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.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.12 1999/01/13 07:30:08 ross Exp $
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NetBSD/sparc \*V runs on the following classes of machines:
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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sun4c (e.g. the SS1, SS1+, SS2, IPC, ELC, IPX, and SLC)
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sun4 (e.g. the 4/100, 4/200, and 4/300 \- note that support
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for the 4/400 processor is incomplete)
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sun4m (e.g. Classic, LX, SS4, SS5, SS10, and SS20)
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NetBSD/sparc \*V does
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.Em not
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run on these machines (yet):
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sun-4/400 (lacking support for the I/O cache, and has
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ethernet problems)
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sun4d (e.g. sparc center 2000)
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sun4u (e.g. Ultrasparcs)
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The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and ~60M of disk space.
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To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run
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X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. (NetBSD with 4M of
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RAM feels like Solaris with 4M of RAM.) Note that until you have
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around 16M of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a
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faster CPU.)
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Supported devices include:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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. It Em sun4c/sun4m sbus video:
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cgsix, cgthree, and bwtwo frame buffers
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cgfourteen and tcx frame buffers (limited
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.Dq emulation
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mode)
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. It Em sun4 video (not thoroughly tested?):
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P4 on-board bwtwo, and VME cgtwo card
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. It Em serial ports:
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ttya and ttyb (can be used as console if needed)
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. It Em ethernet:
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on-board AMD Lance ethernet ("le0"),
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Sbus AMD Lance ethernet cards,
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on-board Intel 82586 ethernet (ie0 on 4/100's and 4/200's),
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VME Intel 82586 ethernet cards
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. It Em SCSI:
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on-board "esp" SCSI controller (sun4c, sun4m and the 4/300),
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sbus "esp" SCSI controller,
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Sun "SUN-3"/"si" VME SCSI controller (polled mode only, slow),
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Sun "SCSI Weird"/"sw" on-board controller (4/110 only, polled)
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. It Em VME disks:
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Xylogics 7053 VME/SMD disk controller ("xd"),
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Xylogics 450/451 VME disk controller ("xy")
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[note: VME/IPI disks are not supported]
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. It Em sun floppy disk drive
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. It Em sun keyboard and mouse
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. It Em sun4c audio
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. It Em sun4m audio on Sparcstation Classic
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Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions
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about:
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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multiprocessor sun4m machines
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audio drivers for sun4m machines (other than the Sparcstation Classic)
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interrupt driven SCSI driver for sun-4/100's and sun-4/200's
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.El
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