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15: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 16:
1.3 fn 17: <hr>
1.50 jason 18:
19: <p>
20: OpenBSD/sparc runs on most of the 32bit Sun SPARC workstations, including
1.196 miod 21: the sun4, sun4c, sun4e and sun4m architecture families
1.119 miod 22: (but not the 64bit UltraSPARC computers, which are supported by
1.106 jason 23: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>).
1.119 miod 24: </p>
25:
26: <p>
27: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sparc and OpenBSD/sparc64 ports is
28: available at <u><font color="#23238e">sparc@openbsd.org</font></u>.
29: To join the OpenBSD/sparc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
30: sparc"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
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34:
1.214 bentley 35: <h3 id="toc"><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 downsj 36: <p>
37: <ul>
1.123 jufi 38: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.119 miod 39: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
1.154 nick 40: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.185 deraadt 41: <li><a href="#hwdocs">Hardware documentation</a>
1.119 miod 42: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc</a>
1.29 downsj 43: </ul>
44:
45: <hr>
1.214 bentley 46:
47: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 48:
49: <p>
1.126 jufi 50: The original 4.4BSD port was done by Chris Torek as a contract to
1.50 jason 51: LBL. The code was released by Chris in mid-1993, and Theo de Raadt
1.1 deraadt 52: worked it into shape for the NetBSD tree. Theo and Markus Wild worked
53: on improving Chris' original SunOS compatibility code into a highly
54: complete and reliable emulation. Chuck Cranor ported the sun4c code to
1.119 miod 55: the 8KB pagesize sun4 architecture, and Theo merged this code in a
1.1 deraadt 56: way that would allow the same kernel and programs to run on either
1.64 jason 57: sun4c or sun4 machines (unlike Sun's separate kernel environments).
1.1 deraadt 58: This last change also required a rewrite of the device configuration
1.25 johns 59: code. Just after the NetBSD/sparc 1.0 release, Peter Galbavy wrote an
1.154 nick 60: ESP SCSI device driver as a replacement for Chris' sparc-specific SCSI
1.119 miod 61: code.
1.3 fn 62: </p>
1.1 deraadt 63:
64: <p>
65: At this point a conflict emerged between Theo and the other people he
66: started the NetBSD project with, and Theo was forced by the core group
67: to resign from NetBSD. After Theo left NetBSD, a few people in the
68: NetBSD group did some other things for the port: Paul Kranenburg
69: ported a floppy driver and started writing support for the 4/400.
70: Chuck spent many long hours working on the ie, xy, xd device drivers.
1.3 fn 71: </p>
1.1 deraadt 72:
73: <p>
74: Theo continued working independently, and made a number of additions:
1.119 miod 75: P4 support, flexible boot strategy, a few graphics drivers with the help
76: from John Stone, and masses of bug fixes.
1.3 fn 77: </p>
1.1 deraadt 78:
79: <p>
1.25 johns 80: Work on porting OpenBSD/sparc to the sun4m platform was started by Theo,
1.36 todd 81: but tendinitis problems with his wrists and the problems with the NetBSD
1.119 miod 82: core combined made him stop this work. The initial sun4m work was passed
1.7 deraadt 83: to Aaron Brown of Harvard, who was paid out of Margo Seltzer's research
1.119 miod 84: funds. This initial stuff consisted mostly of a few attempts at building
1.8 deraadt 85: pmap structure that could support all 3 MMU types efficiently. Also,
1.119 miod 86: David Miller of the UltraLinux project got a little bit involved.
1.7 deraadt 87: </p>
88:
89: <p>
1.27 downsj 90: Theo and Jason Downs merged the NetBSD sparc code back into OpenBSD, making
1.50 jason 91: OpenBSD/sparc usable again. Jason Wright wrote a few new SBus Ethernet
1.119 miod 92: drivers with information from the UltraLinux project and has merged a few bits
1.50 jason 93: from NetBSD sources to improve the stability of this architecture.
1.119 miod 94: Over the time, Art Grabowski fixed various stability or reliability issues,
95: and added non-executable stack and heap on sun4m machines.
96: The frame buffer and console code was completely overhauled for OpenBSD 3.2,
97: improving display speed with some frame buffers, and supporting more cards.
1.50 jason 98: </p>
99:
100: <p>
101: And work continues...
1.3 fn 102: </p>
1.1 deraadt 103:
1.28 downsj 104: <hr>
1.214 bentley 105:
106: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
1.28 downsj 107:
1.1 deraadt 108: <p>
1.119 miod 109: Currently, all the hardware listed in the
1.154 nick 110: <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section below boots
1.119 miod 111: multi-user, and supports enough (if not all) of the on-board devices to
1.153 pedro 112: be generally usable.
