NetBSD/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware

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.Ss2 Supported machines
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sun4
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4/100
.It
4/200
.It
4/300
.It
4/400
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.It
sun4c
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SPARCstation/server 1
.It
SPARCstation/server 1+
.It
SPARCstation/server 2
.It
IPC
.It
ELC
.It
IPX
.It
SLC
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.It
sun4c clones
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Aries Parrot II
.It
Opus/5000
.It
Opus/5250
.It
FORCE Sparc CPU1e/4
.It
FORCE Sparc CPU2e/4
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(and possibly more)
.(Note
NetBSD doesn't support the VME interface on the FORCE models
.Note)
.It
sun4m
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4/600
.It
SPARC Classic
.It
SPARC LX
.It
SPARCstation 4
.It
SPARCstation/server 5
.It
SPARCstation/server 10
.It
SPARCstation/server 20
.It
Voyager
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.(Note
All known SuperSPARC, HyperSPARC, microSPARC, and TurboSPARC CPUs are supported
.Note)
.It
sun4m clones
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Axil 245
.It
Axil 311
.It
Axil 320
.It
Cycle C C Cycle 5-IP
.It
DTKstation/Classic+
.It
RDI PowerLite-85
.It
RDI PowerLite-110
.It
RDI BriteLite
.It
Ross sparc 20
.It
Transtec SS5/170
.It
Tatung microCOMPstation 5
.It
Twinhead TWINstation 5G
.It
TWS SuperCOMPstation-20S
.It
Tadpole SPARCbook 3 series
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(and possibly more)
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.Ss2 Machines not supported by NetBSD/\*M
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sun4d
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SPARCcenter 1000
.It
SPARCcenter 2000
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.It
sun4u and other UltraSPARC based machines
.Pp
These are supported by the
.Nx
sparc64 port.  Refer to
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc64/index.html
.It
JavaStation models.  Refer to the NetBSD/sparc JavaStation Support page
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc/javastation.html
.It
Solbourne machines
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.Pp
The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and ~60 MB of disk space.
To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run
X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended, as
.Nx
with 4 MB of RAM feels like
.Tn Solaris
with 4 MB of RAM - slow.
Note that until you have around 16 MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more
important than getting a faster CPU.
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.Ss2 Supported devices
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sun4c and sun4m video; Sbus card, on-board, or optional
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.Em bwtwo ;
1 bpp framebuffer.
On-board and Sbus card (MG1 and MG2)
.It
.Em cgthree ;
8 bpp framebuffer.
On-board and Sbus card
.It
.Em cgsix ;
8 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
On-board and Sbus card (GX, GX+, TGX, and TGX+)
.It
.Em cgfourteen ;
SX 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
On-board SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20, requires optional 4 or 8 MB
VSIMM, limited to
.Em cgthree
emulation
.It
.Em tcx ;
S24 accelerated color framebuffer.
On-board SPARCstation 4 (8 bpp), JavaStation-1 (24 bpp), and optional on
SPARCstation 5 (24 bpp), limited to
.Em cgthree
emulation
.It
.Em pnozz ;
Weitek p9100 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
On-board Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX, limited to
.Em cgthree
emulation
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.It
sun4 video; VME card, on-board, or P4 (supported only on 4/100 and 4/300 series machines)
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.Em bwtwo ;
1 bpp framebuffer.
On-board and P4
.It
.Em cgtwo ;
8 bpp framebuffer.
VME card
.It
.Em cgfour ;
8 bpp framebuffer with overlay.
P4
.It
.Em cgsix ;
LEGO 8 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
P4
.It
.Em cgeight ;
24 bpp framebuffer with overlay.
P4 (not well tested)
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.It
Network interfaces
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.Em be ;
100 Mbps half-duplex
.Dq Big Mac
ethernet.
Sbus card
.It
.Em en ;
Efficient Networks, Inc. ATM interface.
Sbus card
.It
.Em hme ;
100 Mbps full-duplex
.Dq Happy Meal
ethernet.
