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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.
1.129 miod 125: A growing set of third-party SBus cards are also supported.
1.50 jason 126: </p>
127:
128: <p>
1.132 jmc 129: XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers, including
1.119 miod 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
1.136 miod 209: <li>Sun Voyager
1.70 deraadt 210: </ul>
1.119 miod 211: </ul>
212: </p>
1.73 deraadt 213:
1.70 deraadt 214: <p>
1.134 miod 215: The following Sparc clones are also supported: (non exhaustive list)
1.119 miod 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)
1.134 miod 220: <li>CPU5V: VME card by Force Computer (sun4m)
221: <li>DTKstation/Classic+
222: <li>Fujitsu S-4/Leia2 (MicroSPARC-2 laptop)
223: <li>Goldstar GWS-40 (SS2 clone)
1.73 deraadt 224: <li>Opus 5000 (SS1 clone)
225: <li>Opus 5250 (SS1 clone)
1.134 miod 226: <li>RDI,PowerLite: sun4m models, available in 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
227: <li>RDI,BrigeLite
228: <li>SPARCbook 3GX, 3GS, and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2 laptops)
1.111 miod 229: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
1.73 deraadt 230: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
1.134 miod 231: <li>Tatung TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone)
1.73 deraadt 232: <li>Transtec SS5/170
1.3 fn 233: </ul>
1.119 miod 234: </p>
1.50 jason 235:
1.119 miod 236: <p>
1.50 jason 237: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
1.119 miod 238: </p>
1.50 jason 239:
1.119 miod 240: <p>
241: This list of devices basically declares that any ``stock'' sun4c or sun4m
1.129 miod 242: ``SPARCstation'' or ``SPARCserver'' machine will probably work; for sun4
243: machines one must be more careful.
1.119 miod 244: </p>
1.50 jason 245:
1.118 jufi 246: <a name=mbus></a>
1.119 miod 247: <p>
1.3 fn 248: <ul>
1.119 miod 249: <li><strong>Mbus CPU modules</strong>
1.71 deraadt 250: <ul>
1.119 miod 251: <li>SM30: 30 or 36 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
252: <li>SM40: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
253: <li>SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
254: <li>SM50: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
255: <li>SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
256: <li>SM51-2: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
257: <li>SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
258: <li>SM61-2: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
259: <li>SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
260: <li>SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
261: <li>SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
1.135 miod 262: <li>SM100: dual 40 MHz Cypress 7C605 with 64KB of primary cache
1.119 miod 263: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 90MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
264: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 125MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
265: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 150MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
266: <li>Ross HyperSparc RT620/RT625 at 166MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
1.71 deraadt 267: </ul>
268:
1.119 miod 269: <li><strong>Sun keyboard and mouse</strong>
1.50 jason 270: <ul>
1.119 miod 271: <li>Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
272: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zskbd</a>)
1.50 jason 273: </ul>
1.19 johns 274:
1.119 miod 275: <li><strong>Floppy drives</strong>
1.19 johns 276: <ul>
1.119 miod 277: <li>sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
278: <!-- (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">fd</a>) -->
1.19 johns 279: </ul>
280:
1.119 miod 281: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.19 johns 282: <ul>
1.119 miod 283: <li>ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports
284: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
285: (can be used as console if needed)
286: <li>4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
287: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
288: <li>SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp,
289: 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, and 2+1HS Sp.
290: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc">magma</a>)
291: <li>SBus Serial/Parallel Interfaces (SUNW,spif, 501-1931)
292: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc">spif</a>)
1.19 johns 293: </ul>
294:
1.119 miod 295: <li><strong>Audio support</strong>
1.19 johns 296: <ul>
1.55 aaron 297: <li>on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
1.66 jason 298: (this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
1.119 miod 299: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audioamd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audioamd</a>)
300: <li>SUNW,CS4231 16-bit audio chips found on SPARCstation 4/5
1.129 miod 301: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audiocs</a>)
1.19 johns 302: </ul>
303:
1.119 miod 304: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 305: <ul>
1.111 miod 306: <li>SBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
1.19 johns 307: <ul>
1.118 jufi 308: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
309: <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 310: <br>The cgthree driver also supports the cgRDI, an onboard
1.119 miod 311: cgthree-like frame buffer found in some laptops.
1.118 jufi 312: <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 313: <br>This should work with most faithful emulations/clones of the
314: SBus cgsix.
