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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>.
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37:
1.214 bentley 38: <h3 id="toc"><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 downsj 39: <p>
40: <ul>
1.123 jufi 41: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.119 miod 42: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
1.154 nick 43: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.185 deraadt 44: <li><a href="#hwdocs">Hardware documentation</a>
1.119 miod 45: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc</a>
1.29 downsj 46: </ul>
47:
48: <hr>
1.214 bentley 49:
50: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 51:
52: <p>
1.126 jufi 53: The original 4.4BSD port was done by Chris Torek as a contract to
1.50 jason 54: LBL. The code was released by Chris in mid-1993, and Theo de Raadt
1.1 deraadt 55: worked it into shape for the NetBSD tree. Theo and Markus Wild worked
56: on improving Chris' original SunOS compatibility code into a highly
57: complete and reliable emulation. Chuck Cranor ported the sun4c code to
1.119 miod 58: the 8KB pagesize sun4 architecture, and Theo merged this code in a
1.1 deraadt 59: way that would allow the same kernel and programs to run on either
1.64 jason 60: sun4c or sun4 machines (unlike Sun's separate kernel environments).
1.1 deraadt 61: This last change also required a rewrite of the device configuration
1.25 johns 62: code. Just after the NetBSD/sparc 1.0 release, Peter Galbavy wrote an
1.154 nick 63: ESP SCSI device driver as a replacement for Chris' sparc-specific SCSI
1.119 miod 64: code.
1.3 fn 65: </p>
1.1 deraadt 66:
67: <p>
68: At this point a conflict emerged between Theo and the other people he
69: started the NetBSD project with, and Theo was forced by the core group
70: to resign from NetBSD. After Theo left NetBSD, a few people in the
71: NetBSD group did some other things for the port: Paul Kranenburg
72: ported a floppy driver and started writing support for the 4/400.
73: Chuck spent many long hours working on the ie, xy, xd device drivers.
1.3 fn 74: </p>
1.1 deraadt 75:
76: <p>
77: Theo continued working independently, and made a number of additions:
1.119 miod 78: P4 support, flexible boot strategy, a few graphics drivers with the help
79: from John Stone, and masses of bug fixes.
1.3 fn 80: </p>
1.1 deraadt 81:
82: <p>
1.25 johns 83: Work on porting OpenBSD/sparc to the sun4m platform was started by Theo,
1.36 todd 84: but tendinitis problems with his wrists and the problems with the NetBSD
1.119 miod 85: core combined made him stop this work. The initial sun4m work was passed
1.7 deraadt 86: to Aaron Brown of Harvard, who was paid out of Margo Seltzer's research
1.119 miod 87: funds. This initial stuff consisted mostly of a few attempts at building
1.8 deraadt 88: pmap structure that could support all 3 MMU types efficiently. Also,
1.119 miod 89: David Miller of the UltraLinux project got a little bit involved.
1.7 deraadt 90: </p>
91:
92: <p>
1.27 downsj 93: Theo and Jason Downs merged the NetBSD sparc code back into OpenBSD, making
1.50 jason 94: OpenBSD/sparc usable again. Jason Wright wrote a few new SBus Ethernet
1.119 miod 95: drivers with information from the UltraLinux project and has merged a few bits
1.50 jason 96: from NetBSD sources to improve the stability of this architecture.
1.119 miod 97: Over the time, Art Grabowski fixed various stability or reliability issues,
98: and added non-executable stack and heap on sun4m machines.
99: The frame buffer and console code was completely overhauled for OpenBSD 3.2,
100: improving display speed with some frame buffers, and supporting more cards.
1.50 jason 101: </p>
102:
103: <p>
104: And work continues...
1.3 fn 105: </p>
1.1 deraadt 106:
1.28 downsj 107: <hr>
1.214 bentley 108:
109: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
1.28 downsj 110:
1.1 deraadt 111: <p>
1.119 miod 112: Currently, all the hardware listed in the
1.154 nick 113: <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section below boots
1.119 miod 114: multi-user, and supports enough (if not all) of the on-board devices to
1.153 pedro 115: be generally usable.
1.129 miod 116: A growing set of third-party SBus cards are also supported.
1.50 jason 117: </p>
118:
119: <p>
1.169 matthieu 120: The X Window System works on all supported frame buffers, including
1.119 miod 121: multi-head configurations.
122: No accelerated server is provided at the moment, although this is being
123: worked on.
