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authorDale S. Rahn <rahnds@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-09-06 02:27:00 +0000
committerDale S. Rahn <rahnds@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-09-06 02:27:00 +0000
commit29af93043e65fcb4abd2bcd887f35c0f6810a65d (patch)
tree61ab95f3ebac8b135b1a875a3880c917a79eb3c1 /sys/arch
parent534c5ba3eb3100b0ec7b496b16a0743c60d63574 (diff)
Update README a bit, mostly remove old/incorrect information.
State that the primary supported machines are the imac and G4 machines.
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This port is partly based on the NetBSD powerpc port by Wolfgang Solfrank.
The NetBSD code was imported by Dale Rahn who also added support for ELF.
-The current shape of the PowerPC port is a result of a work performed by
-Per Fogelstrom, Opsycon AB. The work was sponsored by RTMX Inc, North
-Carolina, USA.
-
A lot of code has been removed and a lot of new code has been added to
create a monolithic kernel that uses OpenFirmware or any other boot plattform
as little possible.
-The current kernel supports MCG Powerstack family of machines DT-604, MT-604,
-Series E, Powerstack Pro[234]000 and V.I Power.4e PowerPC 604 based VME board.
-More will come in the future. Openfirmware is required for all systems.
-Powerstack family machines with 603 processor will only work with certain
-versions of openfirmware, not the latest versions however, older versions.
+The current kernel supports PowerMac G4 and iMacs, additional machines
+may be supported to varying degrees.
-Support for Openfirmware drivers was reintroduced, in a manner which
-is compatible with "real" drivers.
-If done carefully OF drivers and hardware drivers can be mixed, if
-however a hardware driver is configured, then OF tries to access the
-device, it can hang the system.
TODO:
ptrace support finished (gdb can breakpoint, but not step)
- fp (setround, getround, getmask, setmask, setsticky, getsticky)
Dale
rahnds@cvs.openbsd.org
-Per
-pefo@cvs.openbsd.org