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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).