1.129 miod 113: A growing set of third-party SBus cards are also supported.
1.50 jason 114: </p>
115:
116: <p>
1.169 matthieu 117: The X Window System works on all supported frame buffers, including
1.119 miod 118: multi-head configurations.
119: No accelerated server is provided at the moment, although this is being
120: worked on.
1.6 downsj 121: </p>
122:
123: <p>
1.25 johns 124: An important note about OpenBSD/sparc is that it is designed so that
1.167 jsg 125: a single kernel can run on <b>ALL SUPPORTED</b> SPARC machines. Whereas
1.92 jufi 126: SunOS and Solaris have always had separate `kernel architectures', i.e. sun4,
1.196 miod 127: sun4c, sun4e and sun4m, the same `GENERIC' OpenBSD kernel will run on all the
1.26 downsj 128: supported models.
1.15 grr 129: </p>
130:
131: <p>
1.50 jason 132: Most of the problems with OpenBSD/sparc are believed to stem from the wide
1.167 jsg 133: variety of SPARC processor and cache implementations along with their
1.161 jsg 134: undocumented bugs, rather than general kernel problems.
1.15 grr 135: Feedback on which models do and do not work reliably is
1.77 deraadt 136: appreciated, particularly with newer models or upgrades.
1.15 grr 137: </p>
1.3 fn 138:
139: <hr>
1.214 bentley 140:
141: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 142:
1.22 johns 143: <p>
1.119 miod 144: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 145:
1.119 miod 146: <p>
1.3 fn 147: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 148: <li> sun4: the VME series
149: <ul>
1.167 jsg 150: <li>4/100: Original SPARC with VME. Many hardware bugs.
1.70 deraadt 151: <li>4/200: A fairly decent VME-only machine
152: <li>4/300: a 25MHz VME machine with many devices built onto the main board.
1.85 miod 153: In other respects, it is quite similar to the SS1+.
1.70 deraadt 154: </ul>
1.119 miod 155:
1.70 deraadt 156: <li> sun4c:
157: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 158: <li>SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c.
159: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
160: in some of the slots).
161: <li>SS1+: 25MHz version of the above.
162: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
163: in some of the slots).
1.95 miod 164: <li>IPC: SS1+ in a cube, with bwtwo graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 165: <li>SLC: SS1+ built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 166: <li>SS2: 40MHz version of the SS1
167: <li>IPX: SS2 in a cube, with cgsix graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 168: <li>ELC: SS2-performance built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 169: </ul>
1.119 miod 170:
1.197 jasper 171: <li> sun4e:
1.196 miod 172: <ul>
173: <li>SPARCengine 1e: a 6U VME cross between a sun4 and a sun4c,
174: similar to a Sun 4/300 with an OpenPROM interface.
175: </ul>
176:
1.70 deraadt 177: <li> sun4m:
178: <ul>
1.119 miod 179: <li>600MP: The original Sun4m machine.
180: This is a <a href="#mbus">mbus</a> machine with SBus and VME buses.
1.73 deraadt 181: <li>LC: 50MHz MicroSPARC-1 based machines (aka Classic)
1.70 deraadt 182: <li>LX: LC with a few more devices
1.75 deraadt 183: <li>SS4: Reduced cost version of the SS5, available at 70MHz and 110MHz
1.77 deraadt 184: <li>SS5: MicroSPARC-2 based machines available in 60, 70, 85,
185: and 110 MHz versions
1.152 xsa 186: <li>SS5: TurboSPARC CPUs in accelerated SS5 machines, running at 170 MHz
1.118 jufi 187: <li>SS10: Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
188: <li>SS20: Improved Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
1.136 miod 189: <li>Sun Voyager
1.70 deraadt 190: </ul>
1.119 miod 191: </ul>
1.73 deraadt 192:
1.70 deraadt 193: <p>
1.192 jasper 194: The following SPARC clones are also supported (non exhaustive list):
1.119 miod 195: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 196: <li>Aries Research Inc, Parrot II (SS2 clone)
1.84 art 197: <li>Axil 243 and 245 (and possibly other models) (SS5 clones)
1.89 art 198: <li>Axil 320 (SS20 clone)
1.134 miod 199: <li>CPU5V: VME card by Force Computer (sun4m)
200: <li>DTKstation/Classic+
201: <li>Fujitsu S-4/Leia2 (MicroSPARC-2 laptop)
202: <li>Goldstar GWS-40 (SS2 clone)
1.73 deraadt 203: <li>Opus 5000 (SS1 clone)
204: <li>Opus 5250 (SS1 clone)
1.199 miod 205: <li>RDI BriteLite
206: <li>RDI PowerLite: sun4m models, available at 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
1.192 jasper 207: <li>Solair WS19L (SS10 clone)
1.142 miod 208: <li>SPARCbook 3, 3GS, 3GX, 3TX and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2 laptops)
1.111 miod 209: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
1.73 deraadt 210: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
1.134 miod 211: <li>Tatung TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone)
1.73 deraadt 212: <li>Transtec SS5/170
1.3 fn 213: </ul>
1.50 jason 214:
1.119 miod 215: <p>
1.50 jason 216: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
217:
1.119 miod 218: <p>
219: This list of devices basically declares that any ``stock'' sun4c or sun4m
1.129 miod 220: ``SPARCstation'' or ``SPARCserver'' machine will probably work; for sun4
1.196 miod 221: and sun4e machines one must be more careful.