1.6 downsj 124: </p>
125:
126: <p>
1.25 johns 127: An important note about OpenBSD/sparc is that it is designed so that
1.167 jsg 128: a single kernel can run on <b>ALL SUPPORTED</b> SPARC machines. Whereas
1.92 jufi 129: SunOS and Solaris have always had separate `kernel architectures', i.e. sun4,
1.196 miod 130: sun4c, sun4e and sun4m, the same `GENERIC' OpenBSD kernel will run on all the
1.26 downsj 131: supported models.
1.15 grr 132: </p>
133:
134: <p>
1.50 jason 135: Most of the problems with OpenBSD/sparc are believed to stem from the wide
1.167 jsg 136: variety of SPARC processor and cache implementations along with their
1.161 jsg 137: undocumented bugs, rather than general kernel problems.
1.15 grr 138: Feedback on which models do and do not work reliably is
1.77 deraadt 139: appreciated, particularly with newer models or upgrades.
1.15 grr 140: </p>
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142: <hr>
1.214 bentley 143:
144: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 145:
1.22 johns 146: <p>
1.119 miod 147: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 148:
1.119 miod 149: <p>
1.3 fn 150: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 151: <li> sun4: the VME series
152: <ul>
1.167 jsg 153: <li>4/100: Original SPARC with VME. Many hardware bugs.
1.70 deraadt 154: <li>4/200: A fairly decent VME-only machine
155: <li>4/300: a 25MHz VME machine with many devices built onto the main board.
1.85 miod 156: In other respects, it is quite similar to the SS1+.
1.70 deraadt 157: </ul>
1.119 miod 158:
1.70 deraadt 159: <li> sun4c:
160: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 161: <li>SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c.
162: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
163: in some of the slots).
164: <li>SS1+: 25MHz version of the above.
165: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
166: in some of the slots).
1.95 miod 167: <li>IPC: SS1+ in a cube, with bwtwo graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 168: <li>SLC: SS1+ built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 169: <li>SS2: 40MHz version of the SS1
170: <li>IPX: SS2 in a cube, with cgsix graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 171: <li>ELC: SS2-performance built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 172: </ul>
1.119 miod 173:
1.197 jasper 174: <li> sun4e:
1.196 miod 175: <ul>
176: <li>SPARCengine 1e: a 6U VME cross between a sun4 and a sun4c,
177: similar to a Sun 4/300 with an OpenPROM interface.
178: </ul>
179:
1.70 deraadt 180: <li> sun4m:
181: <ul>
1.119 miod 182: <li>600MP: The original Sun4m machine.
183: This is a <a href="#mbus">mbus</a> machine with SBus and VME buses.
1.73 deraadt 184: <li>LC: 50MHz MicroSPARC-1 based machines (aka Classic)
1.70 deraadt 185: <li>LX: LC with a few more devices
1.75 deraadt 186: <li>SS4: Reduced cost version of the SS5, available at 70MHz and 110MHz
1.77 deraadt 187: <li>SS5: MicroSPARC-2 based machines available in 60, 70, 85,
188: and 110 MHz versions
1.152 xsa 189: <li>SS5: TurboSPARC CPUs in accelerated SS5 machines, running at 170 MHz
1.118 jufi 190: <li>SS10: Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
191: <li>SS20: Improved Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
1.136 miod 192: <li>Sun Voyager
1.70 deraadt 193: </ul>
1.119 miod 194: </ul>
1.73 deraadt 195:
1.70 deraadt 196: <p>
1.192 jasper 197: The following SPARC clones are also supported (non exhaustive list):
1.119 miod 198: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 199: <li>Aries Research Inc, Parrot II (SS2 clone)
1.84 art 200: <li>Axil 243 and 245 (and possibly other models) (SS5 clones)
1.89 art 201: <li>Axil 320 (SS20 clone)
1.134 miod 202: <li>CPU5V: VME card by Force Computer (sun4m)
203: <li>DTKstation/Classic+
204: <li>Fujitsu S-4/Leia2 (MicroSPARC-2 laptop)
205: <li>Goldstar GWS-40 (SS2 clone)
1.73 deraadt 206: <li>Opus 5000 (SS1 clone)
207: <li>Opus 5250 (SS1 clone)
1.199 miod 208: <li>RDI BriteLite
209: <li>RDI PowerLite: sun4m models, available at 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
1.192 jasper 210: <li>Solair WS19L (SS10 clone)
1.142 miod 211: <li>SPARCbook 3, 3GS, 3GX, 3TX and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2 laptops)
1.111 miod 212: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
1.73 deraadt 213: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
1.134 miod 214: <li>Tatung TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone)
1.73 deraadt 215: <li>Transtec SS5/170
1.3 fn 216: </ul>
1.50 jason 217:
1.119 miod 218: <p>
1.50 jason 219: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
220:
1.119 miod 221: <p>
222: This list of devices basically declares that any ``stock'' sun4c or sun4m
1.129 miod 223: ``SPARCstation'' or ``SPARCserver'' machine will probably work; for sun4
1.196 miod 224: and sun4e machines one must be more careful.
