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)
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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 at least 32 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
.It
Sbus HME ethernet
.Pq Em hme
.It
Sbus BigMac ethernet
.Pq Em be
.It
PCI HME ethernet
.Pq Em hme
.It
PCI Tulip
.Pq Em tlp
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.It
Video devices
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Sbus cgsix
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.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.
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.It
PCI IDE host controllers
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CMD Tech PCI064[3689] IDE Controllers
.Pq Em pciide
.(Note
Access to hard disks on the secondary PCIIDE channel currently do not work, but
CD-ROM does.
.Note)
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.It
Serial devices
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Sbus z8530 serial
.Pq Em zs
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.It
Parallel devices
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Sbus parallel ports
.Pq Em bpp
.It
PCI/Ebus parallel ports
.Pq Em lpt
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.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
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Audio devices
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PCI based system audio
.Pq Em audiocs
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.It
Serial devices
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PCI based systems
.Pq Em sab
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.\" Keyboard & Mouse devices
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.\" PCI based systems
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.It
Video devices
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Creator3D framebuffers
.Pq Em ffb
.It
General PCI VGA support
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.\" SCSI host controllers
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.\" ESP366 based controllers found in Ultra1E and Ultra2 systems
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