1.119 miod 222: </p>
1.50 jason 223:
1.214 bentley 224: <ul id="mbus">
1.119 miod 225: <li><strong>Mbus CPU modules</strong>
1.71 deraadt 226: <ul>
1.119 miod 227: <li>SM30: 30 or 36 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
228: <li>SM40: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
229: <li>SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
230: <li>SM50: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
231: <li>SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
232: <li>SM51-2: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
233: <li>SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
234: <li>SM61-2: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
235: <li>SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
236: <li>SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
237: <li>SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
1.135 miod 238: <li>SM100: dual 40 MHz Cypress 7C605 with 64KB of primary cache
1.167 jsg 239: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 90MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
240: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 125MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
241: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 150MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
242: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 166MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
243: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 180MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
1.71 deraadt 244: </ul>
245:
1.119 miod 246: <li><strong>Sun keyboard and mouse</strong>
1.50 jason 247: <ul>
1.119 miod 248: <li>Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
249: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zskbd</a>)
1.50 jason 250: </ul>
1.19 johns 251:
1.119 miod 252: <li><strong>Floppy drives</strong>
1.19 johns 253: <ul>
1.119 miod 254: <li>sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
255: <!-- (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">fd</a>) -->
1.19 johns 256: </ul>
257:
1.119 miod 258: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.19 johns 259: <ul>
1.119 miod 260: <li>ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports
261: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
262: (can be used as console if needed)
263: <li>4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
264: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
265: <li>SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp,
266: 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, and 2+1HS Sp.
267: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc">magma</a>)
268: <li>SBus Serial/Parallel Interfaces (SUNW,spif, 501-1931)
269: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc">spif</a>)
1.19 johns 270: </ul>
271:
1.119 miod 272: <li><strong>Audio support</strong>
1.19 johns 273: <ul>
1.55 aaron 274: <li>on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
1.66 jason 275: (this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
1.119 miod 276: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audioamd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audioamd</a>)
277: <li>SUNW,CS4231 16-bit audio chips found on SPARCstation 4/5
1.129 miod 278: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audiocs</a>)
1.19 johns 279: </ul>
280:
1.119 miod 281: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 282: <ul>
1.111 miod 283: <li>SBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
1.19 johns 284: <ul>
1.118 jufi 285: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
286: <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 287: <br>The cgthree driver also supports the cgRDI, an onboard
1.119 miod 288: cgthree-like frame buffer found in some laptops.
1.118 jufi 289: <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 290: <br>This should work with most faithful emulations/clones of the
291: SBus cgsix.
