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18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
19: <font color="#e00000">sparc</font>
20: </h2>
1.3 fn 21: <hr>
1.225 tb 22: <p>
1.50 jason 23:
24: OpenBSD/sparc runs on most of the 32bit Sun SPARC workstations, including
1.196 miod 25: the sun4, sun4c, sun4e and sun4m architecture families
1.119 miod 26: (but not the 64bit UltraSPARC computers, which are supported by
1.106 jason 27: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>).
1.224 deraadt 28: <p>
1.119 miod 29:
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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1.29 downsj 36:
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1.29 downsj 38: <hr>
1.214 bentley 39:
40: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 41:
42: <p>
1.126 jufi 43: The original 4.4BSD port was done by Chris Torek as a contract to
1.50 jason 44: LBL. The code was released by Chris in mid-1993, and Theo de Raadt
1.1 deraadt 45: worked it into shape for the NetBSD tree. Theo and Markus Wild worked
46: on improving Chris' original SunOS compatibility code into a highly
47: complete and reliable emulation. Chuck Cranor ported the sun4c code to
1.119 miod 48: the 8KB pagesize sun4 architecture, and Theo merged this code in a
1.1 deraadt 49: way that would allow the same kernel and programs to run on either
1.64 jason 50: sun4c or sun4 machines (unlike Sun's separate kernel environments).
1.1 deraadt 51: This last change also required a rewrite of the device configuration
1.25 johns 52: code. Just after the NetBSD/sparc 1.0 release, Peter Galbavy wrote an
1.154 nick 53: ESP SCSI device driver as a replacement for Chris' sparc-specific SCSI
1.119 miod 54: code.
1.3 fn 55: </p>
1.1 deraadt 56:
57: <p>
58: At this point a conflict emerged between Theo and the other people he
59: started the NetBSD project with, and Theo was forced by the core group
60: to resign from NetBSD. After Theo left NetBSD, a few people in the
61: NetBSD group did some other things for the port: Paul Kranenburg
62: ported a floppy driver and started writing support for the 4/400.
63: Chuck spent many long hours working on the ie, xy, xd device drivers.
1.3 fn 64: </p>
1.1 deraadt 65:
66: <p>
67: Theo continued working independently, and made a number of additions:
1.119 miod 68: P4 support, flexible boot strategy, a few graphics drivers with the help
69: from John Stone, and masses of bug fixes.
1.3 fn 70: </p>
1.1 deraadt 71:
72: <p>
1.25 johns 73: Work on porting OpenBSD/sparc to the sun4m platform was started by Theo,
1.36 todd 74: but tendinitis problems with his wrists and the problems with the NetBSD
1.119 miod 75: core combined made him stop this work. The initial sun4m work was passed
1.7 deraadt 76: to Aaron Brown of Harvard, who was paid out of Margo Seltzer's research
1.119 miod 77: funds. This initial stuff consisted mostly of a few attempts at building
1.8 deraadt 78: pmap structure that could support all 3 MMU types efficiently. Also,
1.119 miod 79: David Miller of the UltraLinux project got a little bit involved.
1.7 deraadt 80: </p>
81:
82: <p>
1.27 downsj 83: Theo and Jason Downs merged the NetBSD sparc code back into OpenBSD, making
1.50 jason 84: OpenBSD/sparc usable again. Jason Wright wrote a few new SBus Ethernet
1.119 miod 85: drivers with information from the UltraLinux project and has merged a few bits
1.50 jason 86: from NetBSD sources to improve the stability of this architecture.
1.119 miod 87: Over the time, Art Grabowski fixed various stability or reliability issues,
88: and added non-executable stack and heap on sun4m machines.
89: The frame buffer and console code was completely overhauled for OpenBSD 3.2,
90: improving display speed with some frame buffers, and supporting more cards.
1.50 jason 91: </p>
92:
93: <p>
94: And work continues...
