From 8eea39fff508dbdfacb3e2a9bd1283b004262f8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keith Bostic Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1992 00:13:11 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] date and time created 92/10/23 16:13:11 by bostic SCCS-vsn: admin/admin/HP/HPSUPPORT.t 5.1 --- usr/src/admin/admin/HP/HPSUPPORT.t | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/src/admin/admin/HP/HPSUPPORT.t diff --git a/usr/src/admin/admin/HP/HPSUPPORT.t b/usr/src/admin/admin/HP/HPSUPPORT.t new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7ab23771f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/admin/admin/HP/HPSUPPORT.t @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.TL +HP9000/300 series support in the 4.3 Reno distribution +.AU +Mike Hibler (mike@cs.utah.edu) +.AI +University of Utah +.LP +.B +Due to various considerations, the 4.3 Reno release does not include a +bootable distribution for the HP9000 series 300 CPUs. +However, we believe that it does include all the necessary sources to +construct a fully-functional BSD system given a suitable cross-compilation +environment to bootstrap in. +.LP +Hardware supported: +.TS +lw(1i) lw(4i). +SPUs T{ +318, 319, 320, 330, 340, 345, 350, 360, 370, 375 +(all 68020 and 68030 based SPUs except 332). +T} + +DISKs T{ +All HP SCSI drives (including 650/A magneto-optical) on 98265A and 98658A +interfaces. +A variety of old and new CS80 drives +(7912, 7914, 7933, 7936, 7937, 7945, 7957A/B, 7958A/B, 7959A/B) +on 98262A, 98624A and 98625A/B interfaces. +T} + +TAPEs T{ +9144 and 9145 CS80 cartridge drives. +T} + +SERIAL T{ +98644 built-in single port and 98642 4-port. +T} + +LAN T{ +98643 internal and external. +T} + +DISPLAY T{ +98544-98547 "topcat", +98548-98550 "catseye", +98700/98710 "gatorbox", +98720/98721 "Renaissance", +98730/98731 "DaVinci". +T} +.TE +.LP +The kernel is completely compatible at the system call level with the VAX +or Tahoe equivalent. +However, not all kernel facilities have been tested on an HP, +for example, the ISO protocol family support. +.LP +One significant feature of the HP implementation is emulation for most +HP-UX system calls (as of release 6.5). +This means that many HP-UX binaries and third party applications will +run unchanged. +This is particularly useful for running Starbase graphics applications. +.LP +GCC 1.36 is included as the standard compiler for the kernel, +utilities and all user applications. +The GNU assembler (GAS) and debugger (GDB) are also standard tools. +There is currently no FORTRAN, Pascal or Lisp support, +though the native HP-UX compilers will run under BSD. +.LP +The HP300 series support is derived from the 4.3bsd port distributed by +the University of Utah though it is not completely backward compatible +with it or with the related More/BSD release from Mt. Xinu. +.LP +We would like to thank all those who contributed to the evolution of BSD +on the HP300. +These include: +University of California at Berkeley, +University of Colorado, +University of Oregon, +Oregon State University, +University of Wisconsin, +University College London, +Victoria University of Wellington, +Lawrence Berkeley Labs, +Free Software Foundation, +Mt Xinu, HP Labs +and last but not least the HP Research Grants Program for +their generous support. -- 2.20.1