--- wikisrc/ports/mvmeppc.mdwn 2012/12/19 03:50:46 1.1 +++ wikisrc/ports/mvmeppc.mdwn 2017/03/30 16:06:58 1.13 @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ [[!template id=port port="mvmeppc" -cur_rel="6.0" -future_rel="7.0" -changes_cur="6.0" -changes_future="7.0" +cur_rel="7.1" +future_rel="8.0" +pkg_rel="6.0" +changes_cur="7.0" +changes_future="8.0" thumbnail="http://www.netbsd.org/images/ports/mvmeppc/mvme2600.gif" +no_install_notes="defined" about=""" NetBSD/mvmeppc is the port of NetBSD to Motorola's PowerPC VME Single Board Computers (SBC). The first Motorola SBC (68k-based) was introduced in 1988. @@ -17,17 +19,17 @@ recent boards will be added as and when developers. """ supported_hardware=""" -###Supported System Models +##Supported System Models -* MVME160x family +* MVME160x family -###Boot Options +##Boot Options -'Supported:' +**Supported:** * network -'Unsupported:' +**Unsupported:** * disk * CD-ROM @@ -35,38 +37,9 @@ supported_hardware=""" """ additional=""" -###What are the jumpers on the backplane +* [NetBSD/mvmeppc FAQ](http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/mvmeppc/faq.html) +* [NetBSD/mvmeppc History](http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/mvmeppc/history.html) -The jumpers on the backplane are for Bus Grant and Interrupt Acknowledge. Some -VMEbus boards, like disk controllers, do their own VMEbus I/O instead of using -DMA from the CPU. The I/O board requests control of the VMEbus, the arbiter on -the CPU board releases control of the VMEbus, and then the arbiter on the CPU -sends a Bus Grant signal down the backplane. - -There are only 4 Bus Grant levels, and you can have several boards, on the same -Bus Grant level. The Bus Grant signal daisy-chains down the backplane through -each I/O board. If you have an empty slot you break the daisy-chain. - -Backplane manufacturers put jumper pins next to the connectors so you can jumper -across empty slots. Unfortunately the jumpers may be to the right or left of a -slot depending on the manufacturer. - -You may also find that some VMEbus boards don't pass on daisy-chain signals that -they don't use. This means that you may have to leave jumpers on even when a -board is in a slot. - -If the boards are side-by-side without an empty slot between the CPU and the -VMEbus boards you may not need any jumpers. That might be worth a try. - - -###History -Using NetBSD/prep as a base, NetBSD was ported to an MVME1603-051 by Steve -Woodford. The board was one of two donated to the NetBSD Foundation by Gan -Starling on the condition that a port be attempted. - -Following receipt of the boards, and replacement of the VxWorks bootcode by a -PPCBUG image kindly provided by Motorola Computer Group, NetBSD/mvmeppc was up -and running multi-user within two weeks. """ ]] [[!tag tier2port]]