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[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/arm32 Bring these files up to date.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/8ea8cf0c05b6
branches: trunk
changeset: 467605:8ea8cf0c05b6
user: mark <mark%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Fri Mar 26 09:10:48 1999 +0000
description:
Bring these files up to date.
diffstat:
distrib/notes/arm32/hardware | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
distrib/notes/arm32/legal | 10 +----
distrib/notes/arm32/whatis | 41 +++++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diffs (189 lines):
diff -r fe2328b82c72 -r 8ea8cf0c05b6 distrib/notes/arm32/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/arm32/hardware Fri Mar 26 08:52:44 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/arm32/hardware Fri Mar 26 09:10:48 1999 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.3 1999/01/13 07:30:03 ross Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.4 1999/03/26 09:10:48 mark Exp $
-NetBSD/arm32 \*V runs on several systems with
+NetBSD/arm32 \*V runs on a number of systems with
.Tn ARM6
-or above processors,
+or later processors,
with or without FPU coprocessor. The minimal configuration is said to
require 8M of RAM and 50M of disk space, though we do not know of anyone
running with a system quite this minimal today. To install the entire
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
IDE controllers:
Acorn motherboard IDE.
Simtec IDE controller.
- RapIDE IDE controller.
- ICS IDE controller.
+ RapIDE Issue 2 IDE controller.
+ ICS V5 & V6 IDE controller.
SCSI host adapters:
Cumana SCSI 2.
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
I-cubed EtherH.
ANT EtherM.
+ Most SCSI disk drives.
Most SCSI tape drives.
CD-ROM drives:
Most SCSI CD-ROM drives.
@@ -70,20 +71,84 @@
Motherboards:
Acorn RiscPC.
- Acorn A7000 (experimental).
- Acorn A7000+ (experimental).
- VLSI RC7500 (experimental).
+ Acorn A7000.
+ Acorn A7000+.
+ VLSI RC7500.
+ Digital DNARD.
+ Intel EBSA285.
+ Chalice CATS.
Other devices:
RiscPC keyboard.
A7000 keyboard.
RiscPC realtime clock.
VLSI RC7500 motherboard devices.
+
+ Digital DNARD devices
+ IDE
+ keyboard
+ mouse
+ ethernet
+ smartcard
+ audio
+ joystick
+
+ Chalice CATS devices
+ ALI M1543 southbridge inc PS/2 keyboard & mouse, ide, serial
+ parallel, USB and ISA bus
+ RTC
+
+ Intel EBSA285 & Chalice CATS PCI devices
+ PCI - PCI bridges
+ DC21150
+ DC21152
+ DC21153
+ DC21154
+ Hint HB1
+ Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
+ Cogent EM1X0, EM960 (a.k.a. Adaptec ANA-69XX)
+ Cogent EM964 [b]
+ Cogent EM4XX [b]
+ Compex Readylink PCI
+ DANPEX EN-9400P3
+ Digital Celebris GL, GLST on-board ethernet
+ Digital (DEC) PCI Ethernet/Fast Ethernet adapters (all)
+ JCIS Condor JC1260
+ Linksys PCI Fast Ethernet
+ SMC EtherPower 10, 10/100 (PCI only!)
+ SMC EtherPower
+ SVEC PN0455
+ SVEC FD1000-TP
+ Znyx ZX34X
+ Qlogic ISP [12]0x0 SCSI/FibreChannel boards
+ Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][W] cards using the AIC-7770, AIC-7850,
+ AIC-7860, AIC-7870, or AIC-7880 chip.
+ NE2000 PCI ethernet adapters
+ Universal Serial Bus:
+ UHCI host controllers
+ OHCI host controllers
+ Hubs
+ Keyboards using the boot protocol
+ Mice
+ Printers
+ Generic support for HID devices
+
+ Video cards
+ Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro
+ ATI Charger 4MB
+ STB Velocity 128
+ Cirrus Logic 5446
+ IGS 2010
+ IGS 5000
+ S3 based interfaces
.Ed
.Pp
Drivers for hardware marked with "[*]" are NOT present in installation
kernels.
.Pp
+Other PCI device may be supported by Intel EBSA285 & Chalice CATS but
+have not been tested.
+.Pp
Support for some devices is limited to particular kernels. eg there is no
SA110 support in A7000 kernels.
.Pp
diff -r fe2328b82c72 -r 8ea8cf0c05b6 distrib/notes/arm32/legal
--- a/distrib/notes/arm32/legal Fri Mar 26 08:52:44 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/arm32/legal Fri Mar 26 09:10:48 1999 +0000
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: legal,v 1.3 1999/01/13 07:30:03 ross Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: legal,v 1.4 1999/03/26 09:10:48 mark Exp $
This product includes software developed by Mark Brinicombe.
This product includes software developed by Neil Carson.
This product includes software developed by Scott Stevens.
-
-This product includes software developed by Rob Black.
-
-This product includes software developed by Melvyn Tang-Richardson.
-
-This product includes software developed by Wolfgang Solfrank.
-
-This product includes software developed by Frank Lancaster.
diff -r fe2328b82c72 -r 8ea8cf0c05b6 distrib/notes/arm32/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/arm32/whatis Fri Mar 26 08:52:44 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/arm32/whatis Fri Mar 26 09:10:48 1999 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,35 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.3 1999/01/13 07:30:03 ross Exp $
-NetBSD/arm32 \*V is the first official binary release of NetBSD for the
-arm32 platform, although binary release have been available in the past
-under a different name (RiscBSD).
+.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.4 1999/03/26 09:10:48 mark Exp $
+NetBSD/arm32 \*V has a number of improvements over the last release.
+.Pp
+Support has been added for the following hardware platforms:
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet
+.It
+Digital DNARD (DIGITAL Network Appliance Reference Design) also know
+as SHARK.
+.It
+Intel EBSA285 (SA110/DC21825 evaluation boards)
+.It
+Chalice CATS (SA110/DC21825 PC style motherboard)
+.El
+.Pp
+Additionally there has also been:
.Pp
-The \*V release brings with it two major enhancements; full shared
-library support, and soft-float library support.
+.Bl -bullet
+.It
+Various code optimizations, in particular improvements in interrupt
+latencies and improved cache cleaning.
+.It
+New drivers.
+.It
+Bug fixes.
+.It
+full integration of the toolchain.
+.El
.Pp
-Because of this some of your existing binaries will require
-recompilation. But the up side is that they should run faster.
+.Nx \*V
+on arm32 is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old
+.Nx
+arm32 binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs
+provided you set the appropriate binary compatibility options in your
+kernel configuration.
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