1.3 fn 95: </p>
1.1 deraadt 96:
1.28 downsj 97: <hr>
1.214 bentley 98:
99: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
1.28 downsj 100:
1.1 deraadt 101: <p>
1.119 miod 102: Currently, all the hardware listed in the
1.154 nick 103: <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section below boots
1.119 miod 104: multi-user, and supports enough (if not all) of the on-board devices to
1.153 pedro 105: be generally usable.
1.129 miod 106: A growing set of third-party SBus cards are also supported.
1.50 jason 107: </p>
108:
109: <p>
1.169 matthieu 110: The X Window System works on all supported frame buffers, including
1.119 miod 111: multi-head configurations.
112: No accelerated server is provided at the moment, although this is being
113: worked on.
1.6 downsj 114: </p>
115:
116: <p>
1.25 johns 117: An important note about OpenBSD/sparc is that it is designed so that
1.167 jsg 118: a single kernel can run on <b>ALL SUPPORTED</b> SPARC machines. Whereas
1.92 jufi 119: SunOS and Solaris have always had separate `kernel architectures', i.e. sun4,
1.196 miod 120: sun4c, sun4e and sun4m, the same `GENERIC' OpenBSD kernel will run on all the
1.26 downsj 121: supported models.
1.15 grr 122: </p>
123:
124: <p>
1.50 jason 125: Most of the problems with OpenBSD/sparc are believed to stem from the wide
1.167 jsg 126: variety of SPARC processor and cache implementations along with their
1.161 jsg 127: undocumented bugs, rather than general kernel problems.
1.15 grr 128: Feedback on which models do and do not work reliably is
1.77 deraadt 129: appreciated, particularly with newer models or upgrades.
1.15 grr 130: </p>
1.3 fn 131:
132: <hr>
1.214 bentley 133:
134: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.3 fn 135:
1.22 johns 136: <p>
1.119 miod 137: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 138:
1.119 miod 139: <p>
1.3 fn 140: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 141: <li> sun4: the VME series
142: <ul>
1.167 jsg 143: <li>4/100: Original SPARC with VME. Many hardware bugs.
1.70 deraadt 144: <li>4/200: A fairly decent VME-only machine
145: <li>4/300: a 25MHz VME machine with many devices built onto the main board.
1.85 miod 146: In other respects, it is quite similar to the SS1+.
1.70 deraadt 147: </ul>
1.119 miod 148:
1.70 deraadt 149: <li> sun4c:
150: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 151: <li>SS1: the original 20MHz sun4c.
152: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
153: in some of the slots).
154: <li>SS1+: 25MHz version of the above.
155: (Hardware limitations prevent SBus DMA peripherals from working
156: in some of the slots).
1.95 miod 157: <li>IPC: SS1+ in a cube, with bwtwo graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 158: <li>SLC: SS1+ built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 159: <li>SS2: 40MHz version of the SS1
160: <li>IPX: SS2 in a cube, with cgsix graphics builtin
1.79 rohee 161: <li>ELC: SS2-performance built into a B&W monitor
1.70 deraadt 162: </ul>
1.119 miod 163:
1.197 jasper 164: <li> sun4e:
1.196 miod 165: <ul>
166: <li>SPARCengine 1e: a 6U VME cross between a sun4 and a sun4c,
167: similar to a Sun 4/300 with an OpenPROM interface.
168: </ul>
169:
1.70 deraadt 170: <li> sun4m:
171: <ul>
1.119 miod 172: <li>600MP: The original Sun4m machine.
173: This is a <a href="#mbus">mbus</a> machine with SBus and VME buses.
