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OpenBSD/sparc64 runs on the 64bit Sun UltraSPARC machines based on the UltraSPARC I and UltraSPARC II processors. -
A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/sparc and OpenBSD/sparc64 ports is --- 22,27 ---- *************** *** 32,45 **** majordomo@openbsd.org. Please be sure to check our mailing list policy before subscribing. -
The current port maintainer is Jason Wright (jason@openbsd.org), with the help of mainly Art Grabowski. Others are definitely welcome to contribute! -
OpenBSD 3.0 was the first official release of OpenBSD/sparc64, and since --- 62,67 ---- *************** *** 74,80 **** devices required for X11R6 support) and bugs exposed by the 64 bit big endian nature of UltraSPARC in many obscure places have been fixed. And work is continuing... -
Currently most of the hardware available to the developers boots multiuser and supports enough of the on-board devices to be generally usable. -
XFree86 is supported on most systems. --- 77,82 ---- *************** *** 92,103 **** It is possible to use X in frame buffer mode with either the SBus bwtwo, cgthree and cgsix cards, on-board ATI graphics or the UPA Creator, Creator 3D or Elite 3D at the boot resolution/depth using the wsfb(4) driver. -
The directions on how to enable the accelerated and unaccelerated X server are present in the /usr/X11R6/README file on the installed system. -
OpenBSD/sparc64 has been tested on the following machines: --- 109,114 ---- *************** *** 151,206 ****
Please note, some machines like the Ultra1, Ultra2 and Enterprise 220R may require upgrading the flashprom before OpenBSD can be successfully installed. -
Please note, some machines like the Ultra1, Ultra2 and Enterprise 220R may require upgrading the flashprom before OpenBSD can be successfully installed.
! * Support added after 3.5. !
This list has been originally posted by Marcus Watts to the sparc mailing list. -
Snapshots are made available from time to time, in --- 491,496 ---- *************** *** 523,529 **** OpenBSD/sparc64 snapshot installation instructions as well. -
There are several installation media provided, so that --- 501,506 ---- *************** *** 542,548 ****
boot cdrom-
Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel --- 519,524 ---- *************** *** 562,568 ****
boot floppy-
The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD, --- 538,543 ---- *************** *** 575,581 **** (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap partition). -
Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc64 --- 550,555 ---- *************** *** 584,592 **** Refer to the diskless(8) manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment. -
Please note that booting from floppy might not work on your machine; also, --- 558,564 ---- *************** *** 594,600 **** they are able to boot Solaris in 64bit-mode); please refer to the installation notes for details. -