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- update minimum disk requirements
 - update video support info
 - a little more info on the SPARCbook internal modem
 - mention that multiple SuperSPARC CPUs are supported, but not HyperSPARC
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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.25 2003/07/26 17:07:18 salo Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.26 2003/10/21 02:17:35 mbw Exp $
.
.Pp
The minimum configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and 60 MB of disk space.
To install the entire system requires about 260 MB (not including swap).
To install the X window system you need at least 295 MB (not including
swap) and 8 MB RAM.
.Nx
with 4 MB of RAM feels like
.Tn Solaris
with 4 MB of RAM \(em slow.
Note that until you have around 16 MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more
important than getting a faster CPU.
.
.Ss2 Supported machines
.(bullet -offset indent
@ -131,111 +143,143 @@ JavaStation Support page
.It
Solbourne machines
.bullet)
.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.
.
.Ss2 Supported devices
.(bullet -offset indent
sun4m mbus CPU modules; Sun 4/600, SPARCstation/server 10,
SPARCstation/server 20, and clones
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em cpu0 ;
All single-CPU systems are supported
.It
.Em cpuN ;
All hardware compatible dual-, tri- and quad-CPU SuperSPARC-I and
SuperSPARC-II systems are supported with an SMP kernel
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/sparc/faq.html#smp-cpus
.bullet)
.It
sun4c and sun4m video; Sbus card, on-board, or optional
.(bullet -compact
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em bwtwo ;
1 bpp framebuffer.
.br
On-board and Sbus card (MG1 and MG2)
.It
.Em cgthree ;
8 bpp framebuffer.
.br
On-board and Sbus card
.It
.Em cgsix ;
8 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
.br
On-board and Sbus card (GX, GX+, TGX, and TGX+)
.It
.Em cgfourteen ;
SX 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
.br
On-board SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20, requires optional 4 or 8 MB
VSIMM, limited to
VSIMM,
.br
limited to
.Em cgthree
emulation
.It
.Em tcx ;
S24 accelerated color framebuffer.
.br
On-board SPARCstation 4 (8 bpp), JavaStation-1 (24 bpp), and optional on
SPARCstation 5 (24 bpp), limited to
SPARCstation 5 (24 bpp),
.br
limited to
.Em cgthree
emulation
.It
.Em pnozz ;
Weitek p9100 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
On-board Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX, limited to
.br
On-board Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX,
.br
limited to
.Em cgthree
emulation
.It
.Em zx ;
ZX and TZX 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
.br
Sbus card (leo)
.bullet)
.It
sun4 video; VME card, on-board, or P4 (supported only on 4/100 and 4/300 series machines)
.(bullet -compact
sun4 video; VME card, on-board, or P4 (supported only on 4/100 and 4/300
series machines)
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em bwtwo ;
1 bpp framebuffer.
.br
On-board and P4
.It
.Em cgtwo ;
8 bpp framebuffer.
.br
VME card
.It
.Em cgfour ;
8 bpp framebuffer with overlay.
.br
P4
.It
.Em cgsix ;
LEGO 8 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
.br
P4
.It
.Em cgeight ;
24 bpp framebuffer with overlay.
.br
P4 (not well tested)
.bullet)
.It
Network interfaces
.(bullet -compact
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em be ;
100 Mbps half-duplex
.Dq Big Mac
ethernet.
.br
Sbus card
.It
.Em en ;
Efficient Networks, Inc. ATM interface.
.br
Sbus card
.It
.Em hme ;
100 Mbps full-duplex
.Dq Happy Meal
ethernet.
.br
Sbus card
.It
.Em ie ;
10 Mbps Intel 82586 ethernet.
.br
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.
.br
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.
.br
Sbus card
.It
.Em qfe ;
quad 100 Mbps full-duplex
four 100 Mbps full-duplex
.Dq Happy Meal
ethernet (four ethernet interfaces).
ethernet interfaces.
.br
Sbus card (not well tested)
.It
misc: various ethernet interfaces are found on multi-function Sbus cards
@ -244,27 +288,31 @@ functions do not
.bullet)
.It
SCSI interfaces
.(bullet -compact
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em esp ;
5 MB/s and 10 MB/s (Fast) NCR 53C9x SCSI controller,
and 20 MB/s (Fast+Wide) FAS336 controller (known as
.Sq fas
on
.Tn Solaris ) .
