77 deraadt 204: <li>SS5: MicroSPARC-2 based machines available in 60, 70, 85,
205: and 110 MHz versions
206: <li>SS5: TurboSPARC cpus in accelerated SS5 machines, running at 170 MHz
1.118 jufi 207: <li>SS10: Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
208: <li>SS20: Improved Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
1.124 miod 209: <li>Sun Voyager <font color=#00e000>*</font>
1.70 deraadt 210: </ul>
1.119 miod 211: </ul>
212: </p>
1.73 deraadt 213:
1.70 deraadt 214: <p>
1.119 miod 215: The following Sparc clones are also supported:
216: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 217: <li>Aries Research Inc, Parrot II (SS2 clone)
1.84 art 218: <li>Axil 243 and 245 (and possibly other models) (SS5 clones)
1.89 art 219: <li>Axil 320 (SS20 clone)
1.73 deraadt 220: <li>Opus 5000 (SS1 clone)
221: <li>Opus 5250 (SS1 clone)
222: <li>SPARCbook 3GX, 3GS, and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2)
223: <li>CPU5V: VME card by Force Computer (sun4m)
1.111 miod 224: <li>TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone)
225: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
1.73 deraadt 226: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
227: <li>RDI,PowerLite: sun4m models, available in 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
228: <li>RDI,BrigeLite
229: <li>DTKstation/Classic+
230: <li>Transtec SS5/170
1.3 fn 231: </ul>
1.119 miod 232: </p>
1.50 jason 233:
1.119 miod 234: <p>
1.126 ! jufi 235: <font color=#00e000>*</font> Support added after 3.2.
1.124 miod 236: </p>
237:
238: <p>
1.50 jason 239: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
1.119 miod 240: </p>
1.50 jason 241:
1.119 miod 242: <p>
243: This list of devices basically declares that any ``stock'' sun4c or sun4m
1.50 jason 244: "sparcstation" or "sparcserver" machine will probably work; for sun4 machines
245: one must be more careful.
1.119 miod 246: </p>
1.50 jason 247:
1.118 jufi 248: <a name=mbus></a>
1.119 miod 249: <p>
1.3 fn 250: <ul>
1.119 miod 251: <li><strong>Mbus CPU modules</strong>
1.71 deraadt 252: <ul>
1.119 miod 253: <li>SM30: 30 or 36 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
254: <li>SM40: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
255: <li>SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
256: <li>SM50: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
257: <li>SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
258: <li>SM51-2: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
259: <li>SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
260: <li>SM61-2: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
261: <li>SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
262: <li>SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
263: <li>SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
264: <li>SM100: dual 40 MHz Cypress 7C601 with 64KB of primary cache
265: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 90MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
266: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 125MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
267: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 150MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
268: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 166MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
1.71 deraadt 269: </ul>
270:
1.119 miod 271: <li><strong>Sun keyboard and mouse</strong>
1.50 jason 272: <ul>
1.119 miod 273: <li>Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
274: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zskbd</a>)
1.50 jason 275: </ul>
1.19 johns 276:
1.119 miod 277: <li><strong>Floppy drives</strong>
1.19 johns 278: <ul>
1.119 miod 279: <li>sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
280: <!-- (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">fd</a>) -->
1.19 johns 281: </ul>
282:
1.119 miod 283: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.19 johns 284: <ul>
1.119 miod 285: <li>ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports
286: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
287: (can be used as console if needed)
288: <li>4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
289: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
290: <li>SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp,
291: 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, and 2+1HS Sp.
292: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc">magma</a>)
293: <li>SBus Serial/Parallel Interfaces (SUNW,spif, 501-1931)
294: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc">spif</a>)
1.19 johns 295: </ul>
296:
1.119 miod 297: <li><strong>Audio support</strong>
1.19 johns 298: <ul>
1.55 aaron 299: <li>on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
1.66 jason 300: (this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
1.119 miod 301: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audioamd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audioamd</a>)
302: <li>SUNW,CS4231 16-bit audio chips found on SPARCstation 4/5
303: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audiocs</a>),
304: but on-board audio for other sun4m systems is not supported
1.19 johns 305: </ul>
306:
1.119 miod 307: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 308: <ul>
1.111 miod 309: <li>SBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
1.19 johns 310: <ul>
1.118 jufi 311: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
312: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
1.50 jason 313: <br>The cgthree driver also supports the cgRDI, an onboard
1.119 miod 314: cgthree-like frame buffer found in some laptops.
1.118 jufi 315: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=cgsix">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated (GX, GX+, TGX, TGX+)
1.50 jason 316: <br>This should work with most faithful emulations/clones of the
317: SBus cgsix.
