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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. 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 contained in the post release snapshot:</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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<p>
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.
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	<b>Tested systems:</b>
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	<li>VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000
	<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 
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	<b>Projects being worked on:</b>
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	<li>vaxstation 2000's hdc9224 (floppy/mfm hard disk controller)
	<li>qbus tk50/tk70 tape drives
	<li>shared libraries
        <li>support for new systems as we obtain them
	<li>graphics console once we find cables and a display...
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	<b>Known problems:</b>
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	<li>optimizer bugs in gcc
	<li>intermittent lance ethernet timeouts
	<li>pmap issues
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The current release OpenBSD/vax is 2.8; however, snapshots will be made from time to time.
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The OpenBSD/vax port maintainer is <a href=mailto:bjc@cvs.openbsd.org>Brandon Creighton</a>.
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