Sbus card (not well tested)
.It
.Em ie ;
10 Mbps Intel 82586 ethernet.
On-board (4/100 and 4/200, may not be working properly on 4/400) and VME card
.It
.Em le ;
10 Mbps AMD 9790 Lance ethernet.
On-board (4/300, sun4c, and sun4m) and Sbus card
.It
.Em qec ;
One 100 Mbps be interface and four 10 Mbps Mace ethernet interfaces.
Sbus card
.It
.Em qfe ;
quad 100 Mbps full-duplex
.Dq Happy Meal
ethernet (four ethernet interfaces).
Sbus card (not well tested)
.It
misc: various ethernet interfaces are found on multi-function Sbus cards
(e.g. along with SCSI), the ethernet interfaces work even if the other
functions do not
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.It
SCSI interfaces
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.Em esp ;
5 MB/s and 10 MB/s (Fast) NCR 53C9x SCSI controller.
On-board (sun4c, sun4m, and 4/300) and Sbus card
.It
.Em isp ;
10 MB/s (Fast) and 20 MB/s (Fast+Wide) Qlogic ISP 10x0 family.
Sbus card
.It
.Em si ;
5 MB/s NCR 5380 SCSI controller.
VME card (Interrupt driven and polled DMA)
.It
.Em sw ;
5 MB/s NCR 5380 
.Dq "SCSI Weird"
controller.
Onboard 4/110 (polled DMA only)
.It
misc: SCSI functionality is sometimes found on multi-function Sbus cards
(e.g. along with ethernet), the SCSI
.Em esp
and
.Em isp
portions of those cards should work, even if the other functions do not.
.(Note
See
.Lk http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq/
for information on bootable CD-ROMs
.Note)
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.It
VME disk interfaces
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.Em xd ;
Xylogics 7053 VME/SMD disk controller
.It
.Em xy ;
Xylogics 450/451 VME disk controller
.(Note
VME/IPI disks are not supported
.Note)
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.It
Floppy drives
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.Em fd ;
floppy disk drive.
On-board sun4c and sun4m
.It
.Em sd ;
SCSI floppy drive, acts as a SCSI drive to kernel.
found with some SPARCBook 3 machines
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.It
.Em nell ; 
PCMCIA/Cardbus devices using the sbus-to-PCMCIA bridge
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All 8 bit devices listed in the Machine-independent PCMCIA drivers page
should work. Very few have been tested with
.Nx*M .
There is a byte endian issue which
currently prevents 16 bit devices from working.
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/pcmcia.html
.(Note
Note: there is a conflict between the 
.Em audioamd
device in sun4c and some sun4m models and the 
.Em nell 
device. See the FAQ for more information.
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc/faq.html#nell
.Note)
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.It
Serial interfaces
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On-board serial ports based on Zilog 8530 and Zilog 85C30
(can be used as console if needed)
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.It
Input devices
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Sun keyboard and mouse
.It
SPARCBook 3 keyboard and joystick
.It
Third-party keyboards, mice, and trackballs
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.It
Audio
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.Em audioamd ;
AMD 7930-based 8000 Hz, 8 bit, mono, mu-law.
On-board sun4c and SPARC Classic
.It
.Em audiocs ;
CS4231-based 44 KHz, 16 bit, stereo, PCM.
On-board SPARCStation 5, JavaStation-1, JavaStation-10,  and optional on
SPARCStation 4.
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.It
Misc cards
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.Em mtty /
.Em mbpp ;
Magma Serial/Parallel ports.  Sbus card
.It
.Em xbox ;
Sun Sbus expander device
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.Ss2 Unsupported devices
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Use of more than one processor in sun4m machines (it boots, but only uses
one processor)
.It
DBRIe-based audio and ISDN.  On-board some sun4m machines (such as SS10,
SS20, SPARC LX, and Tadpole SPARCbook)
.It
.Em sc ;
Sun SCSI.  VME card
.It
.Em bpp ;
Bi-directional parallel port.  On-board and Sbus card
.It
.Em cgtwelve ;
I.e. GS, 24 bpp framebuffer.  Sbus card
.It
.Em leo ;
I.e. ZX and TZX, 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer.  Sbus card
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