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author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-09-30 12:04:14 +0000 |
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committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-09-30 12:04:14 +0000 |
commit | eba8e9ad9316f64a0afbec21b12a4e838ca215bf (patch) | |
tree | 08fa47153f373a0a69bd523bc8297a093ef562a4 | |
parent | 4d3230f1e77522265664d5246559edd3c5e2eb22 (diff) | |
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Document AlphaPC64 and restructure section on EB64-family.
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml index 5308947..4d7bf73 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml @@ -1158,12 +1158,14 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting> </sect3> <sect3> - <title>Evaluation Board 64plus (<quote>EB64+</quote>), Aspen - Alpine</title> + <title>Evaluation Board 64 family</title> <para>In its attempts to popularize the Alpha CPU DEC produced a number - of so called Evaluation Boards. The EB64+ family of evaluation - boards has the following feature set:</para> + of so called Evaluation Boards. Members of this family are EB64, EB64+, + AlphaPC64 (codename <quote>Cabriolet</quote>). + A non-DEC member of this family is the Aspen Alpine. + The EB64 family of evaluation boards has the following + feature set:</para> <para><itemizedlist> <listitem> @@ -1193,7 +1195,7 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting> </itemizedlist> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Bcache / L2 cache: 512 kByte, 1 Mbyte or 2 Mbytes</para> + <para>Bcache / L2 cache: 0, 512 kByte, 1 Mbyte or 2 Mbytes</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>21072 (<quote>APECS</quote>) chip set</para> @@ -1206,13 +1208,19 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting> <para>dual 16550A serial ports</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Symbios 53C810 Fast-SCSI</para> + <para>parallel printer port</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>embedded 10 Mbit Ethernet</para> + <para>Symbios 53C810 Fast-SCSI (not on AlphaPC64)</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>2 PCI slots</para> + <para>IDE interface (only on AlphaPC64)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>embedded 10 Mbit Ethernet (not on AlphaPC64)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>2 PCI slots (4 slots on AlphaPC64)</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>3 ISA slots</para> @@ -1228,7 +1236,7 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting> <para>36 bits SIMMs work fine, 3 bits simply remain unused. Note the systems use Fast Page Mode memory, not EDO memory.</para> - <para>The SRM console code is housed in an UV-erasable EPROM. No + <para>The EB64+ SRM console code is housed in an UV-erasable EPROM. No easy flash SRM upgrades for the EB64+ The latest SRM version available for EB64+ is quite ancient anyway.</para> @@ -1244,7 +1252,16 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting> All of this might mean that you need to use a non-Qlogic adapter to boot from.</para> - <para>For the EB64+ class machines the kernel config file must contain:</para> + <para>AlphaPC64 boards generally come with ARC console firmware. + SRM console code can be loaded from floppy into the Flash ROM.</para> + + <para>The IDE interface of the AlphaPC64 is not bootable from the + SRM console.</para> + + <para>Note that the boards require a power supply that supplies + 3.3 Volts for the CPU.</para> + + <para>For the EB64 family machines the kernel config file must contain:</para> <programlisting>options DEC_EB64PLUS cpu EV4</programlisting> @@ -1720,7 +1737,7 @@ cpu EV5</programlisting> </itemizedlist> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>AS800: Uses 60ns 3.3Volts EDO DIMMs</para> + <para>AS800: Uses 60ns 3.3 Volts EDO DIMMs</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </listitem> |