1.118 jufi 292: <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)
293: <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 294: <li>Fujitsu AG-10e
295: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=agten">agten</a>)
296: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
1.136 miod 297: mode)
1.127 miod 298: <li>Parallax XVideo and PowerVideo
299: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tvtwo">tvtwo</a>)
300: - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware
1.136 miod 301: acceleration)
1.150 miod 302: <li>RasterFlex family
303: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=rfx">rfx</a>)
304: - 8/24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
305: mode)
1.138 miod 306: <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>)
307: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
308: mode)
1.118 jufi 309: <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 310: <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 311: <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 312: <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 313: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=zx">ZX</a>
314: (aka <i>Leo</i>) - 8 or 24-bit color, overlay planes,
1.131 miod 315: double-buffered, 3-D acceleration <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 316: </ul>
317:
1.119 miod 318: <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 319:
1.119 miod 320: <li>P4 video (4/100 and 4/300):
1.19 johns 321: <ul>
1.118 jufi 322: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
323: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
324: <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
325: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
326: <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 327: </ul>
328:
1.119 miod 329: <li>VME video (sun4):
1.19 johns 330: <ul>
1.118 jufi 331: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgtwo&sektion=4">cgtwo</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
332: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
333: <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 334: </ul>
335: </ul>
336:
1.119 miod 337: <li><strong>Ethernet adapters</strong>
1.19 johns 338: <ul>
1.118 jufi 339: <li>on-board AMD Lance Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
340: <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 341: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance
342: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
343: and SCSI
344: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
1.118 jufi 345: <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>)
346: <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 347: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit qec+be found on Sun FastEthernet cards (SUNW,501-2450)
1.118 jufi 348: (aka. Sun Fast Ethernet 1.x) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=be&sektion=4">be</a>)
349: <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>)
350: <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>)
351: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
352: <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>)
353: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.107 deraadt 354: <li>SBus Quad 10/100Mbit hme and qfe Ethernet cards
1.118 jufi 355: (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>)
356: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.193 deraadt 357: <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>)
358: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
359: <li>SBus Gigabit Ethernet 2.0 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
360: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 361: </ul>
362:
1.119 miod 363: <li><strong>SCSI controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 364: <ul>
1.196 miod 365: <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 366: <li>SBus SCSI controllers (Also works with several 3rd party
1.118 jufi 367: compatible boards) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
368: <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 369: <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>)
370: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.118 jufi 371: <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>)
372: <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>)
373: <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 374: </ul>
375:
1.119 miod 376: <li><strong>SMD and other disk controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 377: <ul>
1.118 jufi 378: <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>)
379: <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 380: </ul>
381:
1.144 miod 382: <li><strong>PC Cards (PCMCIA)</strong>
383: <ul>
384: <li>PCMCIA Controllers:
385: <ul>
1.156 mickey 386: <li>SBus PCMCIA bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stp&arch=sparc&sektion=4">stp</a>)
387: <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 388: </ul>
1.188 jsg 389: <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>)
390: <li>NE2000 based Ethernet Adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ne&arch=sparc&sektion=4">ne</a>)
391: <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 392: </ul>
393:
1.119 miod 394: <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong>
1.65 jason 395: <ul>
1.118 jufi 396: <li>SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=xbox&sektion=4">xbox</a>)
397: <li>Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=fga&sektion=4">fga</a>)
398: <li>Force system configuration registers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc&query=scf&sektion=4">scf</a>)
399: <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 400: <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 401: <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 402: </ul>
1.3 fn 403: </ul>
1.196 miod 404: <font color="#e00000">*</font> Not supported in sun4c and sun4e class machines
405: due to PROM limitations.
1.144 miod 406: <br>
1.119 miod 407:
408: <p>
409: <h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 410:
1.119 miod 411: <p>
1.3 fn 412: <ul>
1.129 miod 413: <li>sun4: 4/400 (lacks support for the I/O cache, and has ethernet problems)
1.119 miod 414: <li>sun4d machines:
415: <ul>
416: <li>SPARC Server 1000</li>
417: <li>SPARC Center 2000</li>
418: </ul>
1.129 miod 419: These machines use XD-Bus instead of M-Bus for their CPUs, which is not
420: supported yet.
1.119 miod 421: <li>JavaStation-NC (lacks support for this machine's PCI bus)
1.164 miod 422: <li>sun4u: UltraSPARC 64-bit machines. Most of these are supported in the
1.97 miod 423: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> port.
1.129 miod 424: <li>Solbourne machines: these machines are quite different, and some are
1.166 jsg 425: plagued by processor bugs. Some of them are covered by the
426: <a href="solbourne.html">OpenBSD/solbourne</a> port.
1.135 miod 427: <li>Tadpole SPARCbook 1, LC and 2: these machines use quite unusual components,
428: and do not have a Sun-compatible PROM.
