NetBSD-5.0.2/distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware

.\"	$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.24.6.1 2009/01/26 01:20:58 snj Exp $
.
.Ss2 Supported machines
The minimal configuration requires 32 MB of RAM and ~120 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.
.Pp
Not all of the machines listed here have been tested.  Often Sun will use 
the same motherboard design in multiple models.  For example, they'll 
release a Blade ("workstation") model, Enterprise or Fire ("server") 
model, and Netra or ft ("telco") model with essentially the same devices, 
as far as
.Nx
is concerned.  If one model in this scheme works, it is highly likely 
another will work.  
.Pp
Sun has also released a few models with names that 
might imply the systems are UltraSPARC-based but actually have an
i386 class CPU.  These systems might be supported by the i386 port of
.Nx .
See the following site for more info on what system boards are in which 
models.
.Lk http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/System_Board/SYSBD_TOC.html
(requires a SunSolve login with a valid Sun Service Plan)
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Sbus-based UltraSPARC I or II systems 
.(bullet -compact
Ultra 1 family (Ultra 1, Ultra 1 Creator, Ultra 1 Creator 3D, 
Netra i 150, Netra nfs 150, Enterprise 1, Enterprise 150)
.It
Ultra 2 family (Ultra 2, Ultra 2 Creator, Ultra 2 Creator 3D, Enterprise 2)
.It
Enterprise (3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 500x, 5500, 600x, 6500, 10000)
.\" SPARCengine Ultra AX
.bullet)
.It
PCI-based UltraSPARC II, IIi, or IIe systems
.(bullet -compact
Ultra 5/10 family (Ultra 5, Ultra 10, Enterprise 5, Enterprise 10)
.It
Ultra 30 family (Ultra 30, Netra T 1100)
.It
Ultra 60 family (Ultra 60, E220R, Netra T 1120 and T 1125)
.It
Ultra 80 family (Ultra 80, E420R, Netra T 1400 and T 1405)
.It
Ultra 250 family (Enterprise 250 and E250R)
.It
Ultra 450 family (Ultra 450, Enterprise 450, Netra ft 1800)
.It
Blade 100 and 150
.It
SPARCengine CP1400 or SPARCengine CP1500 system boards (Netra T1 
(models 100 and 105), CT400, CT800, CT1600)
.It
SPARCengine Ultra AXi family (Netra X1, Fire v100, Fire v120, Netra 120, 
Netra AC 200, Netra DC 200)
.It
SPARCengine Ultra AXe system board
.\" UltraSPARC II
.\" SPARCengine Ultra AXdp
.\"
.\" UltraSPARC IIi or IIe
.\" Netra CP2020
.\" Netra CP2040, Netra CP2060, Netra CP2080 system boards
.\" Netra CP2140 system board (Netra CT410 and CT810)
.\" Netra CP2300 system board (Netra CT820)
.\" SPARCengine Ultra AX-MP and AX-MP+ (a.k.a. AXmp and AXmp+)
.\" Fire B100s Blade (Fire B1600 chassis)
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.bullet)
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.Ss2 Unsupported machines
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Systems with an UltraSPARC III CPU
.\" Blade 1000 and 2000 
.\" Fire 280R and Netra 20 (T4)
.\" Fire v480 and Fire v880
.\" Netra T12 (Fire v1280 and Netra 1280)
.\" Fire (3800, 4800, 4810, 6800), Fire 12K and Fire 15K
.It
Systems with an UltraSPARC IIIi CPU
.\" Blade 1500
.\" Blade 2500
.\" Fire v210
.\" Fire v240 and Netra 240
.\" Fire v250
.\" Fire v440
.It
Systems with an UltraSPARC IV CPU
.\" Fire E2900
.\" Fire E4900
.\" Fire E6900
.It
Systems with an UltraSPARC T1 or T2
.bullet)
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.Ss2 Supported devices
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Ethernet devices
.(bullet -compact
Sbus LANCE ethernet
.Pq Em le
.It
Sbus BigMac ethernet
.Pq Em be
.It
On-board, PCI, and Sbus HME ethernet
.Pq Em hme
.It
PCI ERI
.Pq Em gem
.It
Many other PCI and PCMCIA Ethernet interfaces, including:
.(bullet -compact
Tulip-compatible
.Pq Em tlp
.It
Intel
.Pq Em fxp
.It
Intel gigabit
.Pq Em wm
.It
NE2000-compatible
.Pq Em ne
.It
Realtek
.Pq Em rtk No or Em re
.It
SysKonnect XMAC II
.Pq Em sk
.It
Marvell GMAC
.Pq Em msk
.bullet)
.It
Several USB Ethernet interfaces, such as
.Pq Em aue , cue , No and Em kue
.bullet)
.It
Wireless network adapters
.(bullet -compact
Atheros wireless cards
.Pq Em ath
.bullet)
.It
Video devices
.(bullet -compact
All on-board frame buffers
.br
Unless otherwise specified, only text console is supported
.br
.It
On-board and SBUS card
.Pq GX, GX+, TGX, TGX+
.Pq Em cgsix
.br
8 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
Accelerated X via the integrated Xorg.
.It
UPA devices
.Pq ffb and afb, also called Creator3D
24 bpp accelerated framebuffer.
Accelerated X via the integrated Xorg.
.br
.It
On-board ATI mach64 framebuffers (found in Ultra 5/10).
.bullet)
.It
SCSI host controllers
.(bullet -compact
ncr53c9x based controllers
.Pq Em esp
.It
ncr53c8xx based controllers
.Pq Em siop No or Em esiop
.It
ISP10x0 based controllers
.Pq Em isp
.It
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.
.(Note
Some Adaptec cards that support booting on
.Tn MacOS
may be bootable on \*M systems.
.Note)
.It
Many other PCI SCSI controllers should work, but no one has tried them
.It
Most SCSI disk/tape/CD-ROM devices should work
.bullet)
.It
PCI IDE host controllers
.(bullet -compact
Generic IDE controllers
.Pq Em pciide
.It
Acard ATP-850/860 based IDE controllers
.Pq Em pciide
.br
(including the Acard AEC-6210/6260 and the Sonnet Tempo ATA/66 cards)
.It
CMD Tech PCI064[3689] and Silicon Image 0680 IDE Controllers
.Pq Em cmdide
.It
Silicon Image 3112, 3114, and 3512 SATA Controller
.Pq Em satalink
.(Note
Some IDE cards that support booting on
.Tn MacOS
may be bootable on \*M systems.
.Note)
.It
Many other PCI IDE controllers should work, but no one has tried them
.It
Most IDE and ATAPI disk/tape/CD-ROM devices should work
.bullet)
.It
Floppy drives
.(bullet -compact
On-board Floppy Disk Controller -- SBus machines only for now
.Pq Em fdc
.bullet)
.It
Serial devices
.(bullet -compact
On-board Sbus z8530 serial
.Pq Em zs
.It
On-board PCI 16550-based su and su-pnp serial
.Pq Em com
.It
On-board PCI SAB82532 dual UART serial
.Pq Em sab
.bullet)
.It
Parallel devices
.(bullet -compact
On-board and Sbus parallel ports
.Pq Em bpp
.It
On-board PCI/Ebus parallel ports
.Pq Em lpt
.bullet)
.It
Audio devices
.(bullet -compact
On-board, PCI, and SBus based CS4231-based 44 KHz, 16 bit, stereo, PCM audio
.Pq Em audiocs
.bullet)
.It
Other PCI devices
.(bullet -compact
PCI
.Dq universal
communications cards
.Pq Em puc
.bullet)
.bullet)
.Pp
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
Smart card readers.