1.119 miod 225: </p>
1.50 jason 226:
1.214 bentley 227: <ul id="mbus">
1.119 miod 228: <li><strong>Mbus CPU modules</strong>
1.71 deraadt 229: <ul>
1.119 miod 230: <li>SM30: 30 or 36 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
231: <li>SM40: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
232: <li>SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
233: <li>SM50: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
234: <li>SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
235: <li>SM51-2: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
236: <li>SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
237: <li>SM61-2: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
238: <li>SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
239: <li>SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
240: <li>SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
1.135 miod 241: <li>SM100: dual 40 MHz Cypress 7C605 with 64KB of primary cache
1.167 jsg 242: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 90MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
243: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 125MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
244: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 150MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
245: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 166MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
246: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 180MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
1.71 deraadt 247: </ul>
248:
1.119 miod 249: <li><strong>Sun keyboard and mouse</strong>
1.50 jason 250: <ul>
1.119 miod 251: <li>Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
252: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zskbd</a>)
1.50 jason 253: </ul>
1.19 johns 254:
1.119 miod 255: <li><strong>Floppy drives</strong>
1.19 johns 256: <ul>
1.119 miod 257: <li>sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
258: <!-- (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">fd</a>) -->
1.19 johns 259: </ul>
260:
1.119 miod 261: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.19 johns 262: <ul>
1.119 miod 263: <li>ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports
264: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
265: (can be used as console if needed)
266: <li>4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
267: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
268: <li>SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp,
269: 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, and 2+1HS Sp.
270: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc">magma</a>)
271: <li>SBus Serial/Parallel Interfaces (SUNW,spif, 501-1931)
272: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc">spif</a>)
1.19 johns 273: </ul>
274:
1.119 miod 275: <li><strong>Audio support</strong>
1.19 johns 276: <ul>
1.55 aaron 277: <li>on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
1.66 jason 278: (this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
1.119 miod 279: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audioamd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audioamd</a>)
280: <li>SUNW,CS4231 16-bit audio chips found on SPARCstation 4/5
1.129 miod 281: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audiocs</a>)
1.19 johns 282: </ul>
283:
1.119 miod 284: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 285: <ul>
1.111 miod 286: <li>SBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
1.19 johns 287: <ul>
1.118 jufi 288: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
289: <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 290: <br>The cgthree driver also supports the cgRDI, an onboard
1.119 miod 291: cgthree-like frame buffer found in some laptops.
1.118 jufi 292: <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 293: <br>This should work with most faithful emulations/clones of the
294: SBus cgsix.
1.118 jufi 295: <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)
296: <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 297: <li>Fujitsu AG-10e
298: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=agten">agten</a>)
299: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
1.136 miod 300: mode)
1.127 miod 301: <li>Parallax XVideo and PowerVideo
302: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tvtwo">tvtwo</a>)
303: - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware
1.136 miod 304: acceleration)
1.150 miod 305: <li>RasterFlex family
306: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=rfx">rfx</a>)
307: - 8/24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
308: mode)
1.138 miod 309: <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>)
310: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
311: mode)
1.118 jufi 312: <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 313: <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 314: <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 315: <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 316: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=zx">ZX</a>
317: (aka <i>Leo</i>) - 8 or 24-bit color, overlay planes,
1.131 miod 318: double-buffered, 3-D acceleration <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 319: </ul>
320:
1.119 miod 321: <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 322:
1.119 miod 323: <li>P4 video (4/100 and 4/300):
1.19 johns 324: <ul>
1.118 jufi 325: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
326: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
327: <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
