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+# 	$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.1 2000/03/04 19:30:17 tsubai Exp $
+#
+#	INSTALL kernel for RISC-NEWS
+
+include		"arch/newsmips/conf/std.newsmips"
+
+maxusers	16
+
+# Enable the hooks used for initializing the ram-disk.
+options 	MEMORY_DISK_HOOKS
+options 	MEMORY_DISK_IS_ROOT	# Force root on ram-disk
+options 	MINIROOTSIZE=4096	# 2 Megabytes
+
+options 	news3400
+options 	news5000
+options 	MIPS1			# R2000/R3000 support
+options 	MIPS3			# R4000 support
+options 	CPU_SINGLE		# no I/O processor
+
+# Compatibility options
+options 	COMPAT_43		# compatibility with 4.3BSD binaries
+options 	COMPAT_13		# NetBSD 1.3 binary compatibility
+options 	COMPAT_14		# NetBSD 1.4 binary compatibility
+
+# Filesystem options
+file-system	FFS		# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
+file-system	NFS		# Sun NFS-compatible filesystem client
+file-system	KERNFS		# kernel data-structure filesystem
+file-system	MFS		# memory-based filesystem
+file-system	CD9660		# ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge file system
+file-system	MSDOSFS		# MS-DOS FAT filesystem(s).
+
+# Networking options
+options 	INET		# Internet protocols
+#options 	INET6		# IPV6
+options 	NFS_BOOT_BOOTPARAM
+
+config		netbsd	root on ? type ?
+
+mainbus0 at root
+
+cpu0	at mainbus0
+hb0	at mainbus0			# Hyper-bus
+ap0	at mainbus0			# APbus
+
+mkclock0 at hb0 addr 0xbff407f8		# MK48T02 realtime clock
+mkclock0 at ap?
+
+le0	at hb0 addr 0xbff80000 level 1	# built-in LANCE ethernet
+le1	at hb0 addr 0xb8c30000 level 0
+
+sn*	at ap?				# SONIC Ethernet
+
+kb0	at hb0 addr 0xbfd00000 level 2	# keyboard
+ms0	at hb0 addr 0xbfd00004 level 2	# mouse
+
+zsc0	at hb0 addr 0xbfec0000 level 1 flags 0x0	# on-board
+zsc0	at ap?
+
+zstty0	at zsc0 channel 0		# tty00
+zstty1	at zsc0 channel 1		# tty01
+
+fb0	at hb0 addr 0x88000000		# frame buffer
+
+sc0	at hb0 addr 0xbfe00100 level 0	# on-board cxd1185 SCSI controller
+scsibus0 at sc0
+
+sd*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI disks
+st*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI tapes
+cd*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI CD-ROMs
+
+pseudo-device	loop			# loopback interface; required
+pseudo-device	pty		32	# pseudo-terminals
+pseudo-device	md		1	# memory disk device