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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
1.196 miod 24: the sun4, sun4c, sun4e and sun4m architecture families
1.119 miod 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
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37:
1.183 nick 38: <a name="toc"></a>
1.118 jufi 39: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 downsj 40: <p>
41: <ul>
1.123 jufi 42: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.119 miod 43: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
44: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
1.154 nick 45: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.185 deraadt 46: <li><a href="#hwdocs">Hardware documentation</a>
1.119 miod 47: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc</a>
1.29 downsj 48: </ul>
49:
50: <hr>
1.119 miod 51: <a name="history"></a>
1.118 jufi 52: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 53:
54: <p>
1.126 jufi 55: The original 4.4BSD port was done by Chris Torek as a contract to
1.50 jason 56: LBL. The code was released by Chris in mid-1993, and Theo de Raadt
1.1 deraadt 57: worked it into shape for the NetBSD tree. Theo and Markus Wild worked
58: on improving Chris' original SunOS compatibility code into a highly
59: complete and reliable emulation. Chuck Cranor ported the sun4c code to
1.119 miod 60: the 8KB pagesize sun4 architecture, and Theo merged this code in a
1.1 deraadt 61: way that would allow the same kernel and programs to run on either
1.64 jason 62: sun4c or sun4 machines (unlike Sun's separate kernel environments).
1.1 deraadt 63: This last change also required a rewrite of the device configuration
1.25 johns 64: code. Just after the NetBSD/sparc 1.0 release, Peter Galbavy wrote an
1.154 nick 65: ESP SCSI device driver as a replacement for Chris' sparc-specific SCSI
1.119 miod 66: code.
1.3 fn 67: </p>
1.1 deraadt 68:
69: <p>
70: At this point a conflict emerged between Theo and the other people he
71: started the NetBSD project with, and Theo was forced by the core group
72: to resign from NetBSD. After Theo left NetBSD, a few people in the
73: NetBSD group did some other things for the port: Paul Kranenburg
74: ported a floppy driver and started writing support for the 4/400.
75: Chuck spent many long hours working on the ie, xy, xd device drivers.
1.3 fn 76: </p>
1.1 deraadt 77:
78: <p>
79: Theo continued working independently, and made a number of additions:
1.119 miod 80: P4 support, flexible boot strategy, a few graphics drivers with the help
81: from John Stone, and masses of bug fixes.
1.3 fn 82: </p>
1.1 deraadt 83:
84: <p>
1.25 johns 85: Work on porting OpenBSD/sparc to the sun4m platform was started by Theo,
1.36 todd 86: but tendinitis problems with his wrists and the problems with the NetBSD
1.119 miod 87: core combined made him stop this work. The initial sun4m work was passed
1.7 deraadt 88: to Aaron Brown of Harvard, who was paid out of Margo Seltzer's research
1.119 miod 89: funds. This initial stuff consisted mostly of a few attempts at building
1.8 deraadt 90: pmap structure that could support all 3 MMU types efficiently. Also,
1.119 miod 91: David Miller of the UltraLinux project got a little bit involved.
1.7 deraadt 92: </p>
93:
94: <p>
1.27 downsj 95: Theo and Jason Downs merged the NetBSD sparc code back into OpenBSD, making
1.50 jason 96: OpenBSD/sparc usable again. Jason Wright wrote a few new SBus Ethernet
1.119 miod 97: drivers with information from the UltraLinux project and has merged a few bits
1.50 jason 98: from NetBSD sources to improve the stability of this architecture.
1.119 miod 99: Over the time, Art Grabowski fixed various stability or reliability issues,
100: and added non-executable stack and heap on sun4m machines.
101: The frame buffer and console code was completely overhauled for OpenBSD 3.2,
102: improving display speed with some frame buffers, and supporting more cards.
1.50 jason 103: </p>
104:
105: <p>
106: And work continues...
1.3 fn 107: </p>
1.1 deraadt 108:
1.28 downsj 109: <hr>
1.119 miod 110: <a name="status"></a>
111: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
1.28 downsj 112:
1.1 deraadt 113: <p>
1.119 miod 114: Currently, all the hardware listed in the
1.154 nick 115: <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section below boots
1.119 miod 116: multi-user, and supports enough (if not all) of the on-board devices to
1.153 pedro 117: be generally usable.