1.3 fn 429: </ul>
1.119 miod 430:
431: <p>
432: <h4>Unsupported Devices</h4>
433:
434: <p>
435: First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
436: A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
437: </p>
1.19 johns 438:
1.119 miod 439: <p>
1.3 fn 440: <ul>
1.119 miod 441: <li><strong>Serial Cards</strong>
1.19 johns 442: <ul>
1.50 jason 443: <li> VME mti 16-port serial card
444: <li> VME alm2 16-port serial card
1.111 miod 445: <li> VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8-port)
1.19 johns 446: </ul>
447:
1.196 miod 448: <li><strong>Disk and Tape Controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 449: <ul>
1.50 jason 450: <li> VME "sc" SCSI controller
451: <li> VME IPI controller
1.196 miod 452: <li> VME "xt" Tape controller
1.19 johns 453: </ul>
454:
1.119 miod 455: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 456: <ul>
1.50 jason 457: <li> VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
458: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
459: <li> VME cgnine, 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
460: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
461: <li> VME GP/GP2 Graphics Processor (drives a cgfive or cgnine)
462: <li> SBus cgeight 24-bit color, unaccelerated
463: (note: SBus cgeight is quite different from VME/P4 cgeight)
464: <li> SBus GT, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
465: 3-D acceleration (aka Graphics Tower)
466: </ul>
467:
1.74 deraadt 468: <li><strong>On-board Audio and ISDN</strong><br>
1.119 miod 469: This is present on some sun4m systems (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20).
470:
1.74 deraadt 471: <li><strong>Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems</strong><br>
1.119 miod 472: OpenBSD will sometimes not boot on some machines with multiple processors.
473: If this is the case, the extra CPUs must be removed.
474:
1.111 miod 475: <li><strong>SBus SUNW,bpp (parallel port)</strong><br>
1.119 miod 476: A driver exists in the source tree, but it does not work. None of the
477: developers have printers or cables to work with, to make it work, but
478: we really would prefer to receive a fixed driver.
479:
480: <li><strong>SBus FDDI cards</strong>
481:
1.121 miod 482: <li><strong>SBus cards other than those listed above...</strong>
1.3 fn 483: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 484:
1.3 fn 485: <hr>
1.214 bentley 486:
487: <h3 id="hwdocs"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
1.185 deraadt 488:
489: Previous to 2007, it was extremely difficult or impossible to get much of
1.186 sthen 490: the necessary hardware documentation for these machines. Members of our
1.185 deraadt 491: team (in particular David Gwynne) were instrumental in pressuring and
492: convincing Sun to go back into their archives and dig up the data sheets
493: that they had written in-house, describing the operation of their chips to
494: their own engineers. These documents can now be found at
1.207 landry 495: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20111209011516/http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home">
1.185 deraadt 496: http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home</a>.
497: Some documents are still missing at that site, so we ask that interested
498: developers contact Sun and request additional information.
499: <p>
500:
501: <hr>
1.214 bentley 502:
503: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.122 miod 504: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc:</strong>
505: </font></h3>
506:
507: <p>
508: The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc release is
1.215 nick 509: <a href="57.html">OpenBSD 5.7</a>.
1.122 miod 510: Here are the
1.215 nick 511: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
512: OpenBSD/sparc 5.7 installation instructions
1.122 miod 513: </a>.
514: </p>
515:
516: <p>
517: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.205 sthen 518: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc">this location</a>
1.122 miod 519: as well as in a few
520: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
521: Here are the
1.205 sthen 522: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.122 miod 523: OpenBSD/sparc snapshot installation instructions
524: </a> as well.
525: </p>
526:
527: <p>
528: There are several installation media provided, so that
1.196 miod 529: OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via CD and floppy boot images on
1.122 miod 530: sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
1.196 miod 531: (such as sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
1.122 miod 532: <ul>
533: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
534: <p>
1.126 jufi 535: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a GENERIC kernel with
1.167 jsg 536: drivers for all supported devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 537: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.212 nick 538: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/GENERIC?rev=HEAD">GENERIC</a>
1.122 miod 539: kernel configuration file.
540: The CD can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
541: <pre>
1.216 nick 542: boot cdrom 5.7/sparc/bsd.rd
1.122 miod 543: </pre>
1.148 david 544: </li>
1.216 nick 545: <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy57.fs)
1.122 miod 546: <p>
547: Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
1.167 jsg 548: containing drivers for the most popular devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 549: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.212 nick 550: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.122 miod 551: kernel configuration file.
552: The floppy can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
553: <pre>
554: boot floppy
555: </pre>
1.148 david 556: </li>
1.216 nick 557: <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot57.fs)
1.122 miod 558: <p>
559: The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
560: and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
561: installed on the machine.
562: After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
563: miniroot can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with a command such as
564: <pre>
565: boot disk:b
566: </pre>
567: (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
568: partition).
1.148 david 569: <p>
570: </li>
1.122 miod 571: <li><strong>Netboot</strong> (boot.net, bsd.rd)
572: <p>
573: Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc
574: boot loader, <tt>boot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
575: the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
576: Refer to the
577: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
578: manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
579: </p></li>
580: </ul>
1.3 fn 581:
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