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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
1.160 miod 41: mainly Jason Wright, Theo de Raadt, and Miod Vallat.
1.56 aaron 42: Others are definitely welcome to contribute!
1.50 jason 43: </p>
44:
1.183 nick 45: <a name="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>
1.154 nick 52: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.185 deraadt 53: <li><a href="#hwdocs">Hardware documentation</a>
1.119 miod 54: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc</a>
1.29 downsj 55: </ul>
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
1.154 nick 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
1.154 nick 122: <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section below boots
1.119 miod 123: multi-user, and supports enough (if not all) of the on-board devices to
1.153 pedro 124: be generally usable.
1.129 miod 125: A growing set of third-party SBus cards are also supported.
1.50 jason 126: </p>
127:
128: <p>
1.169 matthieu 129: The X Window System 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
1.167 jsg 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
1.167 jsg 145: variety of SPARC processor and cache implementations along with their
1.161 jsg 146: undocumented bugs, rather than 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:
163: <hr>
1.119 miod 164: <a name="hardware"></a>
165: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 166:
1.22 johns 167: <p>
1.119 miod 168: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 169:
1.119 miod 170: <p>
1.3 fn 171: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 172: <li> sun4: the VME series
173: <ul>
1.167 jsg 174: <li>4/100: Original SPARC with VME. Many hardware bugs.
1.70 deraadt 175: <li>4/200: A fairly decent VME-only machine
176: <li>4/300: a 25MHz VME machine with many devices built onto the main board.
1.85 miod 177: In other respects, it is quite similar to the SS1+.
1.70 deraadt 178: </ul>
1.119 miod 179:
1.70 deraadt 180: <li> sun4c:
181: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 182: <li>SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c.
183: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
184: in some of the slots).
185: <li>SS1+: 25MHz version of the above.
186: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
187: in some of the slots).
1.95 miod 188: <li>IPC: SS1+ in a cube, with bwtwo graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 189: <li>SLC: SS1+ built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 190: <li>SS2: 40MHz version of the SS1
191: <li>IPX: SS2 in a cube, with cgsix graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 192: <li>ELC: SS2-performance built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 193: </ul>
1.119 miod 194:
1.70 deraadt 195: <li> sun4m:
196: <ul>
1.119 miod 197: <li>600MP: The original Sun4m machine.
198: This is a <a href="#mbus">mbus</a> machine with SBus and VME buses.
1.73 deraadt 199: <li>LC: 50MHz MicroSPARC-1 based machines (aka Classic)
1.70 deraadt 200: <li>LX: LC with a few more devices
1.75 deraadt 201: <li>SS4: Reduced cost version of the SS5, available at 70MHz and 110MHz
1.77 deraadt 202: <li>SS5: MicroSPARC-2 based machines available in 60, 70, 85,
203: and 110 MHz versions
1.152 xsa 204: <li>SS5: TurboSPARC CPUs in accelerated SS5 machines, running at 170 MHz
1.118 jufi 205: <li>SS10: Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
206: <li>SS20: Improved Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
1.136 miod 207: <li>Sun Voyager
1.70 deraadt 208: </ul>
1.119 miod 209: </ul>
1.73 deraadt 210:
1.70 deraadt 211: <p>
1.167 jsg 212: The following SPARC clones are also supported: (non exhaustive list)
1.119 miod 213: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 214: <li>Aries Research Inc, Parrot II (SS2 clone)
1.84 art 215: <li>Axil 243 and 245 (and possibly other models) (SS5 clones)
1.89 art 216: <li>Axil 320 (SS20 clone)
1.134 miod 217: <li>CPU5V: VME card by Force Computer (sun4m)
218: <li>DTKstation/Classic+
219: <li>Fujitsu S-4/Leia2 (MicroSPARC-2 laptop)
220: <li>Goldstar GWS-40 (SS2 clone)
1.73 deraadt 221: <li>Opus 5000 (SS1 clone)
222: <li>Opus 5250 (SS1 clone)
1.134 miod 223: <li>RDI,PowerLite: sun4m models, available in 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
224: <li>RDI,BrigeLite
1.142 miod 225: <li>SPARCbook 3, 3GS, 3GX, 3TX and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2 laptops)
1.111 miod 226: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
1.73 deraadt 227: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
1.134 miod 228: <li>Tatung TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone)
1.73 deraadt 229: <li>Transtec SS5/170
1.3 fn 230: </ul>
1.50 jason 231:
1.119 miod 232: <p>
1.50 jason 233: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
234:
1.119 miod 235: <p>
236: This list of devices basically declares that any ``stock'' sun4c or sun4m
1.129 miod 237: ``SPARCstation'' or ``SPARCserver'' machine will probably work; for sun4
238: machines one must be more careful.