1.118 jufi 315: <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)
316: <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)
1.128 miod 317: <li>Fujitsu AG-10e
318: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=agten">agten</a>)
319: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
1.136 miod 320: mode)
1.127 miod 321: <li>Parallax XVideo and PowerVideo
322: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tvtwo">tvtwo</a>)
323: - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware
1.136 miod 324: acceleration)
1.138 miod 325: <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)
326: <li>Southland Media Systems MGX and MGXPlus (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=mgx">mgx</a>)
327: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
328: mode)
329: <font color="#0000e0">*</font>
1.118 jufi 330: <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
1.139 ! miod 331: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=vigra">Vigra</a> VS10, VS11 <font color="#0000e0">*</font> and VS12 SBus frame buffers - 8-bit color, unaccelerated, selectable VGA and Sun-compatible video modes
1.130 miod 332: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=zx">ZX</a>
333: (aka <i>Leo</i>) - 8 or 24-bit color, overlay planes,
1.131 miod 334: double-buffered, 3-D acceleration <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 335: </ul>
336:
1.119 miod 337: <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 338:
1.119 miod 339: <li>P4 video (4/100 and 4/300):
1.19 johns 340: <ul>
1.118 jufi 341: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
342: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
343: <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
344: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
345: <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 346: </ul>
347:
1.119 miod 348: <li>VME video (sun4):
1.19 johns 349: <ul>
1.118 jufi 350: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgtwo&sektion=4">cgtwo</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
351: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
352: <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 353: </ul>
354: </ul>
355:
1.119 miod 356: <li><strong>Ethernet adapters</strong>
1.19 johns 357: <ul>
1.118 jufi 358: <li>on-board AMD Lance Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
359: <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 360: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance
361: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
362: and SCSI
363: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
1.118 jufi 364: <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>)
365: <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 366: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit qec+be found on Sun FastEthernet cards (SUNW,501-2450)
1.118 jufi 367: (aka. Sun Fast Ethernet 1.x) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=be&sektion=4">be</a>)
368: <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>)
369: <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>)
370: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
371: <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>)
372: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.107 deraadt 373: <li>SBus Quad 10/100Mbit hme and qfe Ethernet cards
1.118 jufi 374: (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>)
375: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 376: </ul>
377:
1.119 miod 378: <li><strong>SCSI controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 379: <ul>
1.118 jufi 380: <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 381: <li>SBus SCSI controllers (Also works with several 3rd party
1.118 jufi 382: compatible boards) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
383: <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>)
384: <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>)
385: <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>)
386: <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 387: </ul>
388:
1.119 miod 389: <li><strong>SMD and other disk controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 390: <ul>
1.118 jufi 391: <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>)
392: <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 393: </ul>
394:
1.119 miod 395: <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong>
1.65 jason 396: <ul>
1.118 jufi 397: <li>SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xbox&sektion=4">xbox</a>)
398: <li>Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=fga&sektion=4">fga</a>)
399: <li>Force system configuration registers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=scf&sektion=4">scf</a>)
400: <li>Force flash memory (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=flash&sektion=4">flash</a>)
401: <li>Tadpole microcontroller (power/system control) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=tctrlp&sektion=4">tctrl</a>)
1.138 miod 402: <li>Prestoserve NVRAM SBus cards (limited support) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=presto&sektion=4">presto</a>)
1.133 miod 403: <font color="#0000e0">*</font>
1.65 jason 404: </ul>
1.3 fn 405: </ul>
1.131 miod 406: <font color="#e00000">*</font> Not supported in sun4c-class machines due
407: to PROM limitations.
1.138 miod 408: <font color="#0000e0">*</font> Support added after 3.3.
1.119 miod 409: </p>
410:
411: <p>
412: <h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
413: </p>
1.1 deraadt 414:
1.119 miod 415: <p>
1.3 fn 416: <ul>
1.129 miod 417: <li>sun4: 4/400 (lacks support for the I/O cache, and has ethernet problems)
1.119 miod 418: <li>sun4d machines:
419: <ul>
420: <li>SPARC Server 1000</li>
421: <li>SPARC Center 2000</li>
422: </ul>
1.129 miod 423: These machines use XD-Bus instead of M-Bus for their CPUs, which is not
424: supported yet.
1.119 miod 425: <li>JavaStation-NC (lacks support for this machine's PCI bus)
426: <li>sun4u: UltraSPARC 64-bit machines. Some of these are supported in the
1.97 miod 427: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> port.
1.129 miod 428: <li>Solbourne machines: these machines are quite different, and some are
429: plagued by processor bugs.
1.135 miod 430: <li>Tadpole SPARCbook 1, LC and 2: these machines use quite unusual components,
431: and do not have a Sun-compatible PROM.
