xref: /netbsd/distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware (revision c4a72b64)
$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.12 2002/07/24 02:47:52 lukem Exp $
. .Ss2 Supported machines .(bullet -offset indent Sbus-based UltraSPARC systems (the Ultra 1, Ultra 1 Creator/Ultra1 Creator3D, Ultra 2/Ultra 2 Creator/Ultra 2 Creator 3D) t PCI-based UltraSPARC systems (known to work on the Ultra 5, Ultra 10, Ultra 30 and Blade 100, Netra X1, and may work on many other systems) .bullet) . .Ss2 Unsupported machines .(bullet -offset indent Chassis-based Enterprise Systems (Ex000, Ex500, E10000) .bullet)

p The minimal configuration requires 32 MB of RAM and ~60 MB of disk space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended, as .Nx with 32 MB of RAM feels like .Tn Solaris with 32 MB of RAM - slow. Note that until you have at least 64 MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU. . .Ss2 Supported devices .(bullet -offset indent Ethernet devices .(bullet -compact Sbus LANCE ethernet

q Em le t Sbus HME ethernet

q Em hme t Sbus BigMac ethernet

q Em be t PCI HME ethernet

q Em hme t PCI Tulip

q Em tlp t PCI ERI

q Em gem .bullet) t Video devices .(bullet -compact Sbus cgsix .bullet) t SCSI host controllers .(bullet -compact ncr53c9x based controllers

q Em esp t ncr53c8xx based controllers

q Em siop No or Em esiop t ISP10x0 based controllers

q Em isp t Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][2][W] cards and onboard PCI designs using the AIC-7770, AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, AIC-7880 and AIC-789x chipsets. .bullet) t PCI IDE host controllers .(bullet -compact CMD Tech PCI064[3689] IDE Controllers

q Em pciide .(Note Access to hard disks on the secondary PCIIDE channel currently do not work, but CD-ROM does. .Note) .bullet) t Serial devices .(bullet -compact Sbus z8530 serial

q Em zs t PCI 16550-based su and su-pnp serial

q Em com .bullet) t Parallel devices .(bullet -compact Sbus parallel ports

q Em bpp t PCI/Ebus parallel ports

q Em lpt .bullet) t Audio devices .(bullet -compact PCI based system audio

q Em audiocs .bullet) .bullet)

p There are a large number of untested PCI drivers that have never been tested on UltraSPARC PCI systems that may .Sq "just work" . . .Ss2 Unsupported devices .(bullet -offset indent Floppy drives t Serial devices .(bullet -compact PCI based systems

q Em sab .bullet) t Video devices .(bullet -compact Creator3D framebuffers

q Em ffb t General PCI VGA support .bullet) .bullet)