1.119 miod 239: </p>
1.50 jason 240:
1.118 jufi 241: <a name=mbus></a>
1.119 miod 242: <p>
1.3 fn 243: <ul>
1.119 miod 244: <li><strong>Mbus CPU modules</strong>
1.71 deraadt 245: <ul>
1.119 miod 246: <li>SM30: 30 or 36 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
247: <li>SM40: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
248: <li>SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
249: <li>SM50: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
250: <li>SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
251: <li>SM51-2: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
252: <li>SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
253: <li>SM61-2: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
254: <li>SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
255: <li>SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
256: <li>SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
1.135 miod 257: <li>SM100: dual 40 MHz Cypress 7C605 with 64KB of primary cache
1.167 jsg 258: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 90MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
259: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 125MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
260: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 150MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
261: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 166MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
262: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 180MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
1.71 deraadt 263: </ul>
264:
1.119 miod 265: <li><strong>Sun keyboard and mouse</strong>
1.50 jason 266: <ul>
1.119 miod 267: <li>Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
268: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zskbd</a>)
1.50 jason 269: </ul>
1.19 johns 270:
1.119 miod 271: <li><strong>Floppy drives</strong>
1.19 johns 272: <ul>
1.119 miod 273: <li>sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
274: <!-- (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">fd</a>) -->
1.19 johns 275: </ul>
276:
1.119 miod 277: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.19 johns 278: <ul>
1.119 miod 279: <li>ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports
280: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
281: (can be used as console if needed)
282: <li>4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
283: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
284: <li>SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp,
285: 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, and 2+1HS Sp.
286: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc">magma</a>)
287: <li>SBus Serial/Parallel Interfaces (SUNW,spif, 501-1931)
288: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc">spif</a>)
1.19 johns 289: </ul>
290:
1.119 miod 291: <li><strong>Audio support</strong>
1.19 johns 292: <ul>
1.55 aaron 293: <li>on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
1.66 jason 294: (this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
1.119 miod 295: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audioamd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audioamd</a>)
296: <li>SUNW,CS4231 16-bit audio chips found on SPARCstation 4/5
1.129 miod 297: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audiocs</a>)
1.19 johns 298: </ul>
299:
1.119 miod 300: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 301: <ul>
1.111 miod 302: <li>SBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
1.19 johns 303: <ul>
1.118 jufi 304: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
305: <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 306: <br>The cgthree driver also supports the cgRDI, an onboard
1.119 miod 307: cgthree-like frame buffer found in some laptops.
1.118 jufi 308: <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 309: <br>This should work with most faithful emulations/clones of the
310: SBus cgsix.
