Supported processors and motherboards

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Additions, corrections and constructive criticism are invited. In particular information on system quirks is more than welcome. Overview This document tries to provide a starting point for those who want to run &os; on an Alpha-based machine. It is aimed at providing background information on the various hardware designs. It is not a replacement for the systems manuals. The information is structured as follows: general hardware requirements to run &os; on alpha; system specific information for each of the systems/boards supported by &os;; information on expansion boards for &os;, including things that differ from what is in the generic supported hardware list. You will see references to DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq used more or less interchangeably. Now that Compaq has acquired Digital Equipment it would be more correct to refer to Compaq only. Given the fact that you will see the mix of names everywhere I don't bother. SRM commands will be in UPPER CASE. Lower case input is also acceptible to SRM. Upper case is used for clarity. In general, what do you need to run &os; on an Alpha? Obviously you will need an Alpha machine that &os; knows about. Alpha machines are NOT like PCs. There are considerable differences between the various core logic chip sets and mainboard designs. This means that a kernel needs to know the intimate details of a particular machine before it can run on it. Throwing some odd GENERIC kernel at unknown hardware is almost guaranteed to fail miserably. For a machine even to be considered for &os; use please make sure it has the SRM console firmware installed. Or at least make sure that SRM console firmware is available for the particular machine type. If &os; does not currently support your machine type, there is a good chance that this will change at some point in time, assuming SRM is available. All bets are off when SRM console firmware is not available. Machines with the ARC or AlphaBIOS console firmware were intended for WindowsNT. Some have SRM console firmware available in the system ROMs which you only have to select (via an ARC or AlphaBIOS menu). In other cases you will have to re-flash the ROMs with SRM code. Check on http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware to see what is available for your particular system. In any case: no SRM means no &os; (or NetBSD, OpenBSD, Tru64 Unix or OpenVMS for that matter). With the demise of WindowsNT/alpha a lot of former NT boxes are sold on the second hand market. They have little or no trade-in value when they are NT-only from the console firmware perspective. So, be suspicious if the price appears too good. Known non-SRM machines are: Digital XL series Digital XLT series Samsung PC164UX Samsung 164B To complicate things a bit further: Digital used to have so called white-box Alpha machines destined as NT-only and blue-box Alpha machines destined for OpenVMS and Digital Unix. These names are based on the color of the cabinets, FrostWhite and TopGunBlue respectively. Although you could put the SRM console firmware on a whitebox, OpenVMS and Digital Unix will refuse to boot on them. &os; in post-4.0-RELEASE will run on both the white and the blue-box variants. Before someone asks: the white ones had a rather different (read: cheaper) Digital price tag. As part of the SRM you will get the so called OSF/1 PAL code (OSF/1 being the initial name of Digital's UNIX offering on Alpha). The PAL code can be thought of as a software abstraction layer between the hardware and the operating system. It uses normal CPU instruction plus a handful of privileged instructions specific for PAL use. PAL is not microcode. The ARC console firmware contains a different PAL code, geared towards WinNT and in no way suitable for use by &os; (or more generic: Unix or OpenVMS). Before someone asks: Linux/alpha brings its own PAL code, allowing it to boot on ARC and AlphaBIOS. There are various reasons why this is not a very good idea in the eyes of the *BSD folks. I don't want to go into details here. If you are interested in the gory details search the &os; and NetBSD web sites. There is another pitfall ahead: you will need a disk adapter that the SRM console firmware recognizes in order to be able to boot from a disk. What is acceptable to SRM as a boot adapter is unfortunately highly system and SRM version dependent. For older PCI based machines it means you will need either a NCR/Symbios 53C810 based adapter, or a Qlogic 1020/1040 based adapter. Some machines come with a SCSI chip embedded on the mainboard. Newer machine designs and SRM versions will