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authorwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-30 12:04:14 +0000
committerwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-30 12:04:14 +0000
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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
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--- 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>
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