! The OpenBSD/sun3 port currently runs on all the 68020-based Sun3 computers, except the 3/E ! flavour. !
! The Sun3 port of OpenBSD was derived from the NetBSD/sun3 port, when the sun3 and sun3x ! ports were still different entities. The tiny bits of OpenBSD that are ! completely specific to the Sun3 port are basically the same as their NetBSD ! counterparts.
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! The complete OpenBSD/sun3 release is available via
! ftp; snapshots are made available on an irregular basis.
! You should read the
! installation
! notes for this release before trying to install OpenBSD/sun3.
! The first boot of the system will take some time due to the generation of a DSA ! key for ssh. This can take up to 15 minutes on a 3/160, but times can vary ! greatly depending on your machine. This is a one time process and is nothing to ! worry about.
!You can use cvs to get The X Window System. ! Kenneth Stailey had written patches for OpenBSD/sun3, which should have been ! integrated into the mainstream XFree86 sources. X clients and libraries are ! available, but there is no X server yet.
!! The Sun3 port of OpenBSD is maintained by Miodrag Vallat, ! miod@openbsd.org.
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! OpenBSD/sun3 runs on the Motorola 68020-based Sun3 computers, except for the ! 3/E flavour and the 3/50. !
!! The OpenBSD/sun3 port has been ! discontinued after the 2.9 release. !
! There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life. ! The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in ! NetBSD as well. ! If you are interested in reviving the sun3 port, make it work and contact ! Miodrag Vallat.
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+ The Sun3 port of OpenBSD was derived from the NetBSD/sun3 port, when the + sun3 and sun3x ports were still different entities. Noone showed much + interest in OpenBSD/sun3 for a while, although the code was mostly kept in + sync with NetBSD. +
+ ++ Eventually, Kenneth Stailey started working on the port, but since he was + living in the USA, he could not export a release he would have built, so he + lost interest working on this port. +
+ ++ Early 2000, Miodrag Vallat attempted to bring the port back in shape, making + the code compile again, and devising completely new installation media. The + port even shipped with complete X-Window client and utilities, althouh there + was no working X server. +
+ ++ The port lived for a few releases, but unfortunately hardware problems and + lack of time conspired to prevent catching up with NetBSD on code, and the + sun3 code was not ready for the switch from the old Mach virtual memory + system to + uvm, + and missed the 3.0 release, hoping that the code would be fixed in time + for the 3.1 release. Unfortunately, this has not been the case, and eventually + it was decided to remove the code from the tree. +
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! The last supported OpenBSD/sun3 release has been ! OpenBSD 2.9. ! Here are the ! ! OpenBSD/sun3 2.9 installation instructions ! .