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| author | Jason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-02 03:22:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-02 03:22:26 +0000 |
| commit | 76ab7e33abf77396c93ed74bc3c85a8e6b5f19dd (patch) | |
| tree | 22d1af3e215452c79e0094953527c9d5f02952db | |
| parent | 80f9aa9b18051fca63f172aa260ff76729c3eabf (diff) | |
update supported hardware, and cleanup initial caveats paragraph
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sparc/hardware | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware index c8cf4b0e402..b6329990c86 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware @@ -63,13 +63,18 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}: Xylogics 450/451 VME disk controller ("xy") [note: VME/IPI disks are not supported] + Audio: + sun4m (ss4/ss5) CS4231 audio. + Sun SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) + Miscellaneous devices: Sun floppy disk drive on sun4c machines. Sun keyboard and mouse. sun4c/Classic AMD audio. - sun4m (ss4/ss5) CS4231 audio. - Sun SBus Expansion Subsystem (SUNW,xbox) Tadpole microcontroller (tctrl) + Force FGA5000 SBus/VME bridge + Force system configuration registers + Force flash memory Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions about: Multiprocessor machines (Will not boot correctly on multiple CPU sun4m) @@ -91,12 +96,12 @@ Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions about: *** Note: sun4m and general sparc caveats -As of of the OpenBSD OSREV release there are still some outstanding problems -with OpenBSD on the various Sparc architectures. The sun4m architecture, -particularly the Viking/SuperSPARC implementations, is probably the least -stable and is also lacking useful floppy/audio support. The 600MP support is -less stable than the other sun4m machines, and there is currently no support -for the VME bus found on this machine. +As of the OpenBSD OSREV release there are still a few outstanding problems +with OpenBSD on some Sparc architectures. Certain lower end CPU modules are +known to have problems, in particular the cache-less SM30 and SM40. +Support for the Viking/SuperSPARC implementations with cache has improved +dramatically. Some sun4m machines are lacking useful floppy/audio support +and the VME bus on the 600MP is unsupported. The supplied GENERIC kernel is the best attempt at a configuration that works on the widest range of machinery (sun4, sun4c, and sun4m). |