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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware index 00bb2cf2fb7..0e334ed4943 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ OpenBSD/sparc OSREV runs on the following classes of machines: - sun4 -- 4/100, 4/200, and 4/300. (note that support for the 4/400 processor is incomplete) - sun4c -- SS1, SS1+, SS2, IPC, ELC, IPX, and SLC - - sun4m -- Sparc Classic, LX, 4, 5, 10, and 20. *** See Notes Below + - sun4m -- Sparc Classic, LX, 4, 5, 10, 20, and 600MP. + *** See Notes Below - faithful clones of the above Sun systems (e.g. Integrix) OpenBSD/sparc OSREV does NOT run on these machines (yet): - Sun 4/400 -- Lacking support for the I/O cache, and related ethernet problems. - - Sun 4/6xx -- Sparcserver 600MP, Different registers (auxio - vs. leds), VMEbus on sun4m arch, iommu issues. - sun4d -- SPARCcenter 2000, SPARCserver 1000, XDBus and multiprocessor support issues. - sun4u (Ultrasparcs) -- currently no support for 64-bit Sparc @@ -93,7 +92,9 @@ Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions about: 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. +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. The supplied GENERIC kernel is the best attempt at a configuration that works on the widest range of machinery (sun4, sun4c, and sun4m). |