be able to work with more modern SCSI chips/adapters. Check out the machine specific info below. Please note that the rest of this discussion only refers to Symbios chips, this is meant to include the older chips that still have NCR stamped on them. Symbios bought NCR sometime. The problem might bite those who have machines that started their lives as WindowsNT boxes. The ARC or AlphaBIOS knows about other adapter types that it can boot from than the SRM. For example you can boot from an Adaptec 2940UW with ARC/AlphaBios but (generally) not with SRM. Some newer machine types have introduced Adaptec boot support. Please consult the machine specific section for details. Most adapters that cannot be booted from work fine for data-only disks. The differences between SRM and ARC could also get you pre-packaged IDE CDROMs and hard drives in some (former WindowsNT) systems. SRM versions exist (depends on the machine type) that can boot from IDE disks and CDROMs. Check the machine specific section for details. &os; 4.0 and later can be booted from the distribution CDROM. Earlier versions needed booting from a 2 disk floppy set. If you don't have/want a local disk drive you can boot via the Ethernet. This assumes an Ethernet adapter/chip that is recognized by the SRM console. Generally speaking this boils down to either a 21040 or 21142 or 21143 based Ethernet interface. Older machines or SRM versions may not recognize the 21142 / 21143 Fast Ethernet chips, you are then limited to using 10Mbit Ethernet for net booting those machines. Non-DEC cards based on said chips will generally (but are not guaranteed to) work. Note that Intel took over the 21x4x chips when it bought Digital Semiconductor. So you might see an Intel logo on them these days. Recent machine designs have SRM support for Intel 8255x Ethernet chips. Alpha machines can be run with SRM on a graphics console or on a serial console. ARC can also be run on a serial consoles if need be. VT100 emulation with 8 bit controls should at least allow you to switch from ARC/AlphaBIOS to SRM mode without having to install a graphics card first. If you want to run your Alpha machine without a monitor/graphics card just don't connect a keyboard/mouse to the machine. Instead hook up a serial terminal[emulator] to serial port #1. The SRM will talk 9600N81 to you. This can also be really practical for debugging purposes. Beware: some/most (?) SRMs will also present you with a console prompt at serial port #2. The booting kernel, however, will display the boot messages on serial port #1 and will also put the console there. This can be extremely confusing. Most PCI based Alphas can use ordinary PC-type VGA cards. The SRM contains enough smarts to make that work. It does not, however, mean that each and every PCI VGA card out on the street will work in an Alpha machine. Things like S3 Trio64, Mach64, and Matrox Millennium generally work. Old ET4000 based ISA cards have also worked for me. But ask around first before buying. Please note that TGA cards are not currently supported as &os; console display cards. Most PCI devices from the PC-world will also work in &os; PCI-based machines. Check the /sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC file for the latest word on this. Check the appropriate machine type's discussion in case you want to use PCI cards that have PCI bridge chips on them. In some cases you might encounter problems with PCI cards not handling PCI parity correctly. This can lead to panics. PCI parity checking can be disabled using the following SRM command: >>> SET PCI_PARITY OFF. This is not a &os; problem, all operating systems running on Alpha hardware will need this workaround. If your system (also) contains EISA expansion slots you will need to run the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU) after you have installed EISA cards or after you have upgraded your console firmware. For Alpha CPUs you will find multiple generations. The original Alpha design is the 21064. It was produced in a chip process called MOS4, chips made in this process are nicknamed EV4. Newer CPUs are 21164, 21264 etc. You will see designations like EV4S, EV45, EV5, EV56, EV6, EV67. The EVs with double digit numbers are slightly improved versions. For example EV45 has an improved FPU and 16 kByte on-chip separate I & D caches compared to the EV4 on which it is based. Rule of thumb: the higher the digit immediately following EV the more desirable (read: faster / more modern). For memory you want at least 32 Mbytes. I have had &os; run on a 16 Mbyte system but you will not enjoy that. Kernel build times halved when I went to 32 Mbytes. Note that the SRM console steals 2Mbyte from the