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   <li><a href="#history">Past history of the port</a>    <li><a href="#history">Past history of the port</a>
   <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>    <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
   <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>    <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
     <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware list</a>
   <li><a href="#hwdocs">Hardware documentation</a>    <li><a href="#hwdocs">Hardware documentation</a>
   <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc64</a>    <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
   <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware list</a>  
 </ul>  </ul>
 </p>  </p>
   
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 <hr>  <hr>
 <a name="hwdocs"></a>  
 <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>  
   
 <p>  
 This list has been originally posted by Marcus Watts to the sparc mailing list.  
 </p>  
   
 <p>  
 <ul>  
 <li>UltraSPARC User's manual - UltraSPARC-I, II <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/802-7220-02.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/802-7220-02.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>  
 <li>UltraSPARC-IIi - User's Manual <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-0087.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-0087.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>  
 <li>UltraSPARC IIi User's Manual - Addendum <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/ultrasparc-IIi_add.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/ultrasparc-IIi_add.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>  
 <li>The SPARC Architecture Manual Version 9 <a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards/v9.ps.Z"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>  
 <li>Implementation Characteristics of Current SPARC-V9-based Products <a href="http://soldc.sun.com/articles/sparcv9impl.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a>  
 <li>VIS Instruction Set - User's Manual <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-1394.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-1394.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>  
 </ul>  
 </p>  
   
 <hr>  
 <a name="install"></a>  
 <h3><font color="#0000e0">  
 <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc64:</strong>  
 </font></h3>  
   
 <p>  
 The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc64 release is  
 <a href="32.html">OpenBSD 3.2</a>.  
 Here are the  
 <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.2/sparc64/INSTALL.TEMPLATE">  
 OpenBSD/sparc64 3.2 installation instructions  
 </a>.  
 </p>  
   
 <p>  
 Snapshots are made available from time to time, in  
 <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc64">this location</a>  
 as well as in a few  
 <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.  
 Here are the  
 <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc64/INSTALL.TEMPLATE">  
 OpenBSD/sparc64 snapshot installation instructions  
 </a> as well.  
 </p>  
   
 <p>  
 There are several installation media provided, so that  
 OpenBSD/sparc64 can be installed or upgraded via CD, floppy boot images on  
 Ultra1 and Ultra2, miniroot images for machines without floppies  
 (and sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.  
 <ul>  
   <li><strong>CD boot</strong>  
   <p>  
   Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel containing  
   drivers for the most popular devices found on UltraSPARC hardware.<br>  
   For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the  
   <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>  
   kernel configuration file.  
   The CD can be booted off the OpenFirmware prompt with  
 <pre>  
   boot cdrom  
 </pre>  
   </p></li>  
   <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy32.fs)  
   <p>  
   Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel  
   containing supporting the following sparc64 hardware:  
   <ul>  
     <li>Ultra 1/1E  
     <li>Ultra 2  
   </ul>  
   as well as support for the on-board devices found on these machines.  
   However due to lack of space there are only a few other drivers.  
   In particular, this floppy <i>lacks cdrom support</i> and will <i>not</i>  
   allow installation from cdrom media.  
   For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the  
   <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/RAMDISKU1?rev=HEAD">RAMDISKU1</a>  
   kernel configuration file.  
   The floppy can be booted off the OpenFirmware prompt with  
 <pre>  
   boot floppy  
 </pre>  
   </p></li>  
   <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot32.fs)  
   <p>  
   The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,  
   and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system  
   installed on the machine.  
   After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the  
   miniroot can be booted off the OpenFirmware prompt with a command such as  
 <pre>  
   boot disk:b  
 </pre>  
   (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap  
   partition).  
   </p></li>  
   <li><strong>Network boot</strong> (ofwboot.net, bsd.rd)  
   <p>  
   Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc64  
   boot loader, <tt>ofwboot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access  
   the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.  
   Refer to the  
   <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&amp;sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>  
   manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.  
   </p></li>  
 </ul>  
 </p>  
   
 <p>  
 Please note that booting from floppy might not work on your machine; also,  
 Ultra 1, 1E and 2 systems might require a PROM update (they usually don't if  
 they are able to boot Solaris in 64bit-mode); please refer to the  
 installation notes for details.  
 </p>  
   
