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 <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>  <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>
   
 <p>  <p>
 OpenBSD/vax is currently working on expansion of the supported hardware,  OpenBSD/vax began in early 2000 when architecture specific code was adapted
 graphics console support, and shared libraries.  The architecture specific  from NetBSD's very mature port to these systems. Smaller imports still occur
 code is largely based on the NetBSD/vax port with the end result being a  as useful changes happen in that OS. However, we are by no means wholly
 very comfortable and familiar OpenBSD environment.  derivative; most of the changes below have in fact been backported to NetBSD.
   The result of all this work is an OS environment that is comfortable and
   familiar to any OpenBSD user.
 </p>  </p>
   
 <p>  <p>
 Significant changes contained in the post 2.8 snapshot:  <b>Significant changes contained in the post release snapshot:</b>
 </p>  </p>
 <ul>  <ul>
 <li>Support for 16 filesystems per drive. (work by hugh)  <li>Support for 16 filesystems per drive. (work by hugh)
 <li>Emulation of the EMODD instruction. (work by bjc)  <li>Emulation of the EMODD instruction. (work by bjc)
 <li>Support for KA53 (Cheetah) machines. (work by bjc & hugh)  <li>Support for KA53 (Cheetah) machines. (work by bjc & hugh)
   <li>Interrupt signals no longer cause ksh subshells to core. (work by bjc)
 </ul>  </ul>
   
 <p>  <p>
 OpenBSD is currently known to run on these vax models:  OpenBSD runs on a wide variety of VAX hardware, but our inventory
   of systems is limited. We rely on your feedback to know what is supported,
   and what needs work. In fact, after you finish installing and road testing
   your new system, simply running "dmesg |mail dmesg@openbsd.org" helps us to
   confirm what types of hardware people are using. The machines listed on this
   page are known to be working as of the most recent snapshot.
 </p>  </p>
   
 <ul>  <table COLS=2 WIDTH="100%">
 <li>vaxstation/microvax 2000  <tr VALIGN=top>
 <li>vaxstation 3100/20      <td WIDTH="50%">
 <li>vaxstation 3100/38          <p>
 <li>vaxstation 3100/76          <b>Tested systems:</b>
 <li>vaxstation 4000/60          </p>
 <li>microvax 3300  
 <li>vax 4000/100  
 <li>vax 4000/300  
 </ul>  
   
 <p>          <ul>
 SCSI should be working on the following:          <li>VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000
 </p>          <li>VAXstation 3100/20 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>VAXstation 3100/38 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>VAXstation 3100/76 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>VAXstation 4000/60 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>MicroVAX 3300 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>MicroVAX 3100/90 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>VAX 4000/100 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>VAX 4000/105 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
           <li>VAX 4000/300
           </ul>
       </td>
       <td WIDTH="50%">
   
 <ul>          <p>
 <li>microvax 3300          <b>Projects being worked on:</b>
 <li>vaxstation 4000/60          </p>
 <li>vaxstation 4000/vlc?  
 <li>most 3100 series vaxstations and microvaxes  
 </ul>  
   
 <p>          <ul>
 Projects being worked on:          <li>vaxstation 2000's hdc9224 (floppy/mfm hard disk controller)
 </p>          <li>qbus tk50/tk70 tape drives
           <li>shared libraries
 <ul>          <li>support for new systems as we obtain them
 <li>vaxstation 2000's hdc9224 (floppy/mfm hard disk controller)          <li>graphics console once we find cables and a display...
 <li>qbus tk50/tk70 tape drives          </ul>
 <li>shac dssi support  
 <li>VAX 4000-10X support <a href="want.html#vax">(docs and hardware sought)</a>  
 </ul>  
   
 <p>          <p>
 Known problems:          <b>Known problems:</b>
 </p>          </p>
   
 <ul>          <ul>
 <li>optimizer bugs in gcc          <li>optimizer bugs in gcc
 <li>intermittent lance ethernet timeouts          <li>intermittent lance ethernet timeouts
 <li>some signal delivery problems          <li>pmap issues
 </ul>          </ul>
       </td>
   </tr>
   </table>
   
 <p>  <p>
 The current release OpenBSD/vax is 2.8; however, snapshots will be made from time to time.  The current release OpenBSD/vax is 2.8; however, snapshots will be made from time to time.
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