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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/sparc64/proc-sparc64.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/sparc64/proc-sparc64.sgml index 2258891..0a3692d 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/sparc64/proc-sparc64.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/sparc64/proc-sparc64.sgml @@ -4,237 +4,133 @@ <sect1> <title>Supported Systems</title> - <para>Additions, corrections and constructive criticism are - invited. In particular, information on system quirks is more than - welcome.</para> + <para>This section describes the systems currently known to be supported + by &os; on the &arch.print; platform. For background information on the + various hardware designs see the <ulink url="http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/">Sun System Handbook</ulink>.</para> + + <para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor.</para> + + <para>If you have a system that is not listed here it may work but has not + been tested. If so, please try it and let <ulink url="freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org">us</ulink> know about it.</para> <sect2> - <title>Overview</title> + <title>Fully Supported Systems</title> - <para>This document tries to provide a starting point for those - who want to run &os; on an &arch.print;-based machine. It is - aimed at providing background information on the various - hardware designs. It is not a replacement for the systems - manuals.</para> + <para>The following systems are fully supported by &os;.</para> - <para>The information is structured as follows: + <para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>General hardware requirements to run &os; on &arch;.</para> - </listitem> + <para>Blade 100</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Blade 150</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Enterprise 220R</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Enterprise 250</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Enterprise 420R</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Fire V100</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Fire V120</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Netra t1 105</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Netra T1 AC200/DC200</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Netra t 1100</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Netra t 1120</para> + </listitem> <listitem> - <para>System specific information for each of the - systems/boards supported by &os;.</para> + <para>Netra t 1125</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Netra t 1400/1405</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Netra 120</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Netra X1</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>SPARCEngine Ultra AXi</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 5</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 10</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 30</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 60</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 80</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Information on expansion boards for &os;, - including things that differ from what is in the generic - supported hardware list.</para> - </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> - </sect2> <sect2> - <title>In general, what do you need to run &os; on a &arch;</title> + <title>Partially Supported Systems</title> - <para>&os;/&arch; requires an &arch.print; system. Currently, the - newer PCI-based systems are supported better than the older SBus - based systems. The following systems are known to work to - varying degrees:</para> + <para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In particular + the onboard scsi controller in sbus systems is not supported.</para> + <para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Sun Ultra 1 workstations</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Ultra 2 workstations</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Ultra 5 workstations</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Ultra 10 workstations</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Ultra 30 workstations</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Ultra 60 workstations</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Blade 100 workstations</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Netra t1 series servers</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Enterprise 220R servers</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Enterprise 250 servers</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Sun Enterprise 420R servers</para> - </listitem> + <para>Enterprise 4500</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 1E</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 2</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> - - <para>Ultra 80 and Blade 1000 are expected to work, maybe - with minor modifications. SMP is supported on Ultra 2 and 60 - workstations and Enterprise 220R, 250 and 420R servers.</para> + </para> </sect2> <sect2> - <title>System-specific information</title> + <title>Unsupported Systems</title> - <para>Below is an overview of the &arch.print; hardware that &os; - runs on. The GENERIC kernel configuration file in - <filename>/sys/&arch;/conf/GENERIC</filename> may contain - additional information about supported devices.</para> - - <sect3> - <title>Ultra 1</title> - - <para>UltraSPARC Ultra1-family systems have not been thoroughly - tested with FreeBSD. These systems are not very well - supported, but it is possible to install FreeBSD onto an - Ultra-1e with a <devicename>hme</devicename> Ethernet - interface.</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Ultra 2</title> - - <para>UltraSPARC Ultra2-family systems include the following - hardware:</para> + <para>The following systems are not supported by &os;. This may be due + to lack of processor support (UltraSPARC III), due to a quirk in the + system design that makes &os; unstable, or due to lack of support for + sufficient onboard devices to make &os; generally useful.</para> + <para> <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>1 or 2 UltraSPARC II CPUs</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet - (<devicename>hme</devicename> compatible) - interface</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>4 SBus slots</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>1 UPA Slot</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Serial and Parallel ports</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>16-bit audio</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect3> - - - <sect3> - <title>Ultra 5/10</title> - - <para>UltraSPARC Ultra5/10-family systems include the following - hardware:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>UltraSPARC IIi CPU</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Three PCI busses</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet - (<devicename>hme</devicename> compatible) - interface</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Built-in PCI-IDE controller &perforce;</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Two PC-AT style `com' ports for the mouse and keyboard</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Floppy driver controller</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Siemens SAB82532 dual-channel serial ports for ttya and ttyb</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>One CS4231 audio device</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>One PC-AT style parallel port</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Sun `ffb' frame buffer (Ultra10 only)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>EBus (Sun proprietary bus for slow - devices)</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Ultra 60</title> - - <para>Sun Ultra 60 workstations include the following hardware:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>1 or 2 UltraSPARC II CPUs</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>4 PCI slots</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>2 UPA slots</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.sym.4;-based UltraSCSI - controller</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet - (<devicename>hme</devicename> compatible) - interface</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Serial and Parallel ports</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>16-bit audio</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>EBus (Sun proprietary bus for slow - devices)</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Blade 100</title> - - <para>Sun Blade 100 workstations include the following hardware:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>UltraSPARC IIe CPU</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Three PCI busses</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet - (<devicename>gem</devicename> compatible) - interface</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Two USB ports &unsupported;</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Two Firewire ports &unsupported;</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Built-in PCI-IDE controller &perforce;</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Two PC-AT style `com' ports for the mouse and keyboard</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Floppy driver controller</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.sio.4; supported serial ports for ttya - and ttyb</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>One CS4231 audio device</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>One PC-AT style parallel port</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Built-in PGX64 (ATI) - graphics</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>EBus (Sun proprietary bus for slow - devices)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>ISA bus</para></listitem> - + <listitem> + <para>All systems containing UltraSPARC III processor(s).</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Enterprise 450</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Ultra 1</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Supported Hardware Overview</title> - - <para>A word of caution: the installed base for &os;/&arch; is not - nearly as large as for &os;/Intel. This means that the enormous - variation of PCI/ISA expansion cards out there has much less - chance of having been tested on &arch; than on Intel. This is - not to imply they are doomed to fail, just that the chance of - running into something never tested before is much higher. - <filename>GENERIC</filename> contains things that are known to - work on &arch; only.</para> - - <para>The PCI bus is fully supported. SBus support is limited, - but is reported to work well enough to netboot an SBus-based - Ultra 2 workstation.</para> - - <para>1.44 Mbyte floppy drives are <emphasis>not</emphasis> yet - supported.</para> - - <para>ATA and ATAPI (IDE) devices are supported via the &man.ata.4; - driver framework. &perforce;</para> - - <para>There is full SCSI support via the CAM layer. However, only - NCR/Symbios cards are currently working. Adaptec 2940x (AIC - 7xxx chip-based) and &man.isp.4; cards should be supported soon. - Be aware that SCSI cards must contain Sun FCODE in order to use - them as a boot device from OpenBoot.</para> - - <para>If you want to boot your sparc64 over the Ethernet you will - obviously need an Ethernet card that the OpenBoot console - recognizes.</para> - - <para><devicename>hme</devicename>, <devicename>gem</devicename>, - and <devicename>eri</devicename> based network devices.</para> - - <para>The <quote>PC standard</quote> serial ports found on most - newer Sun workstations are supported.</para> - + </para> </sect2> - </sect1> |
