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authorJasper Lievisse Adriaanse <jasper@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-01-15 18:55:49 +0000
committerJasper Lievisse Adriaanse <jasper@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-01-15 18:55:49 +0000
commit001348bcef7a91c2082b22e73576944eb5321a47 (patch)
treef6e105d489880b7a7bf0a3f4770d4f7a54f05eea /distrib/notes/sgi
parente1215f8a3a568c25c4d24f9ba9019c63cde243a3 (diff)
- update the hardware list with reality
- tweak a sentence in prep now that we have decent console support ok miod@
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/sgi')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sgi/hardware10
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sgi/prep9
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware b/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
index a92020750a0..da94f18ab43 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
+++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.3 2006/06/13 19:35:06 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.4 2008/01/15 18:55:48 jasper Exp $
OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV runs on the following machines:
O2 with the following CPU configurations:
R5000, R52xx and RM7000 with any secondary/tertiary caches.
@@ -21,11 +21,17 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}:
- SCSI controllers
built-in Adaptec AIC-7880 (ahc)
53C8xx-based SCSI (siop)
+ LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Message Passing Interface (mpi)
- RS-232 devices:
on-board NS16550 compatible serial ports (com)
- Miscellaneous devices:
battery-backed real time clock
- ``soft'' power button as available on some models (power)
+ ``soft'' power button as available on SGI O2 (power)
+ Moosehead A/V Board audio (mavb)
+ built-in SGI Graphics Back End framebuffer (gbe)
+ built-in PS/2 Controller (mkbc)
+ PS/2 mice (pms)
+ PS/2 keyboards (pckbd)
If your hardware is not listed above, there is currently no support for it
in this release.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/prep b/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
index 601cdbc323b..160e9eb06fe 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.10 2007/11/25 17:44:47 jasper Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.11 2008/01/15 18:55:48 jasper Exp $
Before you install your system, you should familiarize yourself with the
ARCS setup and how to run programs from the Command monitor prompt.
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ Accessing the Maintenance Console:
Switching from serial to graphics console and vice versa:
Booting the ramdisk kernel can be done from the ARCS graphic console
- although it might be more convenient to use the serial console since
- the kernel currently only supports the serial console. Some systems
- come with the serial console enabled by default but sometimes
- this must be changed.
+ although it might be more convenient to use the serial console for
+ the installation procedure. Some systems come with the serial console
+ enabled by default but sometimes this must be changed.
To change to serial console, go into the ARCS Maintenance Console
and change the ``console'' environment variable, and power-cycle