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Christoph reports VAXstation 4000/VLC as working fine.

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<h2>OpenBSD/vax</h2>

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<h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>

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OpenBSD/vax began in early 2000 when architecture specific code was adapted
from NetBSD's very mature port to these systems, and smaller imports still
occur as useful changes happen in that OS. However, we are by no means wholly
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.
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<b>Significant changes between 2.8 and 2.9:</b>
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<li>Support for 16 filesystems per drive. (work by hugh)
<li>Emulation of the EMODD instruction. (work by bjc)
<li>Support for KA53 (Cheetah) machines. (work by bjc & hugh)
<li>Interrupt signals no longer cause ksh subshells to core. (work by bjc)
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OpenBSD runs on a wide variety of VAX hardware, but our
<a href="want.html#vax">inventory of systems</a>
is limited. We may actually run on your hardware even if it's not listed
here.  We rely on your feedback to know what is supported, and what
needs work. After you finish installing and road testing your new system,
consider running "dmesg |mail dmesg@openbsd.org" to help us determine
what types of hardware people are using. The machines listed on this page
are known to be working as of the most recent release.
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	<b>Tested systems:</b>
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	<li>VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000
	<li>VAXstation 3100/{30,40} (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>VAXstation 3100/{38,48} (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>VAXstation 3100/76 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>VAXstation 4000/60 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>VAXstation 4000/VLC (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>MicroVAX 3100/{10,20}{,e} (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>MicroVAX 3100/80 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>MicroVAX 3100/90 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>MicroVAX 3300
	<li>VAX 4000/100 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>VAX 4000/105 (<font color="#009900">SCSI</font>)
	<li>VAX 4000/300 
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	<b>Projects being worked on:</b>
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	<ul>
	<li>vaxstation 2000's hdc9224 (floppy/mfm hard disk controller)
	<li>qbus tk50/tk70 tape drives
	<li>shared libraries? good idea?
        <li>support for new systems as we obtain them
	<li>graphics console support
	<li>support for LCG or SPGFX framebuffers (if we can find programming info)
	</ul>
 
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	<b>Known problems:</b>
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	<ul>
	<li>optimizer bugs in gcc
	<li>pmap - addressing limits
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<p>
In addition to formal releases, snapshots that reflect our current work
are available for download from the <a href=ftp.html>ftp mirrors</a>,
and a mailing has been set up at
<a href="mailto:vax@openbsd.org"> vax@openbsd.org</a>.
For information on subscribing, simply send a message body of "help"
to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
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The OpenBSD/vax port maintainers are
<a href="mailto:bjc@cvs.openbsd.org">Brandon Creighton</a>
and <a href="mailto:hugh@cvs.openbsd.org">Hugh Graham</a>.
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