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1.1 deraadt 15: <h2>OpenBSD/vax</h2>
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1.3 fn 17: <hr>
18: <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>
1.1 deraadt 19:
1.29 hugh 20: <a href="images/vax.jpg"><img src="images/vax.jpg" ALIGN=right alt="[nothing sucks like a vax]"></a>
1.28 hugh 21:
1.12 ericj 22: <p>
1.17 hugh 23: OpenBSD/vax began in early 2000 when architecture specific code was adapted
1.25 hugh 24: from NetBSD's very mature port to these systems. Smaller imports still
25: occur as useful changes happen in that OS, but not wholly derivative, changes
1.28 hugh 26: in our port are often incorporated into NetBSD. The result of all this work is
1.25 hugh 27: an Operating System that is stable and familiar to any OpenBSD user.
1.12 ericj 28: </p>
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30: <p>
1.28 hugh 31: <b>Significant changes post 3.0:</b>
32: </p>
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34: <ul>
35: <li>Binary logical page size changed to 4096 bytes
36: </ul>
37:
38: <p>
1.25 hugh 39: <b>Significant changes between 2.9 and 3.0:</b>
40: </p>
1.28 hugh 41:
1.25 hugh 42: <ul>
1.28 hugh 43: <li>Support for "Omega" machines added
44: <li>Event counters attached to most devices
45: <li>More addressing modes added to the emulation system
1.25 hugh 46: </ul>
47:
48: <p>
1.22 hugh 49: <b>Significant changes between 2.8 and 2.9:</b>
1.16 hugh 50: </p>
1.28 hugh 51:
1.16 hugh 52: <ul>
1.28 hugh 53: <li>Support for 16 filesystems per drive
54: <li>Emulation of the EMODD instruction
55: <li>Support for "Cheetah" machines added
56: <li>Interrupt signals no longer cause ksh subshells to core
1.16 hugh 57: </ul>
58:
59: <p>
1.18 hugh 60: OpenBSD runs on a wide variety of VAX hardware, but our
61: <a href="want.html#vax">inventory of systems</a>
1.25 hugh 62: is limited. OpenBSD/vax may actually run on your hardware even if it's not
63: listed here, so we rely on your testing and feedback to keep this list up to
64: date. After you finish installing and road testing your new system, consider
65: running "dmesg |mail dmesg@openbsd.org" to help us determine what types of
66: hardware people are using.
1.17 hugh 67: </p>
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1.20 hugh 69: <table WIDTH="100%">
1.17 hugh 70: <tr VALIGN=top>
1.28 hugh 71: <td WIDTH="40%">
1.17 hugh 72: <p>
73: <b>Tested systems:</b>
74: </p>
75:
76: <ul>
77: <li>VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000
1.19 hugh 78: <li>VAXstation 3100/{30,40} (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
79: <li>VAXstation 3100/{38,48} (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
1.17 hugh 80: <li>VAXstation 3100/76 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
81: <li>VAXstation 4000/60 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
1.24 hugh 82: <li>VAXstation 4000/VLC (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
1.18 hugh 83: <li>MicroVAX 3100/{10,20}{,e} (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
84: <li>MicroVAX 3100/80 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
85: <li>MicroVAX 3100/90 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
1.23 hugh 86: <li>MicroVAX 3300
1.17 hugh 87: <li>VAX 4000/100 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
88: <li>VAX 4000/105 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
89: <li>VAX 4000/300
1.28 hugh 90: <li>VAX 4000/{4,5,6}00
1.17 hugh 91: </ul>
92: </td>
1.25 hugh 93:
1.28 hugh 94: <td WIDTH="60%">
1.17 hugh 95: <p>
96: <b>Projects being worked on:</b>
97: </p>
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99: <ul>
1.28 hugh 100: <li>VAXstation 2000's HDC9224 (floppy/mfm hard disk controller)
101: <li>MSCP support for tapes and drives on QBUS/UQSSP machines
1.29 hugh 102: <li>Shared libraries? eventually...
103: <li>Support for any new systems we encounter
1.25 hugh 104: </ul>
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106: <p>
107: <b>Documentation we're looking for:</b>
108: </p>
109:
110: <ul>
111: <li>Programming info for LCG or SPGFX framebuffers
1.28 hugh 112: <li>Software references for SHAC DSSI
1.25 hugh 113: <li>Any edition VARM
1.17 hugh 114: </ul>
1.28 hugh 115:
116: <p>
1.17 hugh 117: <b>Known problems:</b>
118: </p>
119:
120: <ul>
1.25 hugh 121: <li>toolchain issues - overzealous gcc optimizer
1.22 hugh 122: <li>pmap - addressing limits
1.17 hugh 123: </ul>
124: </td>
125: </tr>
126: </table>
1.15 hugh 127:
128: <p>
1.20 hugh 129: In addition to formal releases, snapshots that reflect our current work
130: are available for download from the <a href=ftp.html>ftp mirrors</a>,
131: and a mailing has been set up at
132: <a href="mailto:vax@openbsd.org"> vax@openbsd.org</a>.
1.26 miod 133: To join the OpenBSD/vax mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
134: vax"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
135: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
136: subscribing.
1.12 ericj 137: </p>
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1.13 ericj 139: <p>
1.20 hugh 140: The OpenBSD/vax port maintainers are
141: <a href="mailto:bjc@cvs.openbsd.org">Brandon Creighton</a>
142: and <a href="mailto:hugh@cvs.openbsd.org">Hugh Graham</a>.
1.13 ericj 143: </p>
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