1.73 deraadt 174: <li>LC: 50MHz MicroSPARC-1 based machines (aka Classic)
1.70 deraadt 175: <li>LX: LC with a few more devices
1.75 deraadt 176: <li>SS4: Reduced cost version of the SS5, available at 70MHz and 110MHz
1.77 deraadt 177: <li>SS5: MicroSPARC-2 based machines available in 60, 70, 85,
178: and 110 MHz versions
1.152 xsa 179: <li>SS5: TurboSPARC CPUs in accelerated SS5 machines, running at 170 MHz
1.118 jufi 180: <li>SS10: Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
181: <li>SS20: Improved Pizzabox <a href="#mbus">mbus</a>-based machine
1.136 miod 182: <li>Sun Voyager
1.70 deraadt 183: </ul>
1.119 miod 184: </ul>
1.73 deraadt 185:
1.70 deraadt 186: <p>
1.192 jasper 187: The following SPARC clones are also supported (non exhaustive list):
1.119 miod 188: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 189: <li>Aries Research Inc, Parrot II (SS2 clone)
1.84 art 190: <li>Axil 243 and 245 (and possibly other models) (SS5 clones)
1.89 art 191: <li>Axil 320 (SS20 clone)
1.134 miod 192: <li>CPU5V: VME card by Force Computer (sun4m)
193: <li>DTKstation/Classic+
194: <li>Fujitsu S-4/Leia2 (MicroSPARC-2 laptop)
195: <li>Goldstar GWS-40 (SS2 clone)
1.73 deraadt 196: <li>Opus 5000 (SS1 clone)
197: <li>Opus 5250 (SS1 clone)
1.199 miod 198: <li>RDI BriteLite
199: <li>RDI PowerLite: sun4m models, available at 50MHz, 85MHz, and 110MHz
1.192 jasper 200: <li>Solair WS19L (SS10 clone)
1.142 miod 201: <li>SPARCbook 3, 3GS, 3GX, 3TX and 3XP by Tadpole (MicroSPARC-2 laptops)
1.111 miod 202: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation 5 (SS5 clone)
1.73 deraadt 203: <li>Tatung micro COMPstation LX (LX clone)
1.134 miod 204: <li>Tatung TWS,SuperCOMPstation-20S (SS20 clone)
1.73 deraadt 205: <li>Transtec SS5/170
1.3 fn 206: </ul>
1.50 jason 207:
1.119 miod 208: <p>
1.50 jason 209: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
210:
1.119 miod 211: <p>
212: This list of devices basically declares that any ``stock'' sun4c or sun4m
1.129 miod 213: ``SPARCstation'' or ``SPARCserver'' machine will probably work; for sun4
1.196 miod 214: and sun4e machines one must be more careful.
1.119 miod 215: </p>
1.50 jason 216:
1.214 bentley 217: <ul id="mbus">
1.119 miod 218: <li><strong>Mbus CPU modules</strong>
1.71 deraadt 219: <ul>
1.119 miod 220: <li>SM30: 30 or 36 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
221: <li>SM40: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
222: <li>SM41: 40 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
223: <li>SM50: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with no secondary cache
224: <li>SM51: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
225: <li>SM51-2: 50 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
226: <li>SM61: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
227: <li>SM61-2: 60 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
228: <li>SM71: 75 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
229: <li>SM81: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 1MB of secondary cache
230: <li>SM81-2: 85 MHz SuperSPARC with 2MB of secondary cache
1.135 miod 231: <li>SM100: dual 40 MHz Cypress 7C605 with 64KB of primary cache
1.167 jsg 232: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 90MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
233: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 125MHz, with 256KB of primary cache
234: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 150MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
235: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 166MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
236: <li>Ross HyperSPARC RT620/RT625 at 180MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
1.71 deraadt 237: </ul>
238:
1.119 miod 239: <li><strong>Sun keyboard and mouse</strong>
1.50 jason 240: <ul>
1.119 miod 241: <li>Type 2, 3, 4, and 5 keyboards with several layouts
1.222 sthen 242: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zskbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zskbd</a>)
1.50 jason 243: </ul>
1.19 johns 244:
1.119 miod 245: <li><strong>Floppy drives</strong>
1.19 johns 246: <ul>
1.119 miod 247: <li>sun4c and sun4m floppy disk drive
1.222 sthen 248: <!-- (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=fd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">fd</a>) -->
1.19 johns 249: </ul>
250:
1.119 miod 251: <li><strong>Serial ports</strong>
1.19 johns 252: <ul>
1.119 miod 253: <li>ttya and ttyb on-board serial ports
1.222 sthen 254: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
1.119 miod 255: (can be used as console if needed)
256: <li>4/300 ttyc and ttyd on-board serial ports
1.222 sthen 257: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">zs</a>)
1.119 miod 258: <li>SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp,
259: 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, and 2+1HS Sp.