1.118 jufi 318: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=cgtwelve">cgtwelve</a> - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware acceleration)
319: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=cgfourteen">cgfourteen</a> - 8 or 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware acceleration)
320: <li>p9100 ("<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=pnozz">pnozz</a>") - found in Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX (8-bit unaccelerated)
321: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tcx">tcx</a> - 8 or 24-bit color, accelerated
1.119 miod 322: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=vigra">Vigra</a> VS10 and VS12 SBus frame buffers - 8-bit color, unaccelerated, selectable VGA and Sun-compatible video modes
1.19 johns 323: </ul>
324:
1.119 miod 325: <li>4/200 on-board <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a>
1.19 johns 326:
1.119 miod 327: <li>P4 video (4/100 and 4/300):
1.19 johns 328: <ul>
1.118 jufi 329: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
330: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
331: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgfour&sektion=4">cgfour</a> - 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, unaccelerated
332: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
333: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgeight&sektion=4">cgeight</a> - 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, unaccelerated
1.19 johns 334: </ul>
335:
1.119 miod 336: <li>VME video (sun4):
1.19 johns 337: <ul>
1.118 jufi 338: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgtwo&sektion=4">cgtwo</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
339: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
340: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
1.19 johns 341: </ul>
342: </ul>
343:
1.119 miod 344: <li><strong>Ethernet adapters</strong>
1.19 johns 345: <ul>
1.118 jufi 346: <li>on-board AMD Lance Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
347: <li>SBus AMD Lance Ethernet cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
1.119 miod 348: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance
349: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
350: and SCSI
351: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
1.118 jufi 352: <li>on-board Intel 82586 Ethernet 4/100 and 4/200 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=ie&sektion=4">ie</a>)
353: <li>VME Intel 82586 Ethernet cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=ie&sektion=4">ie</a>)
1.125 fgsch 354: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit qec+be found on Sun FastEthernet cards (SUNW,501-2450)
1.118 jufi 355: (aka. Sun Fast Ethernet 1.x) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=be&sektion=4">be</a>)
356: <li>SBus Quad 10Mbit qec+qe found on Sun Quad Ethernet cards (SUNW,501-2062) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=qe&sektion=4">qe</a>)
357: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit hme Ethernet cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=hme&sektion=4">hme</a>)
358: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
359: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit SunSwift SUNW,fas Ethernet+SCSI cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=hme&sektion=4">hme</a>)
360: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.107 deraadt 361: <li>SBus Quad 10/100Mbit hme and qfe Ethernet cards
1.118 jufi 362: (aka. Sun Quad Fast Ethernet 2.x) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=hme&sektion=4">hme</a>)
363: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 364: </ul>
1.118 jufi 365: <font color="#e00000">*</font> Not supported in sun4c-class machines due
1.111 miod 366: to PROM limitations.
1.19 johns 367:
1.119 miod 368: <li><strong>SCSI controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 369: <ul>
1.118 jufi 370: <li>on-board SCSI controller (sun4c, sun4m, and 4/300) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
1.111 miod 371: <li>SBus SCSI controllers (Also works with several 3rd party
1.118 jufi 372: compatible boards) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
373: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance and SCSI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
374: <li>VME "SUN-3"/"si" SCSI controller (interrupt driven DMA) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=si&sektion=4">si</a>)
375: <li>4/110 "SCSI Weird" on-board controller (polled DMA) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=sw&sektion=4">sw</a>)
376: <li>QSP/ISP SCSI controllers (i.e. "PTI,ptisp", "ptisp", "SUNW,isp" and "QLGC,isp") (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=isp&sektion=4">isp</a>)
1.19 johns 377: </ul>
378:
1.119 miod 379: <li><strong>SMD and other disk controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 380: <ul>
1.118 jufi 381: <li>Xylogics 7053 VME SMD disk controller (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xd&sektion=4">xd</a>)
382: <li>Xylogics 450/451 VME SMD disk controller (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xy&sektion=4">xy</a>)
1.19 johns 383: </ul>
384:
1.119 miod 385: <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong>
1.65 jason 386: <ul>
1.118 jufi 387: <li>SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xbox&sektion=4">xbox</a>)
388: <li>Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=fga&sektion=4">fga</a>)
389: <li>Force system configuration registers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=scf&sektion=4">scf</a>)
390: <li>Force flash memory (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=flash&sektion=4">flash</a>)
391: <li>Tadpole microcontroller (power/system control) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=tctrlp&sektion=4">tctrl</a>)
1.65 jason 392: </ul>
1.3 fn 393: </ul>
1.119 miod 394: </p>
395:
396: <p>
397: <h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
398: </p>
1.1 deraadt 399:
1.119 miod 400: <p>
1.3 fn 401: <ul>
1.119 miod 402: <li>sun4: 4/400 (lacks support for the I/O cache, and has Ethernet problems)
403: <li>sun4d machines:
404: <ul>
405: <li>SPARC Server 1000</li>
406: <li>SPARC Center 2000</li>
407: </ul>
408: These machines use XD-Bus instead of M-Bus for their CPUs, and we do
409: not support that yet.
