[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes Sync with recent sparc64 changes.

[martin <martin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/1f58561c6f68
branches:  trunk
changeset: 547165:1f58561c6f68
user:      martin <martin%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Wed May 14 14:06:06 2003 +0000

description:
Sync with recent sparc64 changes.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/common/main      |   5 +++--
 distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware |  24 +++++++++---------------
 distrib/notes/sparc64/install  |  12 +++++++++---
 distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis   |  23 +++++++++--------------
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diffs (163 lines):

diff -r c5899e1f7931 -r 1f58561c6f68 distrib/notes/common/main
--- a/distrib/notes/common/main Wed May 14 13:10:57 2003 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/main Wed May 14 14:06:06 2003 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.225 2003/04/14 15:24:43 rtr Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.226 2003/05/14 14:06:06 martin Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@
 .It Ta Ross Harvey Ta Mt ross%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy alpha
 .It Ta "Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino" Ta Mt itojun%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy sh3
 .It Ta Ben Harris Ta Mt bjh21%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy acorn26
-.It Ta Eduardo Horvath Ta Mt eeh%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy sparc64
+.It Ta Martin Husemann Ta Mt martin%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy sparc64
 .It Ta Darrin Jewell Ta Mt dbj%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy next68k
 .It Ta S\(/oren J\(/orvang Ta Mt soren%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy cobalt
 .It Ta S\(/oren J\(/orvang Ta Mt soren%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy sgimips
@@ -1651,6 +1651,7 @@
 .It Ta Tohru Nishimura Ta Mt nisimura%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy luna68k
 .It Ta NONAKA Kimihiro Ta Mt nonaka%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy prep
 .It Ta Scott Reynolds Ta Mt scottr%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy mac68k
+.It Ta Andrey Petrov Ta Mt petrov%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy sparc64
 .It Ta Kazuki Sakamoto Ta Mt sakamoto%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy bebox
 .It Ta Noriyuki Soda Ta Mt soda%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy arc
 .It Ta Wolfgang Solfrank Ta Mt ws%netbsd.org@localhost Ta Sy ofppc
diff -r c5899e1f7931 -r 1f58561c6f68 distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware    Wed May 14 13:10:57 2003 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware    Wed May 14 14:06:06 2003 +0000
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.12 2002/07/24 02:47:52 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.13 2003/05/14 14:06:07 martin Exp $
 .
 .Ss2 Supported machines
 .(bullet -offset indent
 Sbus-based UltraSPARC systems (the Ultra 1, Ultra 1 Creator/Ultra1 Creator3D,
 Ultra 2/Ultra 2 Creator/Ultra 2 Creator 3D)
 .It
-PCI-based UltraSPARC systems (known to work on the Ultra 5, Ultra 10, Ultra 30
-and Blade 100, Netra X1, and may work on many other systems)
+PCI-based UltraSPARC systems (known to work on the Ultra 5, Ultra 10, Ultra 30,
+Ultra 60 and Blade 100, Netra X1, and may work on many other systems)
 .bullet)
 .
 .Ss2 Unsupported machines
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@
 .(bullet -compact
 CMD Tech PCI064[3689] IDE Controllers
 .Pq Em pciide
-.(Note
-Access to hard disks on the secondary PCIIDE channel currently do not work, but
-CD-ROM does.
-.Note)
 .bullet)
 .It
 Serial devices
@@ -84,6 +80,9 @@
 .It
 PCI 16550-based su and su-pnp serial
 .Pq Em com
+.It
+SAB82532 dual UART as found onboard on many PCI based models
+.Pq Em sab
 .bullet)
 .It
 Parallel devices
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@
 .It
 Audio devices
 .(bullet -compact
-PCI based system audio
+PCI and SBUS based system audio
 .Pq Em audiocs
 .bullet)
 .bullet)
@@ -110,17 +109,12 @@
 .(bullet -offset indent
 Floppy drives
 .It
-Serial devices
-.(bullet -compact
-PCI based systems
-.Pq Em sab
-.bullet)
-.It
 Video devices
 .(bullet -compact
 Creator3D framebuffers
 .Pq Em ffb
 .It
-General PCI VGA support
+General PCI VGA support (currently experimental
+.Em machfb )
 .bullet)
 .bullet)
diff -r c5899e1f7931 -r 1f58561c6f68 distrib/notes/sparc64/install
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/install     Wed May 14 13:10:57 2003 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/install     Wed May 14 14:06:06 2003 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.18 2002/11/18 12:39:52 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.19 2003/05/14 14:06:07 martin Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -102,15 +102,21 @@
 .Pp
 Loading the miniroot onto your raw partition is simple.
 On
-.Nx
-as well as
 .Tn Solaris
 you use a command like:
 .Pp
 .Dl # Ic "dd if=miniroot.fs of=/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1 bs=4k conv=sync"
 .Pp
+On
+.Nx
+the command is:
+.Pp
+.Dl # Ic "dd if=miniroot.fs of=/dev/rsd0b bs=4k conv=sync"
+.Pp
 (Here,
 .Li /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1
+or
+.Li /dev/rsd0b
 is assumed to be your swap partition.)
 There's a potential problem here if
 .Pa /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1
diff -r c5899e1f7931 -r 1f58561c6f68 distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis      Wed May 14 13:10:57 2003 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis      Wed May 14 14:06:06 2003 +0000
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.5 2002/07/24 02:47:52 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.6 2003/05/14 14:06:07 martin Exp $
 .
 .Nx \*V
 is the second major release for the \*M!
 .Pp
 Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:
 .(bullet
-Support for the FAS336 SCSI controller,
-which is on-board on the Ultra 1e and Ultra 2,
-and on appropriate Sbus cards.
-.It
-Support for PCI based audio
-.Pq Em audiocs .
+Support for a native seriell driver on non-SBUS machins
+.Pq Em sab
 .It
-Ability to be run in 32-bit mode on the
-.Nx Ns /sparc
-port (instead of
-.Nx*M )
-by using the former's
-.Li GENERIC_SUN4U
-kernel.
+Support for the SBUS pcmcia adapter
+.Pq Em nell
+has been completed.
+.It
+Support for SBUS based audio
+.Pq Em audiocs
 .bullet)