1.222 sthen 260: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc">magma</a>)
1.119 miod 261: <li>SBus Serial/Parallel Interfaces (SUNW,spif, 501-1931)
1.222 sthen 262: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc">spif</a>)
1.19 johns 263: </ul>
264:
1.119 miod 265: <li><strong>Audio support</strong>
1.19 johns 266: <ul>
1.55 aaron 267: <li>on-board audio support for systems with AMD79C30 8-bit audio chips
1.66 jason 268: (this includes sun4c models, SPARCclassic, and 600MP)
1.222 sthen 269: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=audioamd&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audioamd</a>)
1.119 miod 270: <li>SUNW,CS4231 16-bit audio chips found on SPARCstation 4/5
1.222 sthen 271: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc">audiocs</a>)
1.19 johns 272: </ul>
273:
1.119 miod 274: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 275: <ul>
1.111 miod 276: <li>SBus and sun4c/sun4m on-board video:
1.19 johns 277: <ul>
1.223 sthen 278: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
279: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
1.50 jason 280: <br>The cgthree driver also supports the cgRDI, an onboard
1.119 miod 281: cgthree-like frame buffer found in some laptops.
1.223 sthen 282: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=cgsix">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated (GX, GX+, TGX, TGX+)
1.50 jason 283: <br>This should work with most faithful emulations/clones of the
284: SBus cgsix.
1.223 sthen 285: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=cgtwelve">cgtwelve</a> - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware acceleration)
286: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?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 287: <li>Fujitsu AG-10e
1.223 sthen 288: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=agten">agten</a>)
1.128 miod 289: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
1.136 miod 290: mode)
1.127 miod 291: <li>Parallax XVideo and PowerVideo
1.223 sthen 292: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tvtwo">tvtwo</a>)
1.127 miod 293: - 24-bit color, accelerated (but the driver does not support hardware
1.136 miod 294: acceleration)
1.150 miod 295: <li>RasterFlex family
1.223 sthen 296: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=rfx">rfx</a>)
1.150 miod 297: - 8/24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
298: mode)
1.223 sthen 299: <li>Southland Media Systems MGX and MGXPlus (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=mgx">mgx</a>)
1.138 miod 300: - 24-bit color, accelerated (currently only supported in unaccelerated 8-bit
301: mode)
1.223 sthen 302: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=tcx">tcx</a> - 8 or 24-bit color, accelerated
303: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?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
304: <li>Weitek Power9000 (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=pninek">pninek</a>) - found in Tadpole SPARCbook 3 (8-bit color, accelerated)
305: <li>Weitek Power9100 (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=pnozz">pnozz</a>) - found in Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS, 3GX, 3TX and 3XP (8, 16 or 32-bit color, accelerated)
306: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&sektion=4&query=zx">ZX</a>
1.130 miod 307: (aka <i>Leo</i>) - 8 or 24-bit color, overlay planes,
1.131 miod 308: double-buffered, 3-D acceleration <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 309: </ul>
310:
1.223 sthen 311: <li>4/200 on-board <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a>
1.19 johns 312:
1.119 miod 313: <li>P4 video (4/100 and 4/300):
1.19 johns 314: <ul>
1.223 sthen 315: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=bwtwo&sektion=4">bwtwo</a> - black and white
316: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
317: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgfour&sektion=4">cgfour</a> - 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, unaccelerated
318: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
319: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgeight&sektion=4">cgeight</a> - 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, unaccelerated
1.19 johns 320: </ul>
321:
1.119 miod 322: <li>VME video (sun4):
1.19 johns 323: <ul>
1.223 sthen 324: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgtwo&sektion=4">cgtwo</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
325: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgthree&sektion=4">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated
326: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=cgsix&sektion=4">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, accelerated
1.19 johns 327: </ul>
328: </ul>
329:
1.119 miod 330: <li><strong>Ethernet adapters</strong>
1.19 johns 331: <ul>
1.223 sthen 332: <li>on-board AMD Lance Ethernet (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
333: <li>SBus AMD Lance Ethernet cards (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
1.119 miod 334: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance
1.223 sthen 335: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=le&sektion=4">le</a>)
1.119 miod 336: and SCSI
