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15: <h2>OpenBSD/sparc64</h2>
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19: <p>
1.48 jason 20: OpenBSD/sparc64 runs on the 64bit Sun UltraSPARC machines based
21: on the UltraSPARC I and UltraSPARC II processors.
1.4 art 22: The current port maintainer is Jason Wright
23: (<a href="mailto:jason@openbsd.org">jason@openbsd.org</a>).
1.48 jason 24: Others are welcome to contribute!
1.1 mickey 25: </p>
1.48 jason 26:
27: <h3><font color=#0000e0><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
28: <p>
29: <ul>
30: <li><a href="#history">Past history of the port</a>
31: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
32: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
1.53 fgsch 33: <li><a href="#hwdocs">Hardware documentation</a>
1.48 jason 34: <li><a href="#info">Where to get it</a>
35: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware list</a>
36: </ul>
37: </p>
38:
39: <hr>
40: <a name=history></a>
1.4 art 41: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.1 mickey 42:
43: <p>
1.5 horacio 44: The orginal port was made for NetBSD by Eduardo Horvath and released for
1.4 art 45: the first time in January 1999.
46: The porting to OpenBSD started in August 2001 and in the end of September the
47: first binary snapshot was released. The porting was done mainly by Jason
1.15 jason 48: Wright and Artur Grabowski and was done on both SBUS and PCI machines so that
1.6 jcs 49: a decently wide range of hardware support was ready even before the system
50: could boot multiuser.
1.1 mickey 51: </p>
52:
1.48 jason 53: <p>
54: OpenBSD 3.0 was the first official release of OpenBSD/sparc64, and since
55: that release support for many more devices has been added (including
56: devices required for X11R6 support) and bugs exposed by the 64 bit big endian
57: nature of UltraSPARC in many obscure places have been fixed. And
58: work is continuing...
59: </p>
60:
1.1 mickey 61: <hr>
1.48 jason 62: <a name=status></a>
1.4 art 63: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
64:
65: <p>
66: Currently most of the hardware available to the developers boots multiuser and
1.36 jason 67: supports enough of the on-board devices to be generally useable. Since 3.0
68: shipped, hardware support has improved and X11R6 support has been added.
1.4 art 69: </p>
70:
71: <p>
1.6 jcs 72: There hasn't yet been a need for a separate mailing list for OpenBSD/sparc64,
1.18 miod 73: so the OpenBSD/sparc mailing list is being used.
74: To join the OpenBSD/sparc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
75: sparc"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
76: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
77: subscribing.
1.4 art 78: </p>
79:
1.49 matthieu 80: <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
81: <p>
82: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on most systems.
83: Only the ATI graphics adapters are supported with the accelerated X server
84: at the current time.
85: It is possible to use X in framebuffer mode with either the SBus
1.59 fgsch 86: cgthree and cgsix cards, on-board ATI graphics or the UPA Creator,
87: Creator 3D or Elite 3D at the boot resolution/depth using the wsfb(4) driver.
1.53 fgsch 88: </p>
89:
1.49 matthieu 90: <p>
1.60 ! fgsch 91: The directions on how to enable the accelerated and unaccelerated X server
! 92: are present in the <tty>/usr/X11R6/README</tty> file on the installed system.
1.53 fgsch 93: </p>
94:
1.49 matthieu 95: <p>
1.58 fgsch 96: High end graphics (ZX, etc.) are currently not supported. Some of them may
97: work in cgsix emulation mode.
1.53 fgsch 98: </p>
1.48 jason 99: <hr>
100: <a name=projects></a>
101: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):</strong></font></h3>
1.12 jason 102:
103: <ul>
1.48 jason 104: <li>X Window System support<br>
1.42 deraadt 105: Basic X Window support is in current, but it is very new. Some
1.49 matthieu 106: applications just don't work yet.
1.13 jason 107: <li>Improve architecture specific documentation
1.12 jason 108: </ul>
109:
1.4 art 110: <hr>
1.53 fgsch 111: <a name=hwdocs></a>
112: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
113:
114: <p>
115: This list has been posted by Marcus Watts to the sparc mailing list.
