. .Ss2 Supported machines .(bullet -offset indent sun4 (4/100, 4/200, 4/300, and 4/400) t sun4c (SPARCstation/server 1, SPARCstation/server 1+, SPARCstation/server 2, IPC, ELC, IPX, and SLC) t sun4c clones (Aries Parrot II, Opus/5000, Opus/5250, FORCE Sparc CPU1e/4, FORCE Sparc CPU2e/4, and possibly more) .(bullet -compact NetBSD doesn't support the VME interface on the FORCE models) .bullet) t sun4m (4/600, SPARC Classic, SPARC LX, SPARCstation 4, SPARCstation/server 5, SPARCstation/server 10, SPARCstation/server 20, Voyager, and JavaStation 1) .(bullet -compact All known mbus modules are supported .bullet) t sun4m clones (Axil 245, Axil 311, Axil 320, Cycle C C Cycle 5-IP, DTKstation/Classic+, RDI PowerLite-85, RDI PowerLite-110, RDI BriteLite, Transtec SS5/170, Tatung microCOMPstation 5, TWS SuperCOMPstation-20S, Tadpole SPARCbook 3 series, and possibly more) .bullet) . .Ss2 Machines not supported by NetBSD/\*M .(bullet -offset indent sun4d (e.g. SPARCcenter 1000 and SPARCcenter 2000) t sun4u and other UltraSPARC based machines are supported by the .Nx sparc64 port. Refer to .Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc64/index.html t Solbourne machines t Other JavaStation models .bullet)
p The minimal configuration requires 4 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 4 MB of RAM feels like Solaris with 4 MB of RAM - slow. Note that until you have around 16 MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU. . .Ss2 Supported devices .(bullet -offset indent sun4c and sun4m video (sbus card, on-board, or optional) .(bullet -compact bwtwo (1 bpp framebuffer, on-board and sbus card (MG1 and MG2)) t cgthree (8 bpp framebuffer, on-board and sbus card) t cgsix (8 bpp accelerated framebuffer, on-board and sbus card (GX, GX+, TGX, and TGX+)) t cgfourteen (SX 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer, on-board SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20, requires optional 4 or 8 MB VSIMM, limited to cgthree emulation) t tcx (S24 accelerated color framebuffer, on-board SPARCstation 4 (8 bpp) and optional on SPARCstation 5 (24 bpp), limited to cgthree emulation) t pnozz (Weitek p9100 24 bpp accelerated framebuffer, on-board Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS and 3GX, limited to cgthree emulation) .bullet) t sun4 video (VME card, on-board, or P4 (supported only on 4/100 and 4/300 series machines)) .(bullet -compact bwtwo (1 bpp framebuffer, on-board and P4) t cgtwo (8 bpp framebuffer, VME card) t cgfour (8 bpp framebuffer with overlay, P4) t cgsix (LEGO 8 bpp accelerated framebuffer, P4) t cgeight (24 bpp framebuffer with overlay, P4, not well tested) .bullet) t Network interfaces .(bullet -compact ie (10 Mbps Intel 82586 ethernet, on-board (4/100 and 4/200, may not be working properly on 4/400) and VME card) t le (10 Mbps AMD 9790 Lance ethernet, on-board (4/300, sun4c, and sun4m) and sbus card) t qec (one 100 Mbps be interface and four 10 Mbps Mace ethernet interfaces, sbus card) t be (100 Mbps half-duplex "Big Mac" ethernet, sbus card) t hme (100 Mbps full-duplex "Happy Meal" ethernet, sbus card, not well tested) t qfe (quad 100 Mbps full-duplex "Happy Meal" ethernet (four ethernet interfaces), sbus card, not well tested) t misc (various ethernet interfaces are found on multi-function sbus cards (e.g. along with SCSI), the ethernet interfaces work even if the other functions do not) t en (Efficient Networks, Inc. ATM interface) .bullet) t SCSI interfaces .(bullet -compact isp (10 MB/s (Fast) and 20 MB/s (Fast+Wide) Qlogic ISP 10x0 family) t esp (5 MB/s and 10 MB/s (Fast) NCR 53C9x SCSI controller, on-board (sun4c, sun4m, and 4/300) and sbus card) t si (5 MB/s NCR 5380 SCSI controller, VME card (Interrupt driven and polled DMA)) t sw (5 MB/s NCR 5380 SCSI controller, on-board 4/110 (polled DMA only)) t misc (SCSI functionality is sometimes found on multi-function sbus cards (e.g. along with ethernet), the SCSI isp and esp portions of those cards should work, even if the other functions do not) .(Note See .Lk http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq/ for information on bootable CD-ROMs .Note) .bullet) t VME disk interfaces .(bullet -compact xd (Xylogics 7053 VME/SMD disk controller) t xy (Xylogics 450/451 VME disk controller) .(Note VME/IPI disks are not supported .Note) .bullet) t Floppy drives .(bullet -compact fd (floppy disk drive, on-board sun4c and sun4m) t sd (SCSI floppy drive, acts as a SCSI drive to kernel, found with some SPARCBook 3 machines) .bullet) t Serial interfaces .(bullet -compact on-board serial ports based on Zilog 8530 and Zilog 85C30 (can be used as console if needed) .bullet) t Input devices .(bullet -compact Sun keyboard and mouse t SPARCBook 3 keyboard and joystick t Third-party keyboards, mice, and trackballs .bullet) t Audio .(bullet -compact audioamd (AMD 7930-based 8000 Hz, 8 bit, mono, mu-law, on-board sun4c and SPARC Classic) t audiocs (CS4231-based 44 KHz, 16 bit, stereo, PCM, on-board SPARCStation 5 and optional on SPARCStation 4, does not support audio input) .bullet) t Misc cards .(bullet -compact mtty/mbpp (Magma Serial/Parallel sbus card) t xbox (Sun sbus expander device) .bullet) .bullet) .Ss2 Unsupported devices .(bullet -offset indent Use of more than one processor in sun4m machines (it boots, but only uses one processor) t DBRIe-based audio and ISDN on-board some sun4m machines (such as SS10, SS20, SPARC LX, and Tadpole SPARCbook) t sc (Sun SCSI VME card) t bpp (bi-directional parallel port, on-board and sbus card) t cgtwelve (a.k.a. GS, 24 bpp sbus framebuffer) t leo (a.k.a. ZX and TZX, 24 bpp sbus framebuffer) t nell (sbus-to-PCMCIA bridge) .bullet)
Indexes created Tue Oct 21 08:09:48 GMT 2025