total system memory (and keeps it). For more serious work 64 Mbytes or more are recommended. While on the subject of memory: pay close attention to the type of memory your machine uses. There are very different memory configurations and requirements for the various machines. Final word: I expect the above to sound a bit daunting to the first-time Alpha user. Don't be daunted too much. And do feel free to ask questions if something is not clear after reading this document. System-specific information Below is an overview of the hardware that &os; runs on. This list will definitely grow, a look in /sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC can be enlightening. Alpha machines are often best known by their project code name. Where known these are listed below in parentheses. AXPpci33 (<quote>NoName</quote>) The NoName is a baby-AT mainboard based on the 21066 LCA (Low Cost Alpha) processor. NoName was originally designed for OEM-use. The LCA chip includes almost all of the logic to drive a PCI bus and the memory subsystem. All of this makes for a low-priced design. Due to the limited memory interface the system is not particularly fast in case of cache misses. As long as you stay inside the on-chip cache the CPU is comparable to a 21064 (first generation Alpha). These boards should be very cheap to obtain these days. It is a full-fledged 64 bit CPU, just don't expect miracles as far as speed goes. Features: 21066 Alpha CPU at 166 MHz or 21066A CPU at 233MHz. 21068 CPUs are also possible, but are even slower. on-board Bcache / L2 cache: 0, 256k or 1 Mbyte (uses DIL chips) PS/2 mouse & keyboard port OR 5pin DIN keyboard (2 mainboard models) memory: bus width: 64 bits PS/2 style 72 pin 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs 70ns or better installed in pairs of 2 4 SIMM sockets uses ECC 512kB Flash ROM for the console code. 2 16550A serial ports 1 parallel port floppy interface 1 embedded IDE interface expansion: 3 32 bit PCI slots (1 shared with ISA) 5 ISA slots (1 shared with PCI) embedded Fast SCSI using a Symbios 53C810 chip NoNames can either have SRM or ARC console firmware in their Flash ROM. The Flash ROM is not big enough to hold both ARC and SRM at the same time and allow software selection of alternate console code. But you only need SRM anyway. Cache for the NoNames are 15 or 20 ns DIL chips. For a 256 kByte cache you want to check your junked 486 mainboard. Chips for a 1 Mbyte cache are a rarer breed unfortunately. Getting at least a 256kByte cache is recommended performance wise. Cache-less they are really slow. The NoName mainboard has a PC/AT-standard power connector. It also has a power connector for 3.3 Volts. No need to rush out to get a new power supply. The 3.3 Volts is only needed in case you run 3.3 Volts PCI expansion boards. These are quite rare. The IDE interface is supported by &os; and requires a line in the kernel configuration file as follows: device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 The SRM console unfortunately cannot boot from IDE disks. This means you will have to use a SCSI disk as the boot device. Make sure you use true 36 bit SIMMs, and only FPM (Fast Page Mode) DRAM. EDO DRAM or SIMMs with fake parity will not work. The board uses the 4 extra bits for ECC. 33 bit FPM SIMMs will for the same reason not work. Given the choice, get the PS/2-variant mainboard. Apart from giving you a mouse port as bonus it is directly supported by Tru64 Unix in case you ever want or need to run it. The DIN-plug-variant should work OK for &os;. The OEM manual is recommended reading. The kernel configuration file for a NoName kernel must contain: options DEC_AXPPCI_33 cpu EV4 Universal Desktop Box (UDB or <quote>Multia</quote>) Multia can be either Intel or Alpha CPU based. We assume Alpha based ones here for obvious reasons. Multia is a small desktop box intended as a sort of personal workstation. They come in a considerable number of variations, check closely what you get. Features: 21066 Alpha CPU at 166 MHz or 21066A CPU at 233MHz on-board Bcache / L2 cache: COAST-like 256 kByte cache module; 233MHz models have 512kByte of cache; 166MHz models have soldered-on 256kB caches PS/2 mouse & keyboard port memory: bus width: 64 bits PS/2 style 72 pin 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs 70ns or better SIMMs are installed in pairs of 2 4 SIMM sockets uses ECC 2 16550A serial ports 1 parallel port floppy interface Intel 82378ZB PCI to ISA bridge 1 embedded 21040 based 10Mbit Ethernet, AUI and 10base2 connector expansion: 1 32 bit PCI slot 2 PCMCIA slots on-board Crystal CS4231 or AD1848 sound chip embedded Fast SCSI, using a Symbios 53C810[A] chip on the PCI riser