xref: /netbsd/distrib/notes/newsmips/hardware (revision c4a72b64)
$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.1 2002/06/15 16:48:40 tsutsui Exp $
. .Nx*M \*V will run on single MIPS-based Sony NEWS workstations. They include the NWS-34x0/37x0 and NWS-5000 machines.

p .Nx*M \*V does not support all framebuffers so .Em you have to use serial console to install .Nx*M on such NEWS without a framebuffer listing below. . .Ss2 Supported hardware .(bullet -offset indent CPUs .(bullet -compact R3000-based with hyper-bus: NWS-3470D, NWS-3410, NWS-3720 t R4000/4400-based with apbus: NWS-5000 .bullet) t Framebuffer .(bullet -compact NWB-253 monochrome framebuffer on NWS-3470D (text only) t XA color framebuffer on NWS-5000 (text only) .bullet) t RS232 interfaces .(bullet -compact built in Zilog 8530 Serial Communication Controllers (zsc) .bullet) t Network interfaces .(bullet -compact built in LANCE Ethernet (le) t built in SONIC Ethernet (sn) t NWB-5852A 100BaseTX ethernet interface (tlp) .bullet) t SCSI interfaces .(bullet -compact built in SONY CXD1185 SCSI interface (sc) t built in HP SPIFI3-SE SCSI interface (spifi) t most SCSI devices .bullet) .(Note When .Nx*M \*V is booted after NEWS-OS without power off, SCSI bus sometimes hangs up. .Note) .bullet)

p If it's not on this list, there is no official support for it in this release. More information can also be found at the .Nx*M homepage: .Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/\*M/