NetBSD/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware

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.Ss2 Supported machines
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sun4c (e.g. the SS1, SS1+, SS2, IPC, ELC, IPX, and SLC)
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sun4 (e.g. the 4/100, 4/200, and 4/300. Note that support
for the 4/400 processor is incomplete)
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sun4m (e.g. Classic, LX, SS4, SS5, SS10, and SS20)
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.Ss2 Unsupported machines
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sun-4/400 (lacking support for the I/O cache, and has
ethernet problems)
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sun4d (e.g. SPARCcenter 1000 and SPARCcenter 2000)
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sun4u and other UltraSPARC based machines.
.Pp
There is a separate sparc64 port for these machines.
Refer to
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc64/index.html
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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
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with 4 MB of RAM feels like 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/sun4m sbus video
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cgsix, cgthree, and bwtwo frame buffers
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cgfourteen and tcx frame buffers (limited
.Dq emulation
mode)
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sun4 video (not thoroughly tested?)
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P4 on-board bwtwo
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VME cgtwo card
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Serial ports
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ttya and ttyb (can be used as console if needed)
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Ethernet
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On-board AMD Lance ethernet ("le0"),
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Sbus AMD Lance ethernet cards,
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On-board Intel 82586 ethernet (ie0 on 4/100's and 4/200's),
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VME Intel 82586 ethernet cards
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SCSI
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On-board "esp" SCSI controller (sun4c, sun4m and the 4/300),
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Sbus "esp" SCSI controller,
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Sun "SUN-3"/"si" VME SCSI controller (polled mode only, slow),
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Sun "SCSI Weird"/"sw" on-board controller (4/110 only, polled)
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.It
VME disks
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Xylogics 7053 VME/SMD disk controller ("xd"),
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Xylogics 450/451 VME disk controller ("xy")
.It
.(Note
VME/IPI disks are not supported
.Note)
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.It
Sun floppy disk drive
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Sun keyboard and mouse
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sun4c audio
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sun4m audio on Sparcstation Classic
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.Ss2 Unsupported devices
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Multi-processor sun4m machines
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audio drivers for sun4m machines (other than the Sparcstation Classic)
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Interrupt driven SCSI driver for sun-4/100's and sun-4/200's
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