card Multia has enough Flash ROM to store both SRM and ARC code at the same time and allow software selection of one of them. Multia has only one 32 bit PCI slot for expansion, and it is only suitable for a small form factor PCI card. By sacrificing the PCI slot space you can mount a 3.5" hard disk drive. Mounting stuff may have come with your Multia. Adding a 3.5" disk is not a recommended upgrade due to the limited power rating of the power supply and the extremely marginal cooling of the system box. Multia also has 2 PCMCIA expansion slots. These are currently not supported by &os;. The CPU might or might not be socketed, check this before considering CPU upgrade hacks. The low-end Multias have a soldered-in CPU. It comes with a TGA based graphics on-board. TGA is not currently suitable for console use with &os;. This means you will have to run Multia using a serial console. Note that the boot of the installation disk will appear to work fine using the TGA console, but then switches to using the serial port. This is even mentioned during by installer (but never read by the human doing the install). Your keyboard appears dead from that point on. Multia has 2 serial ports but routes both of them to the outside world on a single 25 pin sub-D connector. The Multia FAQ explains how to build your own Y-cable to allow both ports to be used. Although the Multia SRM supports booting from floppy this can be problematic. Typically the errors look like: *** Soft Error - Error #10 - FDC: Data overrun or underrun This is not a &os; problem, it is a SRM problem. The best available workaround to install &os; is to boot from a SCSI CDROM. Sound works fine using &man.pcm.4; driver and a line in the kernel configuration file as follows for the Crystal CS4231 chip: device pcm0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 9 drq 3 flags 0x15 I have not yet been successful in getting my Multia with the AD1848 to play any sound. While verifying playback I was reminded of the lack of CPU power of the 166MHz CPU. MP3 only plays acceptable using 22kHz down-sampling. Multias are somewhat notorious for dying of heat strokes. The very compact box does not really allow access to cooling air. Please use the Multia on its vertical stand, don't put it horizontally (pizza style). Replacing the fan with something which pushes around more air is really recommended. You can also cut one of the wires to the fan speed sensor. Once cut, the fan runs at a (loud) full speed. Beware of PCI cards with high power consumption. If your system has died you might want to check the Multia-Heat-Death pages at the NetBSD Web site for help in reviving it. The Intel 82378ZB PCI to ISA bridge enables the use of an IDE disk. This requires a line in the kernel configuration file as follows: device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 The IDE connector pin spacing is thought for 2.5" laptop disks. A 3.5" IDE disk would not fit in the case anyway. At least not without sacrificing your only PCI slot. The SRM console unfortunately does not know how to boot from IDE disks. You will need to use a SCSI disk as the bootdisk. In case you want to change the internal hard drive: the internal flat cable running from the PCI riser board to the 2.5" hard drive has a finer pitch than the standard SCSI flat cables. Otherwise it would not fit on the 2.5" drives. There are also riser cards that have a standard-pitch SCSI cable attached to it, which will fit an ordinary SCSI disk. Again, I recommend against trying to cram a replacement hard disk inside. Use the external SCSI connector and put your disk in an external enclosure. Multias run hot enough as-is. In most cases you will have the external high density 50-pin SCSI connector but some Multia models came without disk and may lack the connector. Something to check before buying one. The kernel configuration file for a Multia kernel must contain: options DEC_AXPPCI_33 cpu EV4 Recommended reading on Multia can be found at http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/alpha/multiafaq.html or http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/computers/udb.html. Personal Workstation (<quote>Miata</quote>) The Miata is a small tower machine intended to be put under a desk. There are multiple Miata variants. The original Miata is the MX5 model. Because it suffers from a number of hardware design flaws a redesign was done, yielding the MiataGL. Unfortunately the variants are not easily distinguishable at first sight from the outside of the case. An easy check is to see if the back of the machine sports two USB connectors. If yes, it is a MiataGL. MX5 models tend to be more common in the used system market place