preparing for branch to 1.6

supported in -current:
 PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
 PowerMacintosh G4 (Quicksilver)
 AirPort/AirMac and Lucent WaveLan

supported in 1.5.2 and later
 Apple Worgroup Server 8550
 Apple 53c875 Ultra Wide SCSI (needs firmware update)
 usb SCSI adapters work

change time frame of supported/unsupported models
remove info specific to the 1.5 branch but no longer pertaining to
-current
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.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.22 2002/01/27 14:17:10 tsutsui Exp $
.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.23 2002/04/22 00:35:50 mbw Exp $
.
Currently,
.Nx*M
@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ version:
Apple PowerMacintosh (7300, 7500 (with CPU upgrade), 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500,
and 9600)
.It
Apple Workgroup Server 8550
.It
Power Computing (PowerBase, PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerCurve,
PowerTower, PowerTower Pro, and PowerWave)
.It
@ -111,22 +113,14 @@ iMac (Summer 2000), and iMac (Early 2001)
.It
Apple PowerBook (G3 Series (bronze keyboard) and G3 (FireWire))
.It
Apple PowerBook G4 (Titanium)
Apple PowerBook G4 (Titanium) and PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
.It
Apple PowerMacintosh G3 (Blue and White)
.It
Apple PowerMacintosh (G4 (PCI), G4 (AGP), G4 (Gigabit Ethernet), G4
(Digital Audio), and G4 Cube)
(Digital Audio), G4 (Quicksilver), and G4 Cube)
.bullet)
.(Note
The PowerBook (FireWire) and PowerBook G4 (Titanium) models that have
BootROM version 4.1.8 are not supported by \*V.
You will need to use a kernel from the -current branch of
.Nx .
See
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel
.Note)
.(Note
Some iMac (Bondi Blue) and PowerMacintosh G3 (Blue and
White) machines have keyboard problems. There is a workaround for the
PowerMacintosh described in the NetBSD/macppc FAQ. There is no known
@ -161,11 +155,11 @@ Systems with a Motorola 68k microprocessor (these systems are supported by
Systems upgraded from any of the above (unless the motherboard is replaced as
part of the upgrade)
.It
Systems released in the second half of 2001 and later (future releases of
Systems released in the second half of 2002 and later (future releases of
.Nx*M
will support these systems)
.It
Systems released before the second half of 2001, but not listed
Systems released before the second half of 2002, but not listed
above. These models might work, but have not been tested as of the
release of
.Nx \*V .
@ -256,6 +250,15 @@ and
.Pc
.bullet)
.It
Wireless
.(bullet -compact
On-board AirPort or AirMac 802.11b
.Pq Em wi
.It
AT&T/Lucent WaveLan IEEE PCMCIA card
.Pq Em wi
.bullet)
.It
SCSI
.(bullet -compact
On-board NCR 53c94 SCSI controller
@ -280,6 +283,14 @@ AdvanSys 1200[A,B], 9xx[U,UA] SCSI controller
AMD 53c974
.Pq Em pcscp
.It
Apple 53c875 Ultra Wide SCSI (shipped in some Beige G3 models)
.Pq Em ncr No or Em siop
.(Note
This card may need a firmware update to boot NetBSD. Use the
Mac OS X SCSI Card Updater from
.Lk http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25176
.Note)
.It
NCR/Symbios 53C8xx
.Pq Em ncr No or Em siop
.It
@ -397,8 +408,8 @@ Some USB, PCI, and Cardbus serial ports should work, but no one has tried them
.It
USB devices
.(bullet -compact
Most MI USB devices should work (such as disks, printers, input devices, and
ethernet interfaces)
Most MI USB devices should work (such as disks, printers, input devices,
SCSI adapters, and ethernet interfaces)
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/usb.html
.bullet)
.It
@ -454,12 +465,6 @@ CPUs
.Note)
.Pp
.It
AirPort/AirMac 802.11b wireless interface
.(Note
This interface is supported in the -current branch of
.Nx .
.Note)
.It
On-board video capture
.bullet)
.