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bouyer 21e9a36edc Add options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORE to all GENERIC-like kernel config files where SYSV* options were already present (commented out if the SYSV* options are commented out). Fix lib/25897 and lib/25898.		2004-06-28 21:07:47 +00:00
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cesfic	Tango on sysctl_createv() and flags. The flags have all been renamed,	2004-03-24 15:34:46 +00:00
compile	Rework how KERNOBJDIR functions; now it's always determined with	2003-01-06 17:40:18 +00:00
conf	Add options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORE	2004-06-28 21:07:47 +00:00
dev	Cast to (void *) to appease gcc3.	2003-09-28 22:00:26 +00:00
include	Factor out W{CHAR,INT}_{MAX,MIN} into their own header file.	2004-05-08 21:51:47 +00:00
Makefile	Rework how KERNOBJDIR functions; now it's always determined with	2003-01-06 17:40:18 +00:00
README	netbsd.org -> NetBSD.org	2003-12-04 13:05:15 +00:00

README

$NetBSD: README,v 1.2 2003/12/04 13:05:16 keihan Exp $

This is a port of NetBSD to the FIC8234 VME processor board, made by the
swiss company CES (Geneve). These boards are (or have been) popular in
high energy physics data acquisition (think of CERN!). See
http://www.ces.ch/Products/CPUs/FIC8234/FIC8234.html
for some technical data.

The highlights:
- MC68040 processor at 25 MHz (optional dual-processor)
- 8 or 32 MByte RAM
- 2 serial ports on Z85c30
- 79c900 (ILACC) ethernet
- 53c710 SCSI

The port is quite rudimentary at the moment. The kernel is started out of
a running OS-9 system. SCSI support is not present yet, so it only works
diskless with NFS (or ramdisk - not tested) root.
It is good enough for multiuser, self-hosting etc. however.

To start it:
- make OS image by "objcopy --output-target=binary netbsd <imagename>"
- load image to physical address 0x20100000 (RAM start + 1M)
- jump to 0x20100400

For questions and contributions, contact Matthias Drochner
(drochner@NetBSD.org).