1.129 miod 118: A growing set of third-party SBus cards are also supported.
1.50 jason 119: </p>
120:
121: <p>
1.169 matthieu 122: The X Window System works on all supported frame buffers, including
1.119 miod 123: multi-head configurations.
124: No accelerated server is provided at the moment, although this is being
125: worked on.
1.6 downsj 126: </p>
127:
128: <p>
1.25 johns 129: An important note about OpenBSD/sparc is that it is designed so that
1.167 jsg 130: a single kernel can run on <b>ALL SUPPORTED</b> SPARC machines. Whereas
1.92 jufi 131: SunOS and Solaris have always had separate `kernel architectures', i.e. sun4,
1.196 miod 132: sun4c, sun4e and sun4m, the same `GENERIC' OpenBSD kernel will run on all the
1.26 downsj 133: supported models.
1.15 grr 134: </p>
135:
136: <p>
1.50 jason 137: Most of the problems with OpenBSD/sparc are believed to stem from the wide
1.167 jsg 138: variety of SPARC processor and cache implementations along with their
1.161 jsg 139: undocumented bugs, rather than general kernel problems.
1.15 grr 140: Feedback on which models do and do not work reliably is
1.77 deraadt 141: appreciated, particularly with newer models or upgrades.
1.15 grr 142: </p>
143:
1.119 miod 144: <hr>
145: <a name="projects"></a>
146: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
147: </strong></font></h3>
148:
1.15 grr 149: <p>
1.119 miod 150: <ul>
1.194 sthen 151: <li>Support for multiprocessor systems
1.119 miod 152: <li>Write drivers for more unsupported devices (audio, frame buffer...)
153: <li>Provide an accelerated X server for the cgsix frame buffer
1.194 sthen 154: <li>Merge in useful NetBSD work
1.119 miod 155: </ul>
1.3 fn 156:
157: <hr>
1.119 miod 158: <a name="hardware"></a>
159: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 160:
1.22 johns 161: <p>
1.119 miod 162: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 163:
1.119 miod 164: <p>
1.3 fn 165: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 166: <li> sun4: the VME series
167: <ul>
1.167 jsg 168: <li>4/100: Original SPARC with VME. Many hardware bugs.
1.70 deraadt 169: <li>4/200: A fairly decent VME-only machine
170: <li>4/300: a 25MHz VME machine with many devices built onto the main board.
1.85 miod 171: In other respects, it is quite similar to the SS1+.
1.70 deraadt 172: </ul>
1.119 miod 173:
1.70 deraadt 174: <li> sun4c:
175: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 176: <li>SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c.
177: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
178: in some of the slots).
179: <li>SS1+: 25MHz version of the above.
180: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
181: in some of the slots).
1.95 miod 182: <li>IPC: SS1+ in a cube, with bwtwo graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 183: <li>SLC: SS1+ built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 184: <li>SS2: 40MHz version of the SS1
185: <li>IPX: SS2 in a cube, with cgsix graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 186: <li>ELC: SS2-performance built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 187: </ul>
1.119 miod 188:
1.197 jasper 189: <li> sun4e:
1.196 miod 190: <ul>
191: <li>SPARCengine 1e: a 6U VME cross between a sun4 and a sun4c,
192: similar to a Sun 4/300 with an OpenPROM interface.
193: </ul>
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>
1.192 jasper 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)
1.199 miod 223: <li>RDI BriteLite
224: <li>RDI PowerLite: sun4m models, available at 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
1.192 jasper 225: <li>Solair WS19L (SS10 clone)
1.142 miod 226: <li>SPARCbook 3, 3GS, 3GX, 3TX and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2 laptops)
1.111 miod 227: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
1.73 deraadt 228: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
1.134 miod 229: <li>Tatung TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone)
1.73 deraadt 230: <li>Transtec SS5/170
1.3 fn 231: </ul>
1.50 jason 232:
1.119 miod 233: <p>
1.50 jason 234: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
235:
1.119 miod 236: <p>
237: This list of devices basically declares that any ``stock'' sun4c or sun4m
1.129 miod 238: ``SPARCstation'' or ``SPARCserver'' machine will probably work; for sun4
1.196 miod 239: and sun4e machines one must be more careful.