1.3 fn 432: </ul>
1.119 miod 433: </p>
434:
435: <p>
436: <h4>Unsupported Devices</h4>
437: </p>
438:
439: <p>
440: First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
441: A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
442: </p>
1.19 johns 443:
1.119 miod 444: <p>
1.3 fn 445: <ul>
1.119 miod 446: <li><strong>Serial Cards</strong>
1.19 johns 447: <ul>
1.50 jason 448: <li> VME mti 16-port serial card
449: <li> VME alm2 16-port serial card
1.111 miod 450: <li> VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8-port)
1.19 johns 451: </ul>
452:
1.119 miod 453: <li><strong>Disk Controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 454: <ul>
1.50 jason 455: <li> VME "sc" SCSI controller
456: <li> VME IPI controller
1.19 johns 457: </ul>
458:
1.119 miod 459: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 460: <ul>
1.50 jason 461: <li> VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
462: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
463: <li> VME cgnine, 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
464: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
465: <li> VME GP/GP2 Graphics Processor (drives a cgfive or cgnine)
466: <li> SBus cgeight 24-bit color, unaccelerated
467: (note: SBus cgeight is quite different from VME/P4 cgeight)
468: <li> SBus GT, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
469: 3-D acceleration (aka Graphics Tower)
470: </ul>
471:
1.74 deraadt 472: <li><strong>On-board Audio and ISDN</strong><br>
1.119 miod 473: This is present on some sun4m systems (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20).
474:
1.74 deraadt 475: <li><strong>Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems</strong><br>
1.119 miod 476: OpenBSD will sometimes not boot on some machines with multiple processors.
477: If this is the case, the extra CPUs must be removed.
478:
1.111 miod 479: <li><strong>SBus SUNW,bpp (parallel port)</strong><br>
1.119 miod 480: A driver exists in the source tree, but it does not work. None of the
481: developers have printers or cables to work with, to make it work, but
482: we really would prefer to receive a fixed driver.
483:
1.111 miod 484: <li><strong>SBus FAS SCSI controllers</strong><br>
1.119 miod 485: The FAS-only card is not supported. The HME+FAS card only supports the
486: HME part of the card.
487:
488: <li><strong>SBus FDDI cards</strong>
489:
1.74 deraadt 490: <li><strong>Tadpole PCMCIA bridge</strong>
1.119 miod 491:
1.121 miod 492: <li><strong>SBus cards other than those listed above...</strong>
1.3 fn 493: </ul>
1.119 miod 494: </p>
1.1 deraadt 495:
1.3 fn 496: <hr>
1.122 miod 497: <a name="install"></a>
498: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
499: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc:</strong>
500: </font></h3>
501:
502: <p>
503: The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc release is
1.136 miod 504: <a href="33.html">OpenBSD 3.3</a>.
1.122 miod 505: Here are the
1.136 miod 506: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.3/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
507: OpenBSD/sparc 3.3 installation instructions
1.122 miod 508: </a>.
509: </p>
510:
511: <p>
512: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
513: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc">this location</a>
514: as well as in a few
515: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
516: Here are the
517: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
518: OpenBSD/sparc snapshot installation instructions
519: </a> as well.
520: </p>
521:
522: <p>
523: There are several installation media provided, so that
524: OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via CD, floppy boot images on
525: sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
526: (and sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
527: <ul>
528: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
529: <p>
1.126 jufi 530: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a GENERIC kernel with
531: drivers for all supported devices found on Sparc machines.<br>
1.122 miod 532: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
533: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/GENERIC?rev=HEAD">GENERIC</a>
534: kernel configuration file.
535: The CD can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
536: <pre>
1.136 miod 537: boot cdrom 3.3/sparc/bsd.rd
1.122 miod 538: </pre>
539: </p></li>
1.137 miod 540: <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy33.fs)
1.122 miod 541: <p>
542: Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
543: containing drivers for the most popular devices found on Sparc machines.<br>
544: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
545: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
546: kernel configuration file.
547: The floppy can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
548: <pre>
549: boot floppy
550: </pre>
551: </p></li>
1.137 miod 552: <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot33.fs)
1.122 miod 553: <p>
554: The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
555: and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
556: installed on the machine.
557: After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
558: miniroot can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with a command such as
559: <pre>
560: boot disk:b
561: </pre>
562: (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
563: partition).
564: </p></li>
565: <li><strong>Netboot</strong> (boot.net, bsd.rd)
566: <p>
567: Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc
568: boot loader, <tt>boot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
569: the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
570: Refer to the
571: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
572: manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
573: </p></li>
574: </ul>
575: </p>
576:
577: <hr>
1.119 miod 578: <a href="plat.html">
579: <img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="Supported platforms">
580: </a>
581: <br>
582: <small><a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a></small>
1.3 fn 583: <br>
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