From 46f9e048aca1d08aac28c6e5cefcc4af2ed7f6e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mbw Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 02:17:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - formatting tweaks - 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 --- distrib/notes/sparc/hardware | 162 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 121 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware index a29fdab0e173..02a52bc36363 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@ -.\" $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)