1.119 miod 240: </p>
1.50 jason 241:
1.118 jufi 242: <a name=mbus></a>
1.119 miod 243: <p>
1.3 fn 244: <ul>
1.119 miod 245: <li><strong>Mbus CPU modules</strong>
1.71 deraadt 246: <ul>
1.119 miod 247: <li>SM30: 30 or 36 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
248: <li>SM40: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
249: <li>SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
250: <li>SM50: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
251: <li>SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
252: <li>SM51-2: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
253: <li>SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
254: <li>SM61-2: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
255: <li>SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
256: <li>SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
257: <li>SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
1.135 miod 258: <li>SM100: dual 40 MHz Cypress 7C605 with 64KB of primary cache
1.167 jsg 259: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 90MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
260: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 125MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
261: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 150MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
262: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 166MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
263: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 180MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
1.71 deraadt 264: </ul>
265:
1.119 miod 266: <li><strong>Sun keyboard and mouse</strong>
1.50 jason 267: <ul>
1.119 miod 268: <li>Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
269: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zskbd</a>)
1.50 jason 270: </ul>
1.19 johns 271:
1.119 miod 272: <li><strong>Floppy drives</strong>
1.19 johns 273: <ul>
1.119 miod 274: <li>sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
275: <!-- (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">fd</a>) -->
1.19 johns 276: </ul>
277:
1.119 miod 278: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.19 johns 279: <ul>
1.119 miod 280: <li>ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports
281: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
282: (can be used as console if needed)
283: <li>4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
284: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
285: <li>SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp,
286: 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, and 2+1HS Sp.
287: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc">magma</a>)
288: <li>SBus Serial/Parallel Interfaces (SUNW,spif, 501-1931)
289: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc">spif</a>)
1.19 johns 290: </ul>
291:
1.119 miod 292: <li><strong>Audio support</strong>
1.19 johns 293: <ul>
1.55 aaron 294: <li>on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
1.66 jason 295: (this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
1.119 miod 296: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audioamd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audioamd</a>)
297: <li>SUNW,CS4231 16-bit audio chips found on SPARCstation 4/5
1.129 miod 298: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audiocs</a>)
1.19 johns 299: </ul>
300:
1.119 miod 301: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 302: <ul>
1.111 miod 303: <li>SBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
1.19 johns 304: <ul>
1.118 jufi 305: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
306: <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 307: <br>The cgthree driver also supports the cgRDI, an onboard
1.119 miod 308: cgthree-like frame buffer found in some laptops.
1.118 jufi 309: <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 310: <br>This should work with most faithful emulations/clones of the
311: SBus cgsix.
1.118 jufi 312: <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)
313: <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 314: <li>Fujitsu AG-10e
315: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=agten">agten</a>)
316: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
1.136 miod 317: mode)
1.127 miod 318: <li>Parallax XVideo and PowerVideo
319: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tvtwo">tvtwo</a>)
320: - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware
1.136 miod 321: acceleration)
1.150 miod 322: <li>RasterFlex family
323: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=rfx">rfx</a>)
324: - 8/24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
325: mode)
1.138 miod 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)
1.118 jufi 329: <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 330: <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 331: <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 332: <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 333: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=zx">ZX</a>
334: (aka <i>Leo</i>) - 8 or 24-bit color, overlay planes,
1.131 miod 335: double-buffered, 3-D acceleration <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 336: </ul>
337:
1.119 miod 338: <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 339:
1.119 miod 340: <li>P4 video (4/100 and 4/300):
1.19 johns 341: <ul>
1.118 jufi 342: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
343: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
344: <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
345: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
346: <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 347: </ul>
348:
1.119 miod 349: <li>VME video (sun4):
1.19 johns 350: <ul>
1.118 jufi 351: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgtwo&sektion=4">cgtwo</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
352: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
353: <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 354: </ul>
355: </ul>
356:
1.119 miod 357: <li><strong>Ethernet adapters</strong>
1.19 johns 358: <ul>
1.118 jufi 359: <li>on-board AMD Lance Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
360: <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 361: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance
362: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
363: and SCSI
364: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
1.118 jufi 365: <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>)
366: <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 367: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit qec+be found on Sun FastEthernet cards (SUNW,501-2450)
1.118 jufi 368: (aka. Sun Fast Ethernet 1.x) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=be&sektion=4">be</a>)
369: <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>)
370: <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>)
371: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
372: <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>)
373: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.107 deraadt 374: <li>SBus Quad 10/100Mbit hme and qfe Ethernet cards
1.118 jufi 375: (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>)
376: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.193 deraadt 377: <li>SBus Gigabit Ethernet 1.0/1.1 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=ti&sektion=4">ti</a>)
378: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
379: <li>SBus Gigabit Ethernet 2.0 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
380: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 381: </ul>
382:
1.119 miod 383: <li><strong>SCSI controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 384: <ul>
1.196 miod 385: <li>on-board SCSI controller (sun4c, sun4e, 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 386: <li>SBus SCSI controllers (Also works with several 3rd party
1.118 jufi 387: compatible boards) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
388: <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 389: <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>)
390: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.118 jufi 391: <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>)
392: <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>)
393: <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 394: </ul>
395:
1.119 miod 396: <li><strong>SMD and other disk controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 397: <ul>
1.118 jufi 398: <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>)
399: <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 400: </ul>
401:
1.144 miod 402: <li><strong>PC Cards (PCMCIA)</strong>
403: <ul>
404: <li>PCMCIA Controllers:
405: <ul>
1.156 mickey 406: <li>SBus PCMCIA bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stp&arch=sparc&sektion=4">stp</a>)
407: <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 408: </ul>
1.188 jsg 409: <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>)
410: <li>NE2000 based Ethernet Adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ne&arch=sparc&sektion=4">ne</a>)
411: <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 412: </ul>
413:
1.119 miod 414: <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong>
1.65 jason 415: <ul>
1.118 jufi 416: <li>SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xbox&sektion=4">xbox</a>)
417: <li>Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=fga&sektion=4">fga</a>)
418: <li>Force system configuration registers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=scf&sektion=4">scf</a>)
419: <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 420: <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 421: <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 422: </ul>
1.3 fn 423: </ul>
1.196 miod 424: <font color="#e00000">*</font> Not supported in sun4c and sun4e class machines
425: due to PROM limitations.
1.144 miod 426: <br>
1.119 miod 427:
428: <p>
429: <h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 430:
1.119 miod 431: <p>
1.3 fn 432: <ul>
1.129 miod 433: <li>sun4: 4/400 (lacks support for the I/O cache, and has ethernet problems)
1.119 miod 434: <li>sun4d machines:
435: <ul>
436: <li>SPARC Server 1000</li>
437: <li>SPARC Center 2000</li>
438: </ul>
1.129 miod 439: These machines use XD-Bus instead of M-Bus for their CPUs, which is not
440: supported yet.
1.119 miod 441: <li>JavaStation-NC (lacks support for this machine's PCI bus)
1.164 miod 442: <li>sun4u: UltraSPARC 64-bit machines. Most of these are supported in the
1.97 miod 443: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> port.
1.129 miod 444: <li>Solbourne machines: these machines are quite different, and some are
1.166 jsg 445: plagued by processor bugs. Some of them are covered by the
446: <a href="solbourne.html">OpenBSD/solbourne</a> port.
1.135 miod 447: <li>Tadpole SPARCbook 1, LC and 2: these machines use quite unusual components,
448: and do not have a Sun-compatible PROM.
1.3 fn 449: </ul>
1.119 miod 450:
451: <p>
452: <h4>Unsupported Devices</h4>
453:
454: <p>
455: First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
456: A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
457: </p>
1.19 johns 458:
1.119 miod 459: <p>
1.3 fn 460: <ul>
1.119 miod 461: <li><strong>Serial Cards</strong>
1.19 johns 462: <ul>
1.50 jason 463: <li> VME mti 16-port serial card
464: <li> VME alm2 16-port serial card
1.111 miod 465: <li> VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8-port)
1.19 johns 466: </ul>
467:
1.196 miod 468: <li><strong>Disk and Tape Controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 469: <ul>
1.50 jason 470: <li> VME "sc" SCSI controller
471: <li> VME IPI controller
1.196 miod 472: <li> VME "xt" Tape controller
1.19 johns 473: </ul>
474:
1.119 miod 475: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 476: <ul>
1.50 jason 477: <li> VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
478: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
479: <li> VME cgnine, 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
480: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
481: <li> VME GP/GP2 Graphics Processor (drives a cgfive or cgnine)
482: <li> SBus cgeight 24-bit color, unaccelerated
483: (note: SBus cgeight is quite different from VME/P4 cgeight)
484: <li> SBus GT, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
485: 3-D acceleration (aka Graphics Tower)
486: </ul>
487:
1.74 deraadt 488: <li><strong>On-board Audio and ISDN</strong><br>
1.119 miod 489: This is present on some sun4m systems (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20).