116: </p>
117:
118: <ul>
1.54 fgsch 119: <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/microelectronics/manuals/ultrasparc/802-7220-02.ps">UltraSPARC User's manual - UltraSPARC-I, II</a> <small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small>
1.53 fgsch 120: <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/microelectronics/manuals/805-0087.pdf">UltraSPARC-IIi - User's Manual</a> <small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small>
121: <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards/v9.ps.Z">The SPARC Architecture Manual Version 9</a> <small><font color="#e00000">(PostScript)</font></small>
122: <li><a href="http://soldc.sun.com/articles/sparcv9impl.pdf">Implementation Characteristics of Current SPARC-V9-based Products</a> <small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small>
123: <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/microelectronics/manuals/805-1394.pdf">VIS Instruction Set - User's Manual</a> <small><font color="#e00000">(PDF)</font></small>
124: </ul>
125:
126: <hr>
1.48 jason 127: <a name=info></a>
1.4 art 128: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Where to get it:</strong></font></h3>
129:
130: <p>
1.22 deraadt 131: <ul>
132: <li><a href=ftp.html>Snapshots are made available from time to time.</a>
1.57 miod 133: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64>Installation information</a>
1.22 deraadt 134: </ul>
1.4 art 135: </p>
136:
137: <hr>
1.19 miod 138: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Install media:</strong></font></h3>
139:
140: <p>
141: A number of install options exist:
142: <ul>
143: <li><strong>CD boot:</strong><p>
144: Booting off the CD provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel containing
145: drivers for the most popular devices found on UltraSPARC hardware.<br>
146: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
147: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">
148: RAMDISK</a> config file.<p>
1.24 miod 149: <li><strong>Floppy disk:</strong><p>
1.19 miod 150: This 1.44MB floppy image supports the following sparc64 hardware:
151: <ul>
152: <li>Ultra 1/1E
153: <li>Ultra 2
1.21 miod 154: </ul>
1.19 miod 155: It contains support for the on-board devices found on these machines, however
1.55 fgsch 156: due to lack of space there are only a few other drivers. In particular, this
1.26 miod 157: floppy lacks cdrom support and will <i>not</i> allow you to install from cdrom
158: media.<p>
1.24 miod 159: <li><strong>Miniroot:</strong><p>
1.19 miod 160: The miniroot is a complete filesystem image, to be dumped on your machines' swap
1.22 deraadt 161: partition, and booted from afterwards. Its device support is similar to the
1.19 miod 162: CD boot image.
1.49 matthieu 163: <li><strong>Network boot:</strong><p>
164: The boot image can also be downloaded from the network, using a
165: diskless(8) like setup. The device support is similar to the CD boot image.
1.19 miod 166: </ul>
167: <p>
168: Use the method that works best for you.<br>
169: Please note that booting from floppy might not work on your machine; also,
1.26 miod 170: Ultra 1, 1E and 2 systems might require a PROM update (they usually don't if
171: they are able to boot Solaris in 64bit-mode); please refer to the
1.19 miod 172: installation notes for details.</p>
173:
174: <hr>
1.48 jason 175: <a name=hardware></a>
1.4 art 176: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
177:
178: <h4>OpenBSD/sparc64 has been tested on the following SUN UltraSPARC models:</h4>
179: <ul>
1.19 miod 180: <li>Ultra 1/1E
1.17 jason 181: <li>Ultra 2
1.4 art 182: <li>Ultra 5
183: <li>Ultra 10
1.7 jason 184: <li>Ultra 30
1.10 jason 185: <li>SPARCengineUltra AX
1.11 jason 186: <li>SPARCengineUltra AXi
1.50 ian 187: <li>SPARCengine CP1500
1.42 deraadt 188: <li>SUNBlade 100
1.46 jason 189: <li>Enterprise 220R
1.7 jason 190: <li>Enterprise 250
1.23 jason 191: <li>Netra X1 <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.4 art 192: </ul>
1.23 jason 193: <font color=#e00000>*</font> support added after 3.0.
1.4 art 194:
1.46 jason 195: <p> Please note, some machines like the Ultra1, Ultra2 and Enterprise 220R
1.51 miod 196: may require upgrading the flashprom before OpenBSD can be successfully
1.46 jason 197: installed.
198:
1.9 miod 199: <h4>The following models are not supported at the moment:</h4>
200: <ul>
201: <li>Ultra 60
202: <li>Ultra 80
1.19 miod 203: <li>Ultra 450
1.10 jason 204: <li>SUNBlade 1000
1.42 deraadt 205: <li>SUNBlade 2000
1.19 miod 206: <li>Enterprise 420R
1.9 miod 207: <li>Enterprise 450
208: <li>Enterprise 3000
1.52 brad 209: <li>Netra T1 100/105
210: <li>Netra T1 AC200/DC200
211: <li>Netra T 1120/1125
212: <li>Netra 20
213: <li>Netra T 1400/1405
1.9 miod 214: </ul>
215:
1.12 jason 216: <h4>Supported peripherals:</h4>
217: <ul>
1.33 jason 218: <li><strong>Keyboards/Mice</strong>
219: <ul>
220: <li>Type 4, 5, and 6 keyboards on Zilog serial ports (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">zskbd</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
221: <li>Type 4, 5, and 6 keyboards on NS16550 serial ports (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=comkbd&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">comkbd</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
222: <li>Type 6 keyboards on USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.37 jason 223: <li>PS/2 AT keyboards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbd&sektion=4">pckbd</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.38 jason 224: <li>Sun mice on Zilog (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zstty&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">zstty</a>) or NS16550 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com</a>) serial ports
225: <li>Sun mice on USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
226: <li>PS/2 mice (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4">pms</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.33 jason 227: </ul>
228: <li><strong>Framebuffers</strong>
229: <ul>
230: <li>SBUS Video:
231: <ul>
232: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cgthree&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">cgthree</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated <font color=#e00000>*</font>
233: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cgsix&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">cgsix</a> - 8-bit color, unaccelerated <font color=#e00000>*</font>
234: </ul>
235: <li>PCI Video:
236: <ul>
1.47 jason 237: <li>ATI Rage (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vgafb&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">vgafb</a>)<font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.33 jason 238: </ul>
1.56 jason 239: <li>UPA Video:
240: <ul>
1.58 fgsch 241: <li>Creator/Creator 3D/Elite 3D (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=creator&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">creator</a>)<font color=#00e000>*</font>
1.56 jason 242: </ul>
1.33 jason 243: </ul>
1.12 jason 244: <li><strong>SCSI Host Adapters</strong>
245: <ul>
1.20 jason 246: <li>SBUS NCR53c9x adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esp&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">esp</a>)
247: <li>SBUS 10/100Mbit SunSwift Ethernet+SCSI cards, aka HME + FAS366 cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esp&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">esp</a>)
1.14 jason 248: <li>SBUS Qlogic adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp</a>)
249: <li>PCI NCR53c8xx adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
1.12 jason 250: </ul>
1.44 brad 251: <li><strong>PCI IDE Controllers</strong> (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide</a>)
1.12 jason 252: <ul>
253: <li>Acer Labs M5229
254: <li>Command Technologies PCI0646
255: <li>National Semiconductor PC87415
256: </ul>
257: Other PCI IDE adapters may work, but are untested.
