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$NetBSD: STATUS,v 1.4 1996/06/13 20:36:10 cgd Exp $
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NetBSD/Alpha's Status
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If you find an inaccuracy in this file, can clarify it in any place,
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etc., please send mail to me (cgd@cs.cmu.edu).
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Supported hardware:
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DEC 3000/[456789]00 (I've only tested it on the 400 and
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600, but the rest should "just work) using the following
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peripherals:
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Supported hardware:
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Built-in serial ports
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Built-in LANCE ethernet.
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Built-in SCSI chips (53c[f]94), though both
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may not work at the same time.
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Things that may work but haven't been tested:
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TurboChannel option slot LANCE (PMAD-A)
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Things are aren't supported:
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No frame buffers of any type.
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Other TurboChannel option boards (see the
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TODO.users file.)
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The ISDN/Audio chip.
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DEC 3000/300 family, with same hardware above.
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AlphaStation {200,250,255,400} systems using the following
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peripherals:
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Supported hardware:
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NCR 53c810 SCSI (built-in or PCI board).
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Built-in ns16550 serial ports.
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DC21040-based ethernet (built-in or PCI board).
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DC21140-based PCI ethernet boards.
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DC21050-based PCI-PCI bridges (though other
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types of PCI-PCI bridges should work).
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PCI VGA video boards.
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DEC ZLXp-E1 (DC21030-based, "TGA") video boards.
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Keyboard.
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PS/2-style mice.
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Things that may work but haven't been tested:
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Built-in parallel ports.
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ISA ns16x50-family serial port boards.
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ISA ns16x50 multi-port serial boards.
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Other NCR 53c8xx SCSI boards.
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Things that ARE NOT supported at this time:
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ISA VGA boards.
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Sound hardware (including Windows Sound System
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built-in on some machines).
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DEC ZLXp-E2 and ZLXp-E3 PCI video boards.
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Other PCI boards.
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AlphaStation 600 systems, with the same supported hardware
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list as the AlphaStation {200,250,255,400} systems. (NOTE
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THAT THAT MEANS THE AlphaStation 600's BUILT-IN SCSI
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CONTROLLERS DO NOT WORK. You'll need to get a 53c810 board,
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or run diskless.) AlphaStation 500 systems may work, but
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have not been tested.
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AXPpci systems (including Multia), with the same supported
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hardware list as the AlphaStation {200,250,255,400} systems.
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At this time none of the following systems are supported:
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DECpc AXP 150 systems (EISA-bus PC-like systems)
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Alpha "server" systems (other than perhaps the
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AlphaServer 400, which might be an AlphaStation 400
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in disguise).
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Multiprocessor Alpha systems
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I was hoping to get a DECpc AXP port working "for free" based on
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the PCI work, but the DECpc AXP is a very different (and, in my
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opinion, very alien) piece of hardware. If somebody wants to make
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NetBSD/Alpha run on the DECpc AXP system, get in touch and I'll do
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what I can to help you get started.
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Console frame buffers & keyboard are supported only with the frame
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buffers and keyboards mentioned as supported above. On other systems
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(including all TurboChannel-based machines), NetBSD/Alpha _must_ be used
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with a serial console. To configure various Alpha systems to use a serial
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console, do the following depending on the model:
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DEC 3000/[4-9]00's:
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Flip the appropriate switch on the back of the machine.
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DEC 3000/300 family machines:
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Boot the machine with the keyboard/mouse connector
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unplugged.
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DECpc AXPs, AlphaStations, and AXPpci systems:
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Get to the console prompt. Set the variable
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"console" to be "serial", and "init" or power cycle
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the system.
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See your owner's manual for more details on how to set your machine
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to use a serial console.
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See the file src/sys/arch/alpha/README to find out how to get the
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latest sources and binaries.
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Please see the file src/sys/arch/alpha/TODO.users for a list of things
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that users can do to help NetBSD/Alpha improve. If you're interested
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in doing any of them, or porting to new hardware, get in touch and
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I'll do what I can to help.
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Chris Demetriou
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cgd@cs.cmu.edu
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