328: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
329: <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 330: </ul>
331:
1.119 miod 332: <li>VME video (sun4):
1.19 johns 333: <ul>
1.118 jufi 334: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgtwo&sektion=4">cgtwo</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
335: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
336: <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 337: </ul>
338: </ul>
339:
1.119 miod 340: <li><strong>Ethernet adapters</strong>
1.19 johns 341: <ul>
1.118 jufi 342: <li>on-board AMD Lance Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
343: <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 344: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance
345: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
346: and SCSI
347: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
1.118 jufi 348: <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>)
349: <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 350: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit qec+be found on Sun FastEthernet cards (SUNW,501-2450)
1.118 jufi 351: (aka. Sun Fast Ethernet 1.x) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=be&sektion=4">be</a>)
352: <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>)
353: <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>)
354: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
355: <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>)
356: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.107 deraadt 357: <li>SBus Quad 10/100Mbit hme and qfe Ethernet cards
1.118 jufi 358: (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>)
359: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.193 deraadt 360: <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>)
361: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
362: <li>SBus Gigabit Ethernet 2.0 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
363: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 364: </ul>
365:
1.119 miod 366: <li><strong>SCSI controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 367: <ul>
1.196 miod 368: <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 369: <li>SBus SCSI controllers (Also works with several 3rd party
1.118 jufi 370: compatible boards) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
371: <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 372: <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>)
373: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.118 jufi 374: <li>VME "SUN-3"/"si" SCSI controller (interrupt driven DMA) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=si&sektion=4">si</a>)
375: <li>4/110 "SCSI Weird" on-board controller (polled DMA) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=sw&sektion=4">sw</a>)
376: <li>QSP/ISP SCSI controllers (i.e. "PTI,ptisp", "ptisp", "SUNW,isp" and "QLGC,isp") (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=isp&sektion=4">isp</a>)
1.19 johns 377: </ul>
378:
1.119 miod 379: <li><strong>SMD and other disk controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 380: <ul>
1.118 jufi 381: <li>Xylogics 7053 VME SMD disk controller (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xd&sektion=4">xd</a>)
382: <li>Xylogics 450/451 VME SMD disk controller (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xy&sektion=4">xy</a>)
1.19 johns 383: </ul>
384:
1.144 miod 385: <li><strong>PC Cards (PCMCIA)</strong>
386: <ul>
387: <li>PCMCIA Controllers:
388: <ul>
1.156 mickey 389: <li>SBus PCMCIA bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stp&arch=sparc&sektion=4">stp</a>)
390: <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 391: </ul>
1.188 jsg 392: <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>)
393: <li>NE2000 based Ethernet Adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ne&arch=sparc&sektion=4">ne</a>)
394: <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 395: </ul>
396:
1.119 miod 397: <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong>
1.65 jason 398: <ul>
1.118 jufi 399: <li>SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xbox&sektion=4">xbox</a>)
400: <li>Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=fga&sektion=4">fga</a>)
401: <li>Force system configuration registers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=scf&sektion=4">scf</a>)
402: <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 403: <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 404: <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 405: </ul>
1.3 fn 406: </ul>
1.196 miod 407: <font color="#e00000">*</font> Not supported in sun4c and sun4e class machines
408: due to PROM limitations.
1.144 miod 409: <br>
1.119 miod 410:
411: <p>
412: <h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 413:
1.119 miod 414: <p>
1.3 fn 415: <ul>
1.129 miod 416: <li>sun4: 4/400 (lacks support for the I/O cache, and has ethernet problems)
1.119 miod 417: <li>sun4d machines:
418: <ul>
419: <li>SPARC Server 1000</li>
420: <li>SPARC Center 2000</li>
421: </ul>
1.129 miod 422: These machines use XD-Bus instead of M-Bus for their CPUs, which is not
423: supported yet.
1.119 miod 424: <li>JavaStation-NC (lacks support for this machine's PCI bus)
1.164 miod 425: <li>sun4u: UltraSPARC 64-bit machines. Most of these are supported in the
1.97 miod 426: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> port.
1.129 miod 427: <li>Solbourne machines: these machines are quite different, and some are
1.166 jsg 428: plagued by processor bugs. Some of them are covered by the
429: <a href="solbourne.html">OpenBSD/solbourne</a> port.
