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2008-08-22Let lkms(4) support VSXXX-AB tablets in addition to the mice it alreadyMiod Vallat
supports, based on appendix C and D of the VCB02 (qdss) technical manual. Also parse the selftest results and report device errors. Not tested on actual tablet due to the lack of any; mouse operation is not disturbed.
2008-08-20Minimal driver for the VAXstation 35x0/38x0 LEGSS option, currently limitedMiod Vallat
to 8 bit mode operation, and no color or accelerated features until I can find documentation about it. Speed is decent by VAX standards, except for scrolling, which is so abysmally slow one could see ZZ Top's beards growing while waiting for the screen to scroll...
2008-08-18Add support for the ``Firefox'' VAXstation 3520/3540/3820/3840 workstations,Miod Vallat
currently limited to serial console and a single processor working. All ``on-board'' devices, including the Q-bus adapter, but except for the frame buffer, are supported. The machine will boot over the network or from SCSI devices. Lots of thanks to Al Kossow for www.bitsavers.org, on which I found the technical documentation allowing me to complete this port (which was lacking at the time I got that machine...).
2008-08-06Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2008-08-06Minor random tweaks and fixes.Miod Vallat
2008-08-05It's eiher ... or, not either ... andMiod Vallat
2008-08-05Better description of the installation steps:Miod Vallat
- document questions in proper order: hostname before network configuration, DNS only if network is configured, sshd and ntpd, aperture only on machines which need it, serial console only on machines which need it. This is done by splitting the end of OpenBSDCommonURL in various macros, OpenBSDInstallWrapup, OpenBSDInstallAperture, OpenBSDInstallConsole and OpenBSDInstallWrapupPart2. - use the above macros when appropriate, OpenBSDInstallWrapup* being mandatory on all arches. - remove serial console configuration blurb on sparc and sparc64, it is handled by OpenBSDInstallConsole now.
2008-03-10Minor tweaks, including behind-the-scenes fixes.Miod Vallat
2008-03-10Suggest vt220 as a TERM value for serial-console-in-an-xterm setup everywhereMiod Vallat
instead of a mix of vt100 and vt220.
2008-03-10Sync sets sizes with release bits.Miod Vallat
2007-12-09Mention VS3100 spx.Miod Vallat
2007-03-01Your spring jumbo m4-fu. This time:Miod Vallat
- mention comp contains an objective-C compiler too. - rewrite InstallPrelude so that it will only output the ``know your drive geometry'' blurb if asked to, and for a specified disk type. Use it for non-IDE and non-SCSI disks only, otherwise the kernel is good enough to do the job without the users' help. - similarily, adapt BootMsgs to make the second part of the geometry blurb optional, and to accept up to three disk types. Use this to report better disk names (i.e. no point saying an scsi disk would show up as sd0 on platforms which can't have scsi disks, or won't be able to boot from them). - in InstallPart4, drop the part about block and fragment sizes in disklabel. The defaults are good, and you won't get to change them unless you switched to expert mode. - the default answer to ``wanna get the ftp mirror list, unzel?'' is ``no'', so pressing enter to get it is not enough anymore (-:
2006-08-30Minor nits.Miod Vallat
2006-08-30VXT2000 information.Miod Vallat
2006-08-14New x sets and a few tweaksMiod Vallat
2006-07-30Update supported devices list and add a few words about console selection.Miod Vallat
2006-02-28Update sets sizes; ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
2005-08-30Update sets size, and a few tweaks; also size of files smaller than 1MBMiod Vallat
get printed in KB now; ok mickey@ deraadt@
2005-03-18Mention local filesystems are only suitable for upgrades.Miod Vallat
2005-03-18Rework description slightly.Miod Vallat
2005-03-18Sync X sets names with contents.Miod Vallat
2005-01-15VAXstation 4000/96 worksMartin Reindl
2004-09-10Update sets sizes with the latest binaries (except for hp300 X11 which willMiod Vallat
be late).
2004-09-10Try to make the port descriptions less stupid and more concise.Miod Vallat
2004-07-28Xetc causes the number of sets to change, better reflect it in the text...Miod Vallat
2004-06-22introduce the new xetc set. ok deraadt@, miod@, krw@.Matthieu Herrb
2004-06-07provide sets sizes in raw bytecounts and thenMichael Shalayeff
uniformly compute the MB numbers in m4.common; reduce average calculator uptime. miod@ ok
2004-03-27Fold the contents section, no real text change. ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
2004-03-26Specify units: xxM -> xxMB, etcTom Cosgrove
ok miod@ deraadt@
2004-03-25Various typosTom Cosgrove
ok miod@ deraadt@
2004-03-20Sets size updates.Miod Vallat
2004-03-17grammar, consistency fixes, and typos;Jason McIntyre
ok miod@
2004-03-16typos and consistency fixes;Jason McIntyre
ok miod@
2004-03-10Mention MicroVAX 3100/85 as reported on vax@Miod Vallat
2003-09-09Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2003-03-25Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2003-03-08CXY08 and DELQA are tested and supported.Hugh Graham
2002-12-30Do not mention NFS as a possible tarballs source when the installation mediaMiod Vallat
does not support NFS mounts.
2002-10-07Set size updates. Almost correct.Miod Vallat
2002-09-23MSCP based local storage now supported. Also reword some stuff.Hugh Graham
2002-09-23Add 4000 700A and the couple tested QBUS/MSCP cards.Hugh Graham
2002-06-09knfTodd T. Fries
2002-05-23Reword to make things easier for less experienced users to follow.Hugh Graham
2002-04-14Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2002-04-09Since the installation procedure will list all the supported media flagsMiod Vallat
via ifconfig -m, there is no need to suggest canonical media flags on some arches, especially since the end user might have a different interface with different flags; instead, be more cosy and mention that looking at the manual page for the interface might be helpful for desperate cases. Thus, merge the OpenBSDInstallNet and OpenBSDInstallNet2 macros, and remove thde in-between text for the arches that had such a paragraph.
2002-04-08Rework the netboot operation description. Also, try to stress a bit more thanMiod Vallat
you have to interrupt autoboot to netboot bsd.rd, since tired bulgarian eyes seem to have missed this in the past.
2002-04-07After torturing Todd for a couple days with incremental booting, weHugh Graham
are confident at this point that OpenBSD has not corrupted the prom on his VAXstation 4000/90, and that the machine works well. Declare this model supported.
2002-04-03Add 4000 200.Hugh Graham
2002-03-30Factorize more common texts from the ramdisk operation.Miod Vallat
No text changes except for harmonization, and the blurb about network interface flags has bene slightly changed for some arches.
2001-11-13Inhibit scooping, update list promptly.Hugh Graham