Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:08:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Marius Strobl <marius@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-releng@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r191502 - releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware Message-ID: <200904252308.n3PN8xCb065911@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: marius Date: Sat Apr 25 23:08:59 2009 New Revision: 191502 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191502 Log: MFC: r191491, r191492 Sync the sparc64 hardware notes with reality, mainly regarding support of sun4u-machines based on USIII and beyond in 7.2-RELEASE. Approved by: re (blackend) Modified: releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/ (props changed) releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Modified: releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Sat Apr 25 23:08:11 2009 (r191501) +++ releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Sat Apr 25 23:08:59 2009 (r191502) @@ -326,9 +326,13 @@ <para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor.</para> - <para>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.</para> + <para>When using the <filename>GENERIC</filename> 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.</para> <para>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not have been tested with &os; &release.current;. We encourage you to @@ -344,6 +348,9 @@ <listitem> <para>&sun.blade; 150</para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.enterprise; 100</para> + </listitem> <listitem> <para>&sun.enterprise; 220R</para> </listitem> @@ -386,6 +393,12 @@ <listitem> <para>&netra; X1</para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AX1105</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXe</para> + </listitem> <listitem> <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXi</para> </listitem> @@ -416,10 +429,16 @@ <listitem> <para>&sun.ultra; 80</para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.ultra; 450</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In particular - the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not supported.</para> + <para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In + particular the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not + supported. However, it is 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).</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> @@ -430,16 +449,48 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <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>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:</para> <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s).</para> - </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.blade; 1000</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.blade; 1500</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.blade; 2000</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; 280R</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V210</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V440 (except for the on-board NICs)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V880</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&netra; 20/&netra; T4</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> + + <para>The following &ultrasparc; IIIi systems are not tested but + believed to be also supported by &os:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V125</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V240</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect2> </sect1> @@ -1434,8 +1485,6 @@ <para arch="pc98">Power Management Controller of NEC PC-98 Note (pmc driver)</para> - <para arch="sparc64">OpenFirmware console (ofwcons driver)</para> - </sect2> </sect1>
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