1.118 jufi 311: <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)
312: <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 313: <li>Fujitsu AG-10e
314: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=agten">agten</a>)
315: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
1.136 miod 316: mode)
1.127 miod 317: <li>Parallax XVideo and PowerVideo
318: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tvtwo">tvtwo</a>)
319: - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware
1.136 miod 320: acceleration)
1.150 miod 321: <li>RasterFlex family
322: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=rfx">rfx</a>)
323: - 8/24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
324: mode)
1.138 miod 325: <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>)
326: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
327: mode)
1.118 jufi 328: <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
1.148 david 329: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=vigra">Vigra</a> VS10, VS11 and VS12 SBus frame buffers - 8-bit color, unaccelerated, selectable VGA and Sun-compatible video modes
1.143 miod 330: <li>Weitek Power9000 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=pninek">pninek</a>) - found in Tadpole SPARCbook 3 (8-bit color, accelerated)
1.142 miod 331: <li>Weitek Power9100 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=pnozz">pnozz</a>) - found in Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS, 3GX, 3TX and 3XP (8, 16 or 32-bit color, accelerated)
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>)
1.163 miod 384: <li>SBus SUNW,fas Ethernet+SCSI cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
385: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.118 jufi 386: <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>)
387: <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>)
388: <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 389: </ul>
390:
1.119 miod 391: <li><strong>SMD and other disk controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 392: <ul>
1.118 jufi 393: <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>)
394: <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 395: </ul>
396:
1.144 miod 397: <li><strong>PC Cards (PCMCIA)</strong>
398: <ul>
399: <li>PCMCIA Controllers:
400: <ul>
1.156 mickey 401: <li>SBus PCMCIA bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stp&arch=sparc&sektion=4">stp</a>)
402: <li>Tadpole PCMCIA controller (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=tslot&arch=sparc&sektion=4">tslot</a>)
1.144 miod 403: </ul>
1.188 jsg 404: <li>WaveLAN/IEEE, PRISM 2-3, and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11b PCMCIA/Compact Flash adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&arch=sparc&sektion=4">wi</a>)
405: <li>NE2000 based Ethernet Adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ne&arch=sparc&sektion=4">ne</a>)
406: <li>3Com EtherLink (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ep&arch=sparc&sektion=4">ep</a>) LAN PC Cards
1.144 miod 407: </ul>
408:
1.119 miod 409: <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong>
1.65 jason 410: <ul>
1.118 jufi 411: <li>SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xbox&sektion=4">xbox</a>)
412: <li>Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=fga&sektion=4">fga</a>)
413: <li>Force system configuration registers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=scf&sektion=4">scf</a>)
414: <li>Force flash memory (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=flash&sektion=4">flash</a>)
1.178 martin 415: <li>Tadpole microcontroller (power/system control) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=tctrl&sektion=4">tctrl</a>)
1.138 miod 416: <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>)
1.65 jason 417: </ul>
1.3 fn 418: </ul>
1.131 miod 419: <font color="#e00000">*</font> Not supported in sun4c-class machines due
420: to PROM limitations.
1.144 miod 421: <br>
1.119 miod 422:
423: <p>
424: <h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 425:
1.119 miod 426: <p>
1.3 fn 427: <ul>
1.129 miod 428: <li>sun4: 4/400 (lacks support for the I/O cache, and has ethernet problems)
1.119 miod 429: <li>sun4d machines:
430: <ul>
431: <li>SPARC Server 1000</li>
432: <li>SPARC Center 2000</li>
433: </ul>
1.129 miod 434: These machines use XD-Bus instead of M-Bus for their CPUs, which is not
435: supported yet.
1.119 miod 436: <li>JavaStation-NC (lacks support for this machine's PCI bus)
1.164 miod 437: <li>sun4u: UltraSPARC 64-bit machines. Most of these are supported in the
1.97 miod 438: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> port.
1.129 miod 439: <li>Solbourne machines: these machines are quite different, and some are
1.166 jsg 440: plagued by processor bugs. Some of them are covered by the
441: <a href="solbourne.html">OpenBSD/solbourne</a> port.
1.135 miod 442: <li>Tadpole SPARCbook 1, LC and 2: these machines use quite unusual components,
443: and do not have a Sun-compatible PROM.
1.3 fn 444: </ul>
1.119 miod 445:
446: <p>
447: <h4>Unsupported Devices</h4>
448:
449: <p>
450: First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
451: A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
452: </p>
1.19 johns 453:
1.119 miod 454: <p>
1.3 fn 455: <ul>
1.119 miod 456: <li><strong>Serial Cards</strong>
1.19 johns 457: <ul>
1.50 jason 458: <li> VME mti 16-port serial card
459: <li> VME alm2 16-port serial card
1.111 miod 460: <li> VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8-port)
1.19 johns 461: </ul>
462:
1.119 miod 463: <li><strong>Disk Controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 464: <ul>
1.50 jason 465: <li> VME "sc" SCSI controller
466: <li> VME IPI controller
1.19 johns 467: </ul>
468:
1.119 miod 469: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 470: <ul>
1.50 jason 471: <li> VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
472: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
473: <li> VME cgnine, 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
474: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
475: <li> VME GP/GP2 Graphics Processor (drives a cgfive or cgnine)
476: <li> SBus cgeight 24-bit color, unaccelerated
477: (note: SBus cgeight is quite different from VME/P4 cgeight)
478: <li> SBus GT, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
479: 3-D acceleration (aka Graphics Tower)
480: </ul>
481:
1.74 deraadt 482: <li><strong>On-board Audio and ISDN</strong><br>
1.119 miod 483: This is present on some sun4m systems (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20).
