NetBSD/ews4800mips

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About NetBSD/ews4800mips

NetBSD/ews4800mips is the port of NetBSD to NEC's MIPS based EWS4800 workstations.

NetBSD/ews4800mips News

2006-01-09:   The first binary snapshot
The first -current binary snapshot based on 2006-01-09 sources is available in the NetBSD/ews4800mips snapshot area of the ftp server.
2005-12-29:   Initial import of NetBSD/ews4800mips
NetBSD/ews4800mips port has been imported into the -current source tree.

Supported System Models

Currently only the following models are supported in NetBSD/ews4800mips:

  • TR2” models:
    • EWS4800/350
    • EWS4800/350F (untested)
  • TR2A” models:
    • EWS4800/360AD
    • EWS4800/360ADII
    • EWS4800/360SX (serial console only)
    • EWS4800/360EX (untested)
    • EWS4800/360 (untested)

Supported Peripherals

  • On-board Z8530 serial interface (zsc)
  • On-board framebuffer (fb)
  • keyboard (ewskbd)
  • mouse (ewsms)
  • On-board LANCE ethernet interface (le)
  • On-board i82596 ethernet interface (iee)
  • On-board 53c710 SCSI interface (osiop)
  • Most SCSI devices

Not Yet Supported

  • All other models not listed the above (needs hardware info)
  • All APbus devices (including framebuffer on EWS4800/360SX)
  • internal floppy disk
  • parallel port
  • COMPAT_SVR4 for EWS/UX binary
  • etc.

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