1.223 sthen 337: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
338: <li>on-board Intel 82586 Ethernet 4/100 and 4/200 (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=ie&sektion=4">ie</a>)
339: <li>VME Intel 82586 Ethernet cards (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=ie&sektion=4">ie</a>)
1.125 fgsch 340: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit qec+be found on Sun FastEthernet cards (SUNW,501-2450)
1.223 sthen 341: (aka. Sun Fast Ethernet 1.x) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=be&sektion=4">be</a>)
342: <li>SBus Quad 10Mbit qec+qe found on Sun Quad Ethernet cards (SUNW,501-2062) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=qe&sektion=4">qe</a>)
343: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit hme Ethernet cards (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=hme&sektion=4">hme</a>)
1.118 jufi 344: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.223 sthen 345: <li>SBus 10/100Mbit SunSwift SUNW,fas Ethernet+SCSI cards (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=hme&sektion=4">hme</a>)
1.118 jufi 346: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.107 deraadt 347: <li>SBus Quad 10/100Mbit hme and qfe Ethernet cards
1.223 sthen 348: (aka. Sun Quad Fast Ethernet 2.x) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=hme&sektion=4">hme</a>)
1.118 jufi 349: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.223 sthen 350: <li>SBus Gigabit Ethernet 1.0/1.1 (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=ti&sektion=4">ti</a>)
1.193 deraadt 351: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.223 sthen 352: <li>SBus Gigabit Ethernet 2.0 (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
1.193 deraadt 353: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
1.19 johns 354: </ul>
355:
1.119 miod 356: <li><strong>SCSI controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 357: <ul>
1.223 sthen 358: <li>on-board SCSI controller (sun4c, sun4e, sun4m, and 4/300) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
1.111 miod 359: <li>SBus SCSI controllers (Also works with several 3rd party
1.223 sthen 360: compatible boards) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
361: <li>SBus cards containing both AMD Lance and SCSI (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
362: <li>SBus SUNW,fas Ethernet+SCSI cards (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=esp&sektion=4">esp</a>)
363: <font color="#e00000">*</font>
364: <li>VME "SUN-3"/"si" SCSI controller (interrupt driven DMA) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=si&sektion=4">si</a>)
365: <li>4/110 "SCSI Weird" on-board controller (polled DMA) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=sw&sektion=4">sw</a>)
366: <li>QSP/ISP SCSI controllers (i.e. "PTI,ptisp", "ptisp", "SUNW,isp" and "QLGC,isp") (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=isp&sektion=4">isp</a>)
1.19 johns 367: </ul>
368:
1.119 miod 369: <li><strong>SMD and other disk controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 370: <ul>
1.223 sthen 371: <li>Xylogics 7053 VME SMD disk controller (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=xd&sektion=4">xd</a>)
372: <li>Xylogics 450/451 VME SMD disk controller (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=xy&sektion=4">xy</a>)
1.19 johns 373: </ul>
374:
1.144 miod 375: <li><strong>PC Cards (PCMCIA)</strong>
376: <ul>
377: <li>PCMCIA Controllers:
378: <ul>
1.222 sthen 379: <li>SBus PCMCIA bridge (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=stp&arch=sparc&sektion=4">stp</a>)
1.223 sthen 380: <li>Tadpole PCMCIA controller (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=tslot&arch=sparc&sektion=4">tslot</a>)
1.144 miod 381: </ul>
1.222 sthen 382: <li>WaveLAN/IEEE, PRISM 2-3, and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11b PCMCIA/Compact Flash adapters (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wi&arch=sparc&sektion=4">wi</a>)
383: <li>NE2000 based Ethernet Adapters (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ne&arch=sparc&sektion=4">ne</a>)
384: <li>3Com EtherLink (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ep&arch=sparc&sektion=4">ep</a>) LAN PC Cards
1.144 miod 385: </ul>
386:
1.119 miod 387: <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong>
1.65 jason 388: <ul>
1.223 sthen 389: <li>SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=xbox&sektion=4">xbox</a>)
390: <li>Force FGA5000 VME/SBus bridge (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=fga&sektion=4">fga</a>)
391: <li>Force system configuration registers (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=scf&sektion=4">scf</a>)
392: <li>Force flash memory (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=flash&sektion=4">flash</a>)
393: <li>Tadpole microcontroller (power/system control) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=tctrl&sektion=4">tctrl</a>)
394: <li>Prestoserve NVRAM SBus cards (limited support) (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?arch=sparc&query=presto&sektion=4">presto</a>)
1.65 jason 395: </ul>
1.3 fn 396: </ul>
1.196 miod 397: <font color="#e00000">*</font> Not supported in sun4c and sun4e class machines
398: due to PROM limitations.
