NetBSD/hp300 news archive

2004-04-10: APCI com fixed

Some fixes for apci serial, which switched to MI com(4) driver, are committed so that now it's actually functional.

2004-04-08: Framebuffer attachment problem fixed

A longstanding bug in console attachment functions is fixed, so that now DIO based framebuffers (mostly used on HP4xx machines) can be used as console again.

2004-03-01: NetBSD 1.6.2 released

NetBSD 1.6.2 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.2 release announcement.

2003-11-08: Switched to MI com

NetBSD/hp300 has switched to use the machine independent serial com device to simplify code maintenance. This currently only applies to the dca and apci devices until others get tested.

2003-08-01: Switched to MI SCSI

NetBSD/hp300 has switched to use the machine independent SCSI layer at last so that all SCSI devices supported by MI SCSI drivers (including SCSI tape devices) are fully functional like other ports.

2003-04-21: NetBSD 1.6.1 released

NetBSD 1.6.1 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.1 release announcement.

2002-09-14: NetBSD 1.6 released

NetBSD 1.6 released with support for 39 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6 release announcement.

2002-07-22: NetBSD 1.5.3 released

NetBSD 1.5.3 released with support for 20 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.3 release announcement.

2001-11-16: New -current snapshot available

A new NetBSD/hp300 snapshot, based on 2001-11-16 -current sources, is available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server.

2001-09-13: NetBSD 1.5.2 released

NetBSD 1.5.2 released with support for 21 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.2 release announcement.

2001-07-11: NetBSD 1.5.1 released

NetBSD 1.5.1 released with support for 21 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.1 release announcement.

2001-05-16: 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot available

A NetBSD/hp300 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot, based off of 1.5.1 sources as of 2001-05-10, is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

2001-01-06: New ELF snapshot available

A new NetBSD/hp300 snapshot, based on 2001-01-06 -current sources, is available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server.

2001-01-02: NetBSD/hp300 switches to ELF

NetBSD/hp300 is now using ELF as its native object file format in -current. Instructions for upgrading from source are available. A NetBSD/hp300 ELF snapshot will be available shortly.

2000-12-06: NetBSD 1.5 released

NetBSD 1.5 released with support for 20 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5 release announcement.

2000-11-25: NetBSD 1.4.3 released

NetBSD 1.4.3 released with support for 16 architectures. More information is available in the 1.4.3 release announcement.

2000-11-07: 1.5_BETA2 snapshot

A NetBSD/hp300 1.5_BETA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-10-23: 1.5_BETA snapshot

A NetBSD/hp300 1.5_BETA snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-08-29: First 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot

The first NetBSD/hp300 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-07-13: First 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot

The first hp300 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.4.3 sources as of 2000-07-07, is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.4.3 was released on November 25th, 2000)

2000-05-17: Snapshot released

A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on May 13, 2000 sources, was made available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server.

2000-04-29: Binary Packages

Over 600 MB of binary packages are now available for NetBSD/hp300 1.4.2.

2000-04-03: Snapshot released

A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on April 1, 2000 sources, was made available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server.

2000-03-19: NetBSD 1.4.2 released

NetBSD 1.4.2 released with support for 16 architectures.

1999-12-06: Snapshot released

A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on Dec. 4, 1999 sources, was made available at: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hp300/snapshot/.

1999-09-14: Snapshot released

A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on Sept. 11, 1999 sources, was made available at: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hp300/snapshot/.

1999-08-01: hp425e serial console

Support has been added for a serial console on the hp425e

1999-07-07: Snapshot released

A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on July 5, 1999 sources, was made available at: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hp300/snapshot/.

1999-05-12: NetBSD-1.4 released

The NetBSD 1.4 release supports sixteen architectures, and was distributed free by Usenix to all 1999 ATC attendees.

1998-05-04:

NetBSD/hp300 -current is now built with UVM; the new, vastly improved virtual memory system.

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