490:
1.74 deraadt 491: <li><strong>Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems</strong><br>
1.119 miod 492: OpenBSD will sometimes not boot on some machines with multiple processors.
493: If this is the case, the extra CPUs must be removed.
494:
1.111 miod 495: <li><strong>SBus SUNW,bpp (parallel port)</strong><br>
1.119 miod 496: A driver exists in the source tree, but it does not work. None of the
497: developers have printers or cables to work with, to make it work, but
498: we really would prefer to receive a fixed driver.
499:
500: <li><strong>SBus FDDI cards</strong>
501:
1.121 miod 502: <li><strong>SBus cards other than those listed above...</strong>
1.3 fn 503: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 504:
1.3 fn 505: <hr>
1.185 deraadt 506: <a name="hwdocs"></a>
507: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
508:
509: Previous to 2007, it was extremely difficult or impossible to get much of
1.186 sthen 510: the necessary hardware documentation for these machines. Members of our
1.185 deraadt 511: team (in particular David Gwynne) were instrumental in pressuring and
512: convincing Sun to go back into their archives and dig up the data sheets
513: that they had written in-house, describing the operation of their chips to
514: their own engineers. These documents can now be found at
515: <a href="http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home">
516: http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home</a>.
517: Some documents are still missing at that site, so we ask that interested
518: developers contact Sun and request additional information.
519: <p>
520:
521: <hr>
1.122 miod 522: <a name="install"></a>
523: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
524: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc:</strong>
525: </font></h3>
526:
527: <p>
528: The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc release is
1.205 sthen 529: <a href="53.html">OpenBSD 5.3</a>.
1.122 miod 530: Here are the
1.205 sthen 531: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.3/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
532: OpenBSD/sparc 5.3 installation instructions
1.122 miod 533: </a>.
534: </p>
535:
536: <p>
537: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.205 sthen 538: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc">this location</a>
1.122 miod 539: as well as in a few
540: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
541: Here are the
1.205 sthen 542: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.122 miod 543: OpenBSD/sparc snapshot installation instructions
544: </a> as well.
545: </p>
546:
547: <p>
548: There are several installation media provided, so that
1.196 miod 549: OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via CD and floppy boot images on
1.122 miod 550: sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
1.196 miod 551: (such as sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
1.122 miod 552: <ul>
553: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
554: <p>
1.126 jufi 555: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a GENERIC kernel with
1.167 jsg 556: drivers for all supported devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 557: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
558: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/GENERIC?rev=HEAD">GENERIC</a>
559: kernel configuration file.
560: The CD can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
561: <pre>
1.206 ! sthen 562: boot cdrom 5.3/sparc/bsd.rd
1.122 miod 563: </pre>
1.148 david 564: </li>
1.205 sthen 565: <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy53.fs)
1.122 miod 566: <p>
567: Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
1.167 jsg 568: containing drivers for the most popular devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 569: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
570: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
571: kernel configuration file.
572: The floppy can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
573: <pre>
574: boot floppy
575: </pre>
1.148 david 576: </li>
1.205 sthen 577: <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot53.fs)
1.122 miod 578: <p>
579: The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
580: and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
581: installed on the machine.
582: After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
583: miniroot can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with a command such as
584: <pre>
585: boot disk:b
586: </pre>
587: (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
588: partition).
1.148 david 589: <p>
590: </li>
1.122 miod 591: <li><strong>Netboot</strong> (boot.net, bsd.rd)
592: <p>
593: Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc
594: boot loader, <tt>boot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
595: the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
596: Refer to the
597: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
598: manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
599: </p></li>
600: </ul>
601:
602: <hr>
1.119 miod 603: <a href="plat.html">
604: <img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="Supported platforms">
605: </a>
606: <br>
607: <small><a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a></small>
1.3 fn 608: <br>
1.206 ! sthen 609: <small>$OpenBSD: sparc.html,v 1.205 2013/05/01 13:32:39 sthen Exp $</small>
1.3 fn 610:
611: </body>
612: </html>
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