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About NetBSD/hp700

NetBSD/hp700 is the port of NetBSD to the Hewlett-Packard 9000 Series 700 workstations, which are based on HP's Precision Architecture RISC (PA-RISC) CPUs. These machines superseded the HP 9000 Series 300 and 400 workstations, which are supported by NetBSD as NetBSD/hp300.

Nick Hudson is the maintainer of NetBSD/hp700.

Its current status is that of an experimental port. This port is derived from Michael Shalayeff's OpenBSD/hppa port, and owes much to his effort.

For frequently asked questions and links to HP hardware information, see the NetBSD/hp700 FAQ.

NetBSD/hp700 News

2008-10-13:   NetBSD 4.0.1 released
NetBSD 4.0.1 has been released. More information is available in the 4.0.1 release announcement.
2007-12-19:   NetBSD 4.0 released
NetBSD 4.0 has been released. More information is available in the 4.0 release announcement.
2006-11-04:   NetBSD 3.1 released
NetBSD 3.1, the first maintenance release of the netbsd-3 release branch, has been released with binary distributions for 53 architectures. More information is available in the 3.1 release announcement.
2006-10-30:   boot-from-disk fixed
The boot-from-disk memory corruption bug has been found and fixed in -current. Installing to and booting from disk is now reliable.
2005-12-23:   NetBSD 3.0 released
NetBSD 3.0 released with support for 57 architectures. More information is available in the 3.0 release announcement.
2005-05-18:   boot-from-disk, installation tools
Booting from disk now works (via a work-around for the underlying memory corruption bug). Release builds now include a sysinst-based installation LIF image.

Archive of NetBSD/hp700 news items

Supported System Models

NetBSD/hp700 is known to support the following system models (more may work, but additional models have not been tested yet):

  • Machines based on the PA7100 (PCXT, PA-RISC 1.1b) CPU

  • Machines based on the PA7100LC (PCXL, PA-RISC 1.1c) CPU: (see serial console notes for 712/* models)

    • HP 9000 712/60
    • HP 9000 712/80
    • HP 9000 712/100
    • HP 9000 715/80
    • HP 9000 715/100
    • HP 9000 715/100XC
    • HP 9000 E[2345]5 (no SCSI) (serial console only)
    • SAIC Galaxy

  • Machines based on the PA7300LC (PCXL2, PA-RISC 1.1e) CPU:

    • HP 9000 B132L
    • HP 9000 B132L+
    • HP 9000 B160L
    • HP 9000 B180L+
    • HP 9000 D220
    • HP 9000 D230
    • HP 9000 D320
    • HP 9000 D330
    • RDI PrecisionBook

Supported Hardware

NetBSD/hp700 currently supports the following hardware:

  • Intel 82596 ethernet (iee)
  • NCR 53C700 SCSI controller (oosiop)
  • NCR 53C710 SCSI controller (osiop)
  • NCR/Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c810A, 53c815, 53c820, 53c825, 53c825A, 53c860, 53c875, 53c875J, 53c885, 53c895, and 53c896 (siop/esiop)
  • Qlogic ISP-1020, ISP-1040, ISP-1080 (LVD), and ISP-2100 (FibreChannel) (isp)
  • Digital 21x4x and compatible Ethernet (tlp)
  • Intel EtherExpress Pro family Ethernet (fxp)
  • NE2000 and compatible Ethernet (ne)
  • RealTek RTL8129/8139 based Ethernet (rtk)
  • National Semiconductor DP83815 based Ethernet (sip)
  • ns16550a serial controller (com)
  • SGC Framebuffers which are configured via the Boot ROM (sti)
  • PS/2 style keyboard (pckbd)
  • PS/2 style mouse (pms)
  • Parallel port (lpt)
  • CS4215 audio (harmony)
  • VIA and ALI USB 2.0 host controllers (ohci/ehci)
  • USB mass storage devices (umass)
  • Realtek RTL8150L USB Ethernet (url)

System Models Not Supported

NetBSD/hp700 does not currently support the following hardware:

  • All other hp700 machines.

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