NetBSD/distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware

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.Ss2 Supported machines
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Sbus-based UltraSPARC systems (the Ultra1, Ultra1E, Ultra2, Ultra2E)
.It
PCI-based UltraSPARC systems (known to work on the Ultra5, Ultra10, Ultra30
and Ultra250, and may work on many other systems)
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.Ss2 Unsupported machines
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Chassis-based Enterprise Systems (Ex000, Ex500, E10000)
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.Pp
The minimal configuration requires 16 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 16 MB of RAM feels like
.Tn Solaris
with 16 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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Ethernet devices
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Sbus LANCE ethernet
.Pq Em le
[1]
.It
Sbus HME ethernet
.Pq Em hme
[1]
.It
Sbus BigMac ethernet
.Pq Em be
[1]
.It
PCI HME ethernet
.Pq Em hme
.It
PCI Tulip
.Pq Em tlp
.bullet)
.It
Video devices
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Sbus cgsix
.bullet)
.It
SCSI host controllers
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ncr53c9x based controllers
.Pq Em esp
.It
ncr53c8xx based controllers
.Pq Em siop
.It
ISP10x0 based controllers
.Pq Em isp
.It
Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][2][W] cards and onboard PCI designs using the AIC-7770,
AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, AIC-7880 and AIC-789x chipsets.
.bullet)
.It
PCI IDE host controllers
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CMD Tech PCI064[3689] IDE Controllers
.Pq Em pciide
[2]
.bullet)
.It
Serial devices
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Sbus z8530 serial
.Pq Em zs
.bullet)
.It
Parallel devices
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Sbus parallel ports
.Pq Em bpp
.It
PCI/Ebus parallel ports
.Pq Em lpt
.bullet)
.bullet)
.Pp
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.It [1]
Sbus ethernet drivers current have a problem with interrupts and
do not perform properly except in extreme low usage conditions, rendering
them effectively unusable.
XXX: is this now fixed?
.It [2]
Access to devices on the secondary PCIIDE channel currently do not work.
XXX: is this now fixed?
.tag)
.Pp
There are a large number of untested PCI drivers that have never
been tested on UltraSPARC PCI systems that may
.Sq "just work" .
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.Ss2 Unsupported devices
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Floppy drives
.It
Audio devices
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Sbus & PCI based system audio
.Pq Em audiocs
.bullet)
.It
Serial devices
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PCI based systems
.Pq Em sab
.bullet)
.It
Keyboard & Mouse devices
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PCI based systems
.bullet)
.It
Video devices
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Creator3D framebuffers
.Pq Em ffb
.It
General PCI VGA support
.bullet)
.It
SCSI host controllers
.(bullet -compact
ESP366 based controllers found in Ultra1E and Ultra2 systems
.Pq Em esp
.bullet)
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