1.144 miod 399: <br>
1.119 miod 400:
401: <p>
402: <h4>Unsupported machines</h4>
1.1 deraadt 403:
1.119 miod 404: <p>
1.3 fn 405: <ul>
1.129 miod 406: <li>sun4: 4/400 (lacks support for the I/O cache, and has ethernet problems)
1.119 miod 407: <li>sun4d machines:
408: <ul>
409: <li>SPARC Server 1000</li>
410: <li>SPARC Center 2000</li>
411: </ul>
1.129 miod 412: These machines use XD-Bus instead of M-Bus for their CPUs, which is not
413: supported yet.
1.119 miod 414: <li>JavaStation-NC (lacks support for this machine's PCI bus)
1.164 miod 415: <li>sun4u: UltraSPARC 64-bit machines. Most of these are supported in the
1.97 miod 416: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> port.
1.129 miod 417: <li>Solbourne machines: these machines are quite different, and some are
1.220 mmcc 418: plagued by processor bugs. Some of them were covered by the discontinued
1.166 jsg 419: <a href="solbourne.html">OpenBSD/solbourne</a> port.
1.135 miod 420: <li>Tadpole SPARCbook 1, LC and 2: these machines use quite unusual components,
421: and do not have a Sun-compatible PROM.
1.3 fn 422: </ul>
1.119 miod 423:
424: <p>
425: <h4>Unsupported Devices</h4>
426:
427: <p>
428: First of all, there are MANY unsupported devices.
429: A comprehensive list can probably not be written.
430: </p>
1.19 johns 431:
1.119 miod 432: <p>
1.3 fn 433: <ul>
1.119 miod 434: <li><strong>Serial Cards</strong>
1.19 johns 435: <ul>
1.50 jason 436: <li> VME mti 16-port serial card
437: <li> VME alm2 16-port serial card
1.111 miod 438: <li> VME mcp 4-port serial card (or is it 8-port)
1.19 johns 439: </ul>
440:
1.196 miod 441: <li><strong>Disk and Tape Controllers</strong>
1.19 johns 442: <ul>
1.50 jason 443: <li> VME "sc" SCSI controller
444: <li> VME IPI controller
1.196 miod 445: <li> VME "xt" Tape controller
1.19 johns 446: </ul>
447:
1.119 miod 448: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
1.19 johns 449: <ul>
1.50 jason 450: <li> VME cgfive, 8-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
451: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
452: <li> VME cgnine, 24-bit color, 1-bit overlay, double-buffered,
453: unaccelerated without GP/GP2
454: <li> VME GP/GP2 Graphics Processor (drives a cgfive or cgnine)
455: <li> SBus cgeight 24-bit color, unaccelerated
456: (note: SBus cgeight is quite different from VME/P4 cgeight)
457: <li> SBus GT, 24-bit color, 8-bit color, overlay planes, double-buffered,
458: 3-D acceleration (aka Graphics Tower)
459: </ul>
460:
1.74 deraadt 461: <li><strong>On-board Audio and ISDN</strong><br>
1.119 miod 462: This is present on some sun4m systems (LX, LC, SPARCstation 10/20).
