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1.1       deraadt    15: <h2>OpenBSD/sun3</h2>
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                     18: <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>
1.1       deraadt    19:
1.10      kstailey   20: <p>The tiny bits of OpenBSD that are completely specific to the Sun3
                     21: port are basically the same as their NetBSD counterparts but with some
                     22: additions. The major changes are:
1.8       kstailey   23:
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1.7       kstailey   25: <ul>
1.9       kstailey   26: <li>default data resource limit raised to 16384 Kbytes so that "make build"
1.7       kstailey   27:  does not crash in libc.
                     28: <li>/dev/leds derived from
                     29:  <a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-full-pr?2172">NetBSD pr#2172</a>
                     30:  by <a href="mailto:mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU">der Mouse</a>.
                     31: </ul>
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1.1       deraadt    33:
1.11      kstailey   34: <hr><p>
                     35:
                     36: Snapshots of the kernel and diskless bootstrap loader are available.
1.14      kstailey   37: If you want to use OpenBSD/sun3 <a href="ftp.html">get an Amiga (or
1.11      kstailey   38: <b>any</b> other m68k OpenBSD) snapshot and the Sun3 GENERIC kernel
                     39: and diskless bootstrap loader</a> then if you don't know how to set up
                     40: a diskless box read the <a href="diskless-8.html">diskless(8)</a>
1.14      kstailey   41: manpage.  Use the MAKEDEV from <a href="ftp.html">src/etc.sun3</a>.
                     42: Once you have booted the Sun3 diskless you should be able to "cd
                     43: /usr/src; make obj; make build" to get a native OpenBSD/Sun3.
                     44: <B>Before doing this kernel instrumentation ("ps", "netstat", etc.)
1.17      kstailey   45: will not work.</B>
                     46:
                     47: <p>The diskless configuration is prone to instability.  If many processes
1.25      kstailey   48: coredump during multi-user startup, hit &lt;L1-A&gt; and from the ``&lt''
1.28    ! todd       49: prompt use ``b le()bsd'' to reboot again.  It usually works on the second
1.25      kstailey   50: try for me.  With a local harddisk I have not noticed this behaviour yet.
1.11      kstailey   51:
1.25      kstailey   52: <p>You can use <a href=anoncvs.html>cvs</a> to get The X Window System.
                     53: I have been told that my patches for OpenBSD/sun3 were integrated in it
                     54: but have not had time to test yet.  Additionally, a patch kit for XFree86
                     55: 3.2 is available in the <a href="ftp.html"> snapshot directory.</a>
                     56: Look for xfree86-3.2-sun3-patch-kit-1.gz.
1.21      kstailey   57:
1.26      kstailey   58: <h3><strong>Projects (in no particular order):</strong></h3>
                     59: <ul>
1.27      kstailey   60: <li>"call up" devices (/dev/cua*).
1.26      kstailey   61: any more.
1.28    ! todd       62: <li>An actual release.  If you are interested in helping and live outside
1.26      kstailey   63: of the USA send E-mail to <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo.</a>
                     64: </ul>
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