258: <li><strong>Ethernet Adapters</strong>
259: <ul>
1.20 jason 260: <li>onboard SBUS AMD Lance Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=le&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">le</a>)
261: <li>SBUS AMD Lance cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=le&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">le</a>)
262: <li>SBUS 10/100Mbit qec+be Sun FastEthernet 1.0 cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?arch=sparc64&query=qec&sektion=4">qec</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=be&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">be</a>)
263: <li>SBUS Quad 10Mbit qec+qe Sun Quad Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=qec&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">qec</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=qe&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">qe</a>)
264: <li>onboard SBUS and PCI HME Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hme&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">hme</a>)
265: <li>SBUS 10/100Mbit hme Ethernet cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hme&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">hme</a>)
266: <li>SBUS 10/100Mbit SunSwift Ethernet+SCSI cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hme&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">hme</a>)
267: <li>SBUS Quad 10/100Mbit hme and qfe Quad Fast Ethernet cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hme&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">hme</a>)
268: <li>PCI Fast Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hme&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">hme</a>)
269: <li>PCI Quad Fast Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hme&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">hme</a>)
270: <li>PCI GEM Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">gem</a>) [Not fully supported]
1.26 miod 271: <li>PCI Davicom DM9102 Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.12 jason 272: </ul>
1.26 miod 273: <li><strong>Sound Devices</strong>
1.12 jason 274: <ul>
1.20 jason 275: <li>onboard SBUS CS4231 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audiocs&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">audiocs</a>)
276: <li>onboard EBUS/PCI CS4231 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audioce&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">audioce</a>)
1.34 jason 277: <li>Trident 4DWAVE-DX/NX, Sis 7018, ALi M5451 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autri&sektion=4">autri</a>)
1.43 deraadt 278: <li>Ensoniq AudioPCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=eap&sektion=4">eap</a>)
1.12 jason 279: </ul>
1.26 miod 280: <li><strong>Serial Devices</strong>
1.15 jason 281: <ul>
1.20 jason 282: <li>onboard SBUS Zilog 8530 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zs&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">zs</a>)
1.45 jason 283: <li>onboard EBUS Infineon (Siemens) 82532 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sab&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">sab</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.33 jason 284: <li>onboard 16550 compatibles (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.32 jason 285: <li> SBus magma serial port cards, including: 4Sp, 8Sp, 12Sp, 16Sp, LC2+1Sp, 2+1Sp, 4+1Sp, 8+2Sp, 2+1HS Sp (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=magma&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">magma</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.29 jason 286: <li> SBus spif serial port cards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">spif</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.41 jason 287: <li> Aurora SBus sio2/pio1 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=asio&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">asio</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apio&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">apio</a>) <font color=#e00000>*</font>
1.15 jason 288: </ul>
1.34 jason 289: <li><strong>Cryptography Accelerators</strong>
290: <ul>
291: <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
292: <li>Bluesteelnet 5501/5601, Broadcom uBsec 5805/5820/5821 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec</a>)
293: </ul>
1.15 jason 294: <li><strong>Miscellaneous Devices</strong>
295: <ul>
1.39 jason 296: <li>EBUS beeper (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=beeper&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">beeper</a>)
1.35 jason 297: <li>performance counters/system controller (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uperf&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">uperf</a>)
1.15 jason 298: </ul>
1.12 jason 299: </ul>
1.56 jason 300: <font color=#e00000>*</font> support added after 3.0.<br>
301: <font color=#00e000>*</font> support added after 3.1.
1.12 jason 302:
303: <h4>Unsupported devices:</h4>
304: <li>SBUS and PCI cards other than those listed above.
305: </ul>
306:
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