463:
1.74 deraadt 464: <li><strong>Multiple Processors/Modules in sun4m systems</strong><br>
1.119 miod 465: OpenBSD will sometimes not boot on some machines with multiple processors.
466: If this is the case, the extra CPUs must be removed.
467:
1.111 miod 468: <li><strong>SBus SUNW,bpp (parallel port)</strong><br>
1.119 miod 469: A driver exists in the source tree, but it does not work. None of the
470: developers have printers or cables to work with, to make it work, but
471: we really would prefer to receive a fixed driver.
472:
473: <li><strong>SBus FDDI cards</strong>
474:
1.121 miod 475: <li><strong>SBus cards other than those listed above...</strong>
1.3 fn 476: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 477:
1.3 fn 478: <hr>
1.214 bentley 479:
480: <h3 id="hwdocs"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
1.185 deraadt 481:
482: Previous to 2007, it was extremely difficult or impossible to get much of
1.186 sthen 483: the necessary hardware documentation for these machines. Members of our
1.185 deraadt 484: team (in particular David Gwynne) were instrumental in pressuring and
485: convincing Sun to go back into their archives and dig up the data sheets
486: that they had written in-house, describing the operation of their chips to
487: their own engineers. These documents can now be found at
1.207 landry 488: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20111209011516/http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home">
1.185 deraadt 489: http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home</a>.
490: Some documents are still missing at that site, so we ask that interested
491: developers contact Sun and request additional information.
492: <p>
493:
494: <hr>
1.214 bentley 495:
496: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.122 miod 497: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc:</strong>
498: </font></h3>
499:
500: <p>
501: The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc release is
1.226 tj 502: <a href="59.html">OpenBSD 5.9</a>.
1.122 miod 503: Here are the
1.226 tj 504: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
505: OpenBSD/sparc 5.9 installation instructions
1.122 miod 506: </a>.
507: </p>
508:
509: <p>
510: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.205 sthen 511: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc">this location</a>
1.122 miod 512: as well as in a few
513: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
514: Here are the
1.205 sthen 515: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.122 miod 516: OpenBSD/sparc snapshot installation instructions
517: </a> as well.
518: </p>
519:
520: <p>
521: There are several installation media provided, so that
1.196 miod 522: OpenBSD/sparc can be installed or upgraded via CD and floppy boot images on
1.122 miod 523: sun4c and sun4m, miniroot images for machines without floppies
1.196 miod 524: (such as sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
1.122 miod 525: <ul>
526: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
527: <p>
1.126 jufi 528: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a GENERIC kernel with
1.167 jsg 529: drivers for all supported devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 530: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.212 nick 531: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/GENERIC?rev=HEAD">GENERIC</a>
1.122 miod 532: kernel configuration file.
533: The CD can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
534: <pre>
1.216 nick 535: boot cdrom 5.7/sparc/bsd.rd
1.122 miod 536: </pre>
1.148 david 537: </li>
1.227 ! tb 538: <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy59.fs)
1.122 miod 539: <p>
540: Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
1.167 jsg 541: containing drivers for the most popular devices found on SPARC machines.<br>
1.122 miod 542: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.212 nick 543: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.122 miod 544: kernel configuration file.
545: The floppy can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with
546: <pre>
547: boot floppy
548: </pre>
1.148 david 549: </li>
1.227 ! tb 550: <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot59.fs)
1.122 miod 551: <p>
552: The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
553: and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
554: installed on the machine.
555: After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
556: miniroot can be booted off the OpenPROM prompt with a command such as
557: <pre>
558: boot disk:b
559: </pre>
560: (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
561: partition).
1.148 david 562: <p>
563: </li>
1.122 miod 564: <li><strong>Netboot</strong> (boot.net, bsd.rd)
565: <p>
566: Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc
567: boot loader, <tt>boot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
568: the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
569: Refer to the
1.222 sthen 570: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=diskless&sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
1.122 miod 571: manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
572: </p></li>
573: </ul>
1.3 fn 574:
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