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:
434: <p>
435: <h4>Unsupported Devices</h4>
436:
437: <p>
438: First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
439: A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
440: </p>
1.19 johns 441:
1.119 miod 442: <p>
1.3 fn 443: <ul>
1.119 miod 444: <li><strong>Serial Cards</strong>
1.19 johns 445: <ul>
1.50 jason 446: <li> VME mti 16-port serial card
447: <li> VME alm2 16-port serial card
1.111 miod 448: <li> VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8-port)
1.19 johns 449: </ul>
450:
1.196 miod 451: <li><strong>Disk and Tape Controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 452: <ul>
1.50 jason 453: <li> VME "sc" SCSI controller
454: <li> VME IPI controller
1.196 miod 455: <li> VME "xt" Tape controller
1.19 johns 456: </ul>
457:
1.119 miod 458: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 459: <ul>
1.50 jason 460: <li> VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
461: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
462: <li> VME cgnine, 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
463: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
464: <li> VME GP/GP2 Graphics Processor (drives a cgfive or cgnine)
465: <li> SBus cgeight 24-bit color, unaccelerated
466: (note: SBus cgeight is quite different from VME/P4 cgeight)
467: <li> SBus GT, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
468: 3-D acceleration (aka Graphics Tower)
469: </ul>
470:
1.74 deraadt 471: <li><strong>On-board Audio and ISDN</strong><br>
1.119 miod 472: This is present on some sun4m systems (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20).
473:
1.74 deraadt 474: <li><strong>Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems</strong><br>
1.119 miod 475: OpenBSD will sometimes not boot on some machines with multiple processors.
476: If this is the case, the extra CPUs must be removed.
477:
1.111 miod 478: <li><strong>SBus SUNW,bpp (parallel port)</strong><br>
1.119 miod 479: A driver exists in the source tree, but it does not work. None of the
480: developers have printers or cables to work with, to make it work, but
481: we really would prefer to receive a fixed driver.
482:
483: <li><strong>SBus FDDI cards</strong>
484:
1.121 miod 485: <li><strong>SBus cards other than those listed above...</strong>
1.3 fn 486: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 487:
1.3 fn 488: <hr>
1.214 bentley 489:
490: <h3 id="hwdocs"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
1.185 deraadt 491:
492: Previous to 2007, it was extremely difficult or impossible to get much of
1.186 sthen 493: the necessary hardware documentation for these machines. Members of our
1.185 deraadt 494: team (in particular David Gwynne) were instrumental in pressuring and
495: convincing Sun to go back into their archives and dig up the data sheets
496: that they had written in-house, describing the operation of their chips to
497: their own engineers. These documents can now be found at
1.207 landry 498: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20111209011516/http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home">
1.185 deraadt 499: http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home</a>.
500: Some documents are still missing at that site, so we ask that interested
501: developers contact Sun and request additional information.
502: <p>
503:
504: <hr>
1.214 bentley 505:
506: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.122 miod 507: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc:</strong>
508: </font></h3>
509:
510: <p>
511: The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc release is
1.215 nick 512: <a href="57.html">OpenBSD 5.7</a>.
1.122 miod 513: Here are the
1.215 nick 514: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
515: OpenBSD/sparc 5.7 installation instructions
1.122 miod 516: </a>.
517: </p>
518:
519: <p>
520: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.205 sthen 521: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc">this location</a>
1.122 miod 522: as well as in a few
523: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
524: Here are the
1.205 sthen 525: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.122 miod 526: OpenBSD/sparc snapshot installation instructions
527: </a> as well.
528: </p>
529:
530: <p>
531: There are several installation media provided, so that
1.196 miod 532: OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via CD and floppy boot images on
1.122 miod 533: sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
1.196 miod 534: (such as sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
1.122 miod 535: <ul>
536: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
537: <p>
1.126 jufi 538: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a GENERIC kernel with
1.167 jsg 539: drivers for all supported devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 540: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.212 nick 541: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/GENERIC?rev=HEAD">GENERIC</a>
1.122 miod 542: kernel configuration file.
543: The CD can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
544: <pre>
1.216 nick 545: boot cdrom 5.7/sparc/bsd.rd
1.122 miod 546: </pre>
1.148 david 547: </li>
1.216 nick 548: <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy57.fs)
1.122 miod 549: <p>
550: Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
1.167 jsg 551: containing drivers for the most popular devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 552: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.212 nick 553: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.122 miod 554: kernel configuration file.
555: The floppy can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
556: <pre>
557: boot floppy
558: </pre>
1.148 david 559: </li>
1.216 nick 560: <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot57.fs)
1.122 miod 561: <p>
562: The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
563: and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
564: installed on the machine.
565: After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
566: miniroot can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with a command such as
567: <pre>
568: boot disk:b
569: </pre>
570: (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
571: partition).
1.148 david 572: <p>
573: </li>
1.122 miod 574: <li><strong>Netboot</strong> (boot.net, bsd.rd)
575: <p>
576: Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc
577: boot loader, <tt>boot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
578: the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
579: Refer to the
580: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
581: manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
582: </p></li>
583: </ul>
1.3 fn 584:
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