484:
1.74 deraadt 485: <li><strong>Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems</strong><br>
1.119 miod 486: OpenBSD will sometimes not boot on some machines with multiple processors.
487: If this is the case, the extra CPUs must be removed.
488:
1.111 miod 489: <li><strong>SBus SUNW,bpp (parallel port)</strong><br>
1.119 miod 490: A driver exists in the source tree, but it does not work. None of the
491: developers have printers or cables to work with, to make it work, but
492: we really would prefer to receive a fixed driver.
493:
494: <li><strong>SBus FDDI cards</strong>
495:
1.121 miod 496: <li><strong>SBus cards other than those listed above...</strong>
1.3 fn 497: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 498:
1.3 fn 499: <hr>
1.185 deraadt 500: <a name="hwdocs"></a>
501: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
502:
503: Previous to 2007, it was extremely difficult or impossible to get much of
1.186 sthen 504: the necessary hardware documentation for these machines. Members of our
1.185 deraadt 505: team (in particular David Gwynne) were instrumental in pressuring and
506: convincing Sun to go back into their archives and dig up the data sheets
507: that they had written in-house, describing the operation of their chips to
508: their own engineers. These documents can now be found at
509: <a href="http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home">
510: http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home</a>.
511: Some documents are still missing at that site, so we ask that interested
512: developers contact Sun and request additional information.
513: <p>
514:
515: <hr>
1.122 miod 516: <a name="install"></a>
517: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
518: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc:</strong>
519: </font></h3>
520:
521: <p>
522: The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc release is
1.189 ! miod 523: <a href="44.html">OpenBSD 4.4</a>.
1.122 miod 524: Here are the
1.189 ! miod 525: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
! 526: OpenBSD/sparc 4.4 installation instructions
1.122 miod 527: </a>.
528: </p>
529:
530: <p>
531: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
532: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc">this location</a>
533: as well as in a few
534: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
535: Here are the
536: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
537: OpenBSD/sparc snapshot installation instructions
538: </a> as well.
539: </p>
540:
541: <p>
542: There are several installation media provided, so that
543: OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via CD, floppy boot images on
544: sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
545: (and sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
546: <ul>
547: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
548: <p>
1.126 jufi 549: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a GENERIC kernel with
1.167 jsg 550: drivers for all supported devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 551: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
552: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/GENERIC?rev=HEAD">GENERIC</a>
553: kernel configuration file.
554: The CD can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
555: <pre>
1.189 ! miod 556: boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd
1.122 miod 557: </pre>
1.148 david 558: </li>
1.189 ! miod 559: <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy44.fs)
1.122 miod 560: <p>
561: Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
1.167 jsg 562: containing drivers for the most popular devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 563: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
564: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
565: kernel configuration file.
566: The floppy can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
567: <pre>
568: boot floppy
569: </pre>
1.148 david 570: </li>
1.189 ! miod 571: <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot44.fs)
1.122 miod 572: <p>
573: The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
574: and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
575: installed on the machine.
576: After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
577: miniroot can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with a command such as
578: <pre>
579: boot disk:b
580: </pre>
581: (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
582: partition).
1.148 david 583: <p>
584: </li>
1.122 miod 585: <li><strong>Netboot</strong> (boot.net, bsd.rd)
586: <p>
587: Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc
588: boot loader, <tt>boot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
589: the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
590: Refer to the
591: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
592: manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
593: </p></li>
594: </ul>
595:
596: <hr>
1.119 miod 597: <a href="plat.html">
598: <img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="Supported platforms">
599: </a>
600: <br>
601: <small><a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a></small>
1.3 fn 602: <br>
1.189 ! miod 603: <small>$OpenBSD: sparc.html,v 1.188 2008/09/29 12:20:27 jsg Exp $</small>
1.3 fn 604:
605: </body>
606: </html>
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