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$NetBSD: STATUS,v 1.2 1995/11/23 02:33:26 cgd Exp $
NetBSD/Alpha's Status
Supported hardware:
DEC 3000/[456789]00 (I've only tested it on the 400 and
600, but the rest should "just work) using the following
peripherals:
Built-in serial ports
LANCE ethernet -- only the on-board interface. (see below.)
SCSI system -- it recognizes and can use both on-board SCSI
controller chips. However, it has trouble working with
both at the same time.
Things are aren't supported:
No frame buffers of any type.
Devices in TurboChannel option slots (see the
TODO.users file.)
The ISDN/Audio chip.
DEC 3000/300 family, with same hardware above.
*** NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT TESTED NEW KERNELS THOROUGHLY ON
DEC 3000/[3-900] SYSTEMS!
AlphaStation {200,250,400} systems using the following
peripherals:
On-board NRC 53c810 SCSI.
On-board ns16550-based serial ports.
DC21040-based ethernet (on-board or in an option
slot).
DC21050-based PCI-PCI bridges (though other
types of PCI-PCI bridges should work).
PCI VGA video boards.
DEC ZLXp-E1 (DC21030-based, "TGA") video boards.
Keyboard.
Things that ARE NOT supported at this time:
DEC ZLXp-E2 and ZLXp-E3 video boards.
Mouse.
Sound hardware (Windows Sound System).
AlphaStation 600 systems, with the same supported hardware
list as the AlphaStation {200,250,400} systems. (NOTE THAT
THAT MEANS THE AlphaStation 600's BUILT-IN SCSI CONTROLLERS
DO NOT WORK. You'll need to get a 53c810 board, or
something.)
AXPpci systems, with the same supported hardware list as
the AlphaStation {200,250,400} systems. (AXPpci support
was written by Jeffrey Hsu. Thanks, Jeff!)
At this time none of the following systems are supported:
DECpc AXP systems (EISA-bus PC-like systems)
Alpha "server" systems
Multiprocessor Alpha systems
I was hoping to get a DECpc AXP port working "for free" based on
the PCI work, but the DECpc AXP is a very different (and, in my
opinion, very alien) piece of hardware. If somebody wants to make
NetBSD/Alpha run on the DECpc AXP system, get in touch and I'll do
what I can to help you get started.
Console frame buffers & keyboard are supported only on the AlphaStation
and AXPpci families of machines. On the TurboChannel-baesd machines,
NetBSD/Alpha _must_ be used with a serial console. To configure various
Alpha systems to use a serial console, do the following depending on
the model:
DEC 3000/[4-9]00's:
Flip the appropriate switch on the back of the machine.
(See your owner's manual for more details.)
DEC 3000/300 family machines:
Boot the machine with the keyboard/mouse connector
unplugged.
DECpc AXPs, AXPpcis, and AlphaStations:
Get to the console prompt. Set the variable
"console" to be "serial", and "init" or power cycle
the system.
See the file src/sys/arch/alpha/README to find out how to get the
latest sources and/or binaries.
Please see the file src/sys/arch/alpha/TODO.users for a list of things
that users can do to help NetBSD/Alpha improve. If you're interested
in doing any of them, or porting to new hardware, get in touch and
I'll do what I can to help.
Chris Demetriou
cgd@netbsd.org
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