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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2012-04-18 18:13:13 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2012-04-18 18:13:13 +0000
commit84f57e168c48125735ea79a76d4045e4f98ac166 (patch)
tree3abcd104e4e33004e2f0f272f0d1ab342a86a0b8 /distrib/notes/sgi
parentf3e4166bd5a8658f7dd9a97ac8f00fa6d156fc6f (diff)
update here too
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/sgi')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sgi/hardware52
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sgi/prep16
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware b/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
index d9a4d90d512..68750c34cf5 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
+++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.16 2012/04/08 22:25:52 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.17 2012/04/18 18:13:12 miod Exp $
OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV runs on the following machine families:
IP22 class machines:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dnl Origin 300, Onyx 300
Supported devices {:-include-:}:
- Ethernet Adapters
built-in IP22 Seeq 80C03 Ethernet Controller (sq)
- built-in O2 Mace Ethernet Controller (mec)
+ built-in O2 Mace Ethernet Controller (mec)
IOC3 Ethernet Controller (built-in on IP27, IP30 and some IP35) (iec)
Broadcom BCM570x (a.k.a. Tigon3) based PCI adapters (bge) including:
3Com 3c996-SX
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}:
Netgear GA302T
SysKonnect SK-9D21
SysKonnect SK-9D41
- Intel/DEC 21443 "Tulip" clones (dc)
+ Intel/DEC 21443 "Tulip" clones (dc)
3Com EtherLink III and Fast EtherLink III Ethernet (ep)
- Intel i8255x-based (fxp) including:
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
- Intel PRO/100 VE, PRO/100 VM, and PRO/100 S
+ Intel i8255x-based (fxp) including:
+ Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
+ Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
+ Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
+ Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
+ Intel PRO/100 VE, PRO/100 VM, and PRO/100 S
Myson Technology MTD8xx 3-in-1 Fast Ethernet (mtd)
NE2000 compatible PCI Ethernet (ne)
Alteon Tigon I and II Gigabit Ethernet (ti)
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}:
3Com EtherLink XL and Fast EtherLink XL (xl)
- SCSI Host Adapters
IP22 built-in WD33C93 (wdsc)
- O2 built-in Adaptec AIC-7880 (ahc)
+ O2 built-in Adaptec AIC-7880 (ahc)
IP27/IP30/IP32/IP35 built-in QLogic ISP (isp)
- LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Message Passing Interface (mpi)
- 53C8xx-based SCSI (siop)
+ LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Message Passing Interface (mpi)
+ 53C8xx-based SCSI (siop)
- RS-232 devices
on-board Z8530 compatible serial ports (zstty)
- on-board NS16550 compatible serial ports (com)
+ on-board NS16550 compatible serial ports (com)
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controllers and Devices
USB Universal Host Controller (uhci)
USB Open Host Controller (ohci)
@@ -77,26 +77,30 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}:
USB Modems (umodem)
USB Printers (ulpt)
- Audio Devices
- O2 Moosehead A/V Board audio (mavb)
+ O2 Moosehead A/V Board audio (mavb)
- Video Devices
- O2 built-in Graphics Back End framebuffer (gbe)
- ImpactSR frame buffer (impact) found on some Octane systems.
- VPro frame buffer (odyssey) found on Fuel, Tezro, Octane 2, as well
- as on some late Octane systems.
+ Indigo Light (`Entry', `Starter') graphics (light)
+ Indy, Indigo2 Newport (`XL', `XGE') graphics (newport)
+ Indy, Indigo2 Express (`XS', `XZ', `Elan', `Extreme') graphics (grtwo)
+ O2 built-in Graphics Back End framebuffer (gbe)
+ Indigo2, Octane Impact and ImpactSR graphics (impact)
+ Octane 2, Fuel, Tezro VPro graphics (odyssey)
- Input Devices
- O2 built-in PS/2 Controller (mkbc)
- Octane/Origin/Fuel/Tezro built-in PS/2 Controller (iockbc)
- PS/2 mice (pms)
- PS/2 keyboards (pckbd)
+ Indigo keyboard and mouse (zskbd, zsms)
+ Indigo2 and Indy onboard PS/2 controller (pckbc)
+ O2 onboard PS/2 Controller (mkbc)
+ Octane/Origin/Fuel/Tezro onboard PS/2 Controller (iockbc)
+ PS/2 mice (pms)
+ PS/2 keyboards (pckbd)
USB keyboard and mice (already listed above)
- Miscellaneous Devices
- ``soft'' power button as available on SGI O2 and Octane (power)
+ Indy and Indigo2 power and volume buttons (panel)
+ O2 and Octane ``soft'' power button (power)
If your hardware is not listed above, there is currently no support for it
in this release.
Currently unsupported hardware {:-include-:}:
-- input devices and frame buffers on IP22
- audio on IP22 (Iris Audio, HAL 2) and IP30 (RAD)
- some IP27 and IP35 systems (Origin 2000, Onyx 2, Origin 300 and Onyx 300)
- R8000 and R10000 Indigo 2 (IP26 and IP28)
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/prep b/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
index 80e25162477..76b29b27d47 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.22 2012/04/08 22:25:52 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.23 2012/04/18 18:13:12 miod Exp $
Before you install your system, you should identify your system family and
familiarize yourself with the ARCBios setup and how to run programs from
the Command monitor prompt.
@@ -82,14 +82,7 @@ Switching from serial to graphics console and vice versa:
support your frame buffer, it will fallback to serial console on the
first serial port.
- As of OpenBSD OSREV, supported graphics console devices are:
- - the onboard frame buffer on IP32 systems (gbe)
- - ImpactSR (Mardigras) frame buffer on IP30 (I-Series and E-Series)
- (impact)
- - VPro family frame buffers on IP27, IP30 and IP35 systems (odyssey)
-
- And the following graphics devices are not supported yet:
- - all IP22 frame buffers
+ As of OpenBSD OSREV, the only unsupported graphics console devices are:
- Infinite Reality (Kona) frame buffer on IP27/IP35 Onyx systems
- Voyager (Ultimate Vision) frame buffer on IP35 Onyx 4 systems
@@ -128,8 +121,9 @@ Setting the environment:
When setting up the system to boot from disk, the ``OSLoader''
environment variable will need to be changed.
- Its default value is ``sash'' or ``sash64'', which is IRIX's standalone
- shell and loader. Set it to ``boot'', the OpenBSD boot loader.
+ Its default value is ``sashARCS'', ``sash'' or ``sash64'', which is
+ IRIX's standalone shell and loader. Set it to ``boot'', the name under
+ which the OpenBSD boot loader has been installed.
The kernel image loaded by default is specified in the ``OSLoadFilename''
variable, which defaults to ``unix''. To boot OpenBSD, set it to