410: <li>JavaStation-NC (lacks support for this machine's PCI bus)
411: <li>sun4u: UltraSPARC 64-bit machines. Some of these are supported in the
1.97 miod 412: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> port.
1.119 miod 413: <li>It does not work on most Solbourne machines, which are quite different.
1.3 fn 414: </ul>
1.119 miod 415: </p>
416:
417: <p>
418: <h4>Unsupported Devices</h4>
419: </p>
420:
421: <p>
422: First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
423: A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
424: </p>
1.19 johns 425:
1.119 miod 426: <p>
1.3 fn 427: <ul>
1.119 miod 428: <li><strong>Serial Cards</strong>
1.19 johns 429: <ul>
1.50 jason 430: <li> VME mti 16-port serial card
431: <li> VME alm2 16-port serial card
1.111 miod 432: <li> VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8-port)
1.19 johns 433: </ul>
434:
1.119 miod 435: <li><strong>Disk Controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 436: <ul>
1.50 jason 437: <li> VME "sc" SCSI controller
438: <li> VME IPI controller
1.19 johns 439: </ul>
440:
1.119 miod 441: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 442: <ul>
1.50 jason 443: <li> VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
444: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
445: <li> VME cgnine, 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
446: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
447: <li> VME GP/GP2 Graphics Processor (drives a cgfive or cgnine)
448: <li> SBus cgeight 24-bit color, unaccelerated
449: (note: SBus cgeight is quite different from VME/P4 cgeight)
450: <li> SBus GT, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
451: 3-D acceleration (aka Graphics Tower)
452: <li> SBus ZX, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
453: 3-D acceleration (aka Leo)
454: </ul>
455:
1.74 deraadt 456: <li><strong>On-board Audio and ISDN</strong><br>
1.119 miod 457: This is present on some sun4m systems (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20).
458:
1.74 deraadt 459: <li><strong>Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems</strong><br>
1.119 miod 460: OpenBSD will sometimes not boot on some machines with multiple processors.
461: If this is the case, the extra CPUs must be removed.
462:
1.111 miod 463: <li><strong>SBus SUNW,bpp (parallel port)</strong><br>
1.119 miod 464: A driver exists in the source tree, but it does not work. None of the
465: developers have printers or cables to work with, to make it work, but
466: we really would prefer to receive a fixed driver.
467:
1.111 miod 468: <li><strong>SBus FAS SCSI controllers</strong><br>
1.119 miod 469: The FAS-only card is not supported. The HME+FAS card only supports the
470: HME part of the card.
471:
472: <li><strong>SBus FDDI cards</strong>
473:
1.74 deraadt 474: <li><strong>Tadpole PCMCIA bridge</strong>
1.119 miod 475:
1.121 miod 476: <li><strong>SBus cards other than those listed above...</strong>
1.3 fn 477: </ul>
1.119 miod 478: </p>
1.1 deraadt 479:
1.3 fn 480: <hr>
1.122 miod 481: <a name="install"></a>
482: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
483: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc:</strong>
484: </font></h3>
485:
486: <p>
487: The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc release is
488: <a href="32.html">OpenBSD 3.2</a>.
489: Here are the
490: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
491: OpenBSD/sparc 3.2 installation instructions
492: </a>.
493: </p>
494:
495: <p>
496: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
497: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc">this location</a>
498: as well as in a few
499: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
500: Here are the
501: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
502: OpenBSD/sparc snapshot installation instructions
503: </a> as well.
504: </p>
505:
506: <p>
507: There are several installation media provided, so that
508: OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via CD, floppy boot images on
509: sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
510: (and sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
511: <ul>
512: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
513: <p>
1.126 ! jufi 514: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a GENERIC kernel with
! 515: drivers for all supported devices found on Sparc machines.<br>
1.122 miod 516: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
517: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/GENERIC?rev=HEAD">GENERIC</a>
518: kernel configuration file.
519: The CD can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
520: <pre>
521: boot cdrom 3.2/sparc/bsd.rd
522: </pre>
523: </p></li>
524: <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy32.fs)
525: <p>
526: Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
527: containing drivers for the most popular devices found on Sparc machines.<br>
528: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
529: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
530: kernel configuration file.
531: The floppy can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
532: <pre>
533: boot floppy
534: </pre>
535: </p></li>
536: <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot32.fs)
537: <p>
538: The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
539: and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
540: installed on the machine.
541: After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
542: miniroot can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with a command such as
543: <pre>
544: boot disk:b
545: </pre>
546: (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
547: partition).
548: </p></li>
549: <li><strong>Netboot</strong> (boot.net, bsd.rd)
550: <p>
551: Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc
552: boot loader, <tt>boot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
553: the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
554: Refer to the
555: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
556: manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
557: </p></li>
558: </ul>
559: </p>
560:
561: <hr>
1.119 miod 562: <a href="plat.html">
563: <img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="Supported platforms">
564: </a>
565: <br>
566: <small><a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a></small>
1.3 fn 567: <br>
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