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$NetBSD: STATUS,v 1.2 1995/11/23 02:33:26 cgd Exp $
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NetBSD/Alpha's Status
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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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Built-in serial ports
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LANCE ethernet -- only the on-board interface. (see below.)
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SCSI system -- it recognizes and can use both on-board SCSI
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controller chips. However, it has trouble working with
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both at the same time.
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Things are aren't supported:
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No frame buffers of any type.
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Devices in TurboChannel option slots (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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*** NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT TESTED NEW KERNELS THOROUGHLY ON
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DEC 3000/[3-900] SYSTEMS!
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AlphaStation {200,250,400} systems using the following
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peripherals:
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On-board NRC 53c810 SCSI.
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On-board ns16550-based serial ports.
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DC21040-based ethernet (on-board or in an option
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slot).
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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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Things that ARE NOT supported at this time:
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DEC ZLXp-E2 and ZLXp-E3 video boards.
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Mouse.
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Sound hardware (Windows Sound System).
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AlphaStation 600 systems, with the same supported hardware
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list as the AlphaStation {200,250,400} systems. (NOTE THAT
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THAT MEANS THE AlphaStation 600's BUILT-IN SCSI CONTROLLERS
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DO NOT WORK. You'll need to get a 53c810 board, or
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something.)
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AXPpci systems, with the same supported hardware list as
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the AlphaStation {200,250,400} systems. (AXPpci support
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was written by Jeffrey Hsu. Thanks, Jeff!)
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At this time none of the following systems are supported:
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DECpc AXP systems (EISA-bus PC-like systems)
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Alpha "server" systems
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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 on the AlphaStation
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and AXPpci families of machines. On the TurboChannel-baesd machines,
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NetBSD/Alpha _must_ be used with a serial console. To configure various
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Alpha systems to use a serial console, do the following depending on
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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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(See your owner's manual for more details.)
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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, AXPpcis, and AlphaStations:
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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 the file src/sys/arch/alpha/README to find out how to get the
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latest sources and/or 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@netbsd.org
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