.br
On-board (sun4c, sun4m, 4/300, Ultra 1e, and Ultra 2) and Sbus cards
.It
.Em isp ;
10 MB/s (Fast) and 20 MB/s (Fast+Wide) Qlogic ISP 10x0 family.
.br
Sbus card
.It
.Em si ;
5 MB/s NCR 5380 SCSI controller.
.br
VME card (Interrupt driven and polled DMA)
.It
.Em sw ;
5 MB/s NCR 5380
.Dq "SCSI Weird"
controller.
.br
Onboard 4/110 (polled DMA only)
.It
misc: SCSI functionality is sometimes found on multi-function Sbus cards
@ -297,20 +345,25 @@ VME/IPI disks are not supported
.bullet)
.It
Floppy drives
.(bullet -compact
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em fd ;
floppy disk drive.
.br
On-board sun4c and sun4m
.It
.Em sd ;
SCSI floppy drive, acts as a SCSI drive to kernel.
found with some SPARCBook 3 machines
.br
found with some SPARCbook 3 machines
.bullet)
.It
.Em nell ;
PCMCIA/Cardbus devices using the sbus-to-PCMCIA bridge.
On-board (SPARCstation Voyager) and Sbus card.
PCMCIA/Cardbus devices
.(bullet -compact
.Em nell ;
PCMCIA interface
.br
On-board (SPARCstation Voyager) and Sbus card.
.br
All 8 bit devices listed in the Machine-independent PCMCIA drivers page
should work.
Very few have been tested with
@ -330,57 +383,84 @@ See the FAQ for more information.
.bullet)
.It
Serial interfaces
.(bullet -compact
On-board serial ports based on Zilog 8530 and Zilog 85C30
(can be used as console if needed)
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em zs ;
Zilog 8530 serial ports, which can be used as the system console
.br
On-board sun4, sun4c, and sun4m
.It
.Em com ;
Zilog 85C30 serial ports (ns16550a)
.br
On-board Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX (internal 14.4 kbps modem, use
.Pa /dev/ttyC0 )
and JavaStation-1
.bullet)
.It
Input devices
.(bullet -compact
Sun keyboard and mouse
.It
SPARCBook 3 keyboard and joystick
SPARCbook 3 keyboard and joystick
.It
Third-party keyboards, mice, and trackballs
.bullet)
.It
Audio
.(bullet -compact
Audio interfaces
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em audioamd ;
AMD 7930-based 8000 Hz, 8 bit, mono, mu-law.
.br
On-board sun4c and SPARC Classic
.It
.Em audiocs ;
CS4231-based 44 KHz, 16 bit, stereo, PCM.
.br
On-board SPARCStation 5, JavaStation-1, JavaStation-10, and optional on
SPARCStation 4.
.bullet)
.It
Misc cards
.(bullet -compact
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em mtty /
.Em mbpp ;
Magma Serial/Parallel ports. Sbus card
Magma Serial/Parallel ports.
.br
Sbus card
.It
.Em xbox ;
.br
Sun Sbus expander device
.bullet)
.It
Parallel ports
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em bpp ;
Bi-directional parallel port. On-board and Sbus card
Bi-directional parallel port.
.br
On-board and Sbus card
.bullet)
.Ss2 Unsupported devices
.(bullet -offset indent
.Em cpuN ;
multiple HyperSPARC CPUs
.It
DBRIe-based audio and ISDN.
On-board some sun4m machines (such as SS10,
SS20, SPARC LX, and Tadpole SPARCbook)
.br
On-board some sun4m machines (such as SPARCstation 10,
SPARCstation 20, SPARC LX, SPARCstation Voyager, and Tadpole SPARCbook 3)
.It
.Em sc ;
Sun SCSI. VME card
Sun SCSI.
.br
VME card
.It
.Em cgtwelve ;
I.e. GS, 24 bpp framebuffer. Sbus card
I.e. GS, 24 bpp framebuffer.
.br
Sbus card
.It
.Em leo ;
I.e. ZX and TZX, 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer. Sbus card
PCMCIA interface
.br
On-board Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX
.bullet)