From b6c97809ee5303e21095dc1401cb4bd274b7d0d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marius Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:31:47 +0000 Subject: Sync the sparc64 hardware notes with reality, mainly regarding support of sun4u-machines based on USIII and beyond in 7.2-RELEASE. Reviewed by: blackend MFC after: 3 days --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml | 87 +++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'release') diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml index 68ebc33..83b91ea 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml @@ -331,10 +331,13 @@ SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor. - In general, &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems must use serial - consoles. While it is possible to boot or install a system - using the OpenFirmware console, the console device is not - usable. + When using the GENERIC kernel, + &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems not equipped with a framebuffer + supported by the &man.creator.4; (&sun; Creator, &sun; Creator3D + and &sun; Elite3D) or &man.machfb.4; (&sun; PGX and &sun; PGX64 + as well as the ATI Mach64 chips found onboard in for example + &sun.blade; 100, &sun.blade; 150, &sun.ultra; 5 and &sun.ultra; 10) + driver must use the serial console. If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not have been tested with &os; &release.current;. We encourage @@ -353,6 +356,10 @@ + &sun.enterprise; 100 + + + &sun.enterprise; 220R @@ -409,6 +416,14 @@ + &sparcengine; Ultra AX1105 + + + + &sparcengine; Ultra AXe + + + &sparcengine; Ultra AXi @@ -447,11 +462,17 @@ &sun.ultra; 80 + + + &sun.ultra; 450 + The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In - particular the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not - supported. + particular the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not + supported. However, it's possible to use these with a SCSI controller + supported by the &man.esp.4 driver (&sun; ESP SCSI, &sun; FAS Fast-SCSI + and &sun; FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers). @@ -463,15 +484,54 @@ - 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. + Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on + &ultrasparc; III and beyond are also supported by &os, which includes + the following known working systems: - All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s). + &sun.blade; 1000 + + + + &sun.blade; 1500 + + + + &sun.blade; 2000 + + + + &sun.fire; 280R + + + + &sun.fire; V210 + + + + &sun.fire; V440 (except for the on-board NICs) + + + + &sun.fire; V880 + + + + &netra; 20/&netra; T4 + + + + The following &ultrasparc; IIIi systems are not tested but + believed to be also supported by &os. + + + + &sun.fire; V125 + + + + &sun.fire; V240 @@ -1618,9 +1678,6 @@ [&arch.pc98;] Power Management Controller of NEC PC-98 Note (pmc driver) - - [&arch.sparc64;] OpenFirmware console (ofwcons - driver) -- cgit v1.1