 <hr>  
 <a name="hardware"></a>  <a name="hardware"></a>
 <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>  <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
   
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 <ul>  <ul>
  <li>SBUS and PCI cards other than those listed above.   <li>SBUS and PCI cards other than those listed above.
 </ul>  </ul>
   
   <hr>
   <a name="hwdocs"></a>
   <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
   
   <p>
   This list has been originally posted by Marcus Watts to the sparc mailing list.
   </p>
   
   <p>
   <ul>
   <li>UltraSPARC User's manual - UltraSPARC-I, II <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/802-7220-02.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/802-7220-02.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>
   <li>UltraSPARC-IIi - User's Manual <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-0087.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-0087.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>
   <li>UltraSPARC IIi User's Manual - Addendum <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/ultrasparc-IIi_add.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/ultrasparc-IIi_add.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>
   <li>The SPARC Architecture Manual Version 9 <a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards/v9.ps.Z"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>
   <li>Implementation Characteristics of Current SPARC-V9-based Products <a href="http://soldc.sun.com/articles/sparcv9impl.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a>
   <li>VIS Instruction Set - User's Manual <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-1394.pdf"><small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small></a> <a href="http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals/805-1394.ps"><small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small></a>
   </ul>
   </p>
   
   <hr>
   <a name="install"></a>
   <h3><font color="#0000e0">
   <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc64:</strong>
   </font></h3>
   
   <p>
   The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc64 release is
   <a href="32.html">OpenBSD 3.2</a>.
   Here are the
   <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.2/sparc64/INSTALL.TEMPLATE">
   OpenBSD/sparc64 3.2 installation instructions
   </a>.
   </p>
   
   <p>
   Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
   <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc64">this location</a>
   as well as in a few
   <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
   Here are the
   <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc64/INSTALL.TEMPLATE">
   OpenBSD/sparc64 snapshot installation instructions
   </a> as well.
   </p>
   
   <p>
   There are several installation media provided, so that
   OpenBSD/sparc64 can be installed or upgraded via CD, floppy boot images on
   Ultra1 and Ultra2, miniroot images for machines without floppies
   (and sun4 machines), as well as network and diskless installs.
   <ul>
     <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
     <p>
     Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel containing
     drivers for the most popular devices found on UltraSPARC hardware.<br>
     For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
     <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
     kernel configuration file.
     The CD can be booted off the OpenFirmware prompt with
   <pre>
     boot cdrom
   </pre>
     </p></li>
     <li><strong>Floppy</strong> (floppy32.fs)
     <p>
     Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel
     containing supporting the following sparc64 hardware:
     <ul>
       <li>Ultra 1/1E
       <li>Ultra 2
     </ul>
     as well as support for the on-board devices found on these machines.
     However due to lack of space there are only a few other drivers.
     In particular, this floppy <i>lacks cdrom support</i> and will <i>not</i>
     allow installation from cdrom media.
     For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
     <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/RAMDISKU1?rev=HEAD">RAMDISKU1</a>
     kernel configuration file.
     The floppy can be booted off the OpenFirmware prompt with
   <pre>
     boot floppy
   </pre>
     </p></li>
     <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot32.fs)
     <p>
     The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD,
     and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system
     installed on the machine.
     After dumping the miniroot to the primary swap partition with dd, the
     miniroot can be booted off the OpenFirmware prompt with a command such as
   <pre>
     boot disk:b
   </pre>
     (the disk designation may be different, depending on the chosen swap
     partition).
     </p></li>
     <li><strong>Network boot</strong> (ofwboot.net, bsd.rd)
     <p>
     Using a diskless setup, it is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/sparc64
     boot loader, <tt>ofwboot.net</tt>, from the network via tftp, and access
     the <tt>bsd.rd</tt> standalone miniroot over NFS.
     Refer to the
     <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diskless&amp;sektion=8">diskless(8)</a>
     manual page for details on how to setup a network boot environment.
     </p></li>
   </ul>
   </p>
   
   <p>
   Please note that booting from floppy might not work on your machine; also,
   Ultra 1, 1E and 2 systems might require a PROM update (they usually don't if
   they are able to boot Solaris in 64bit-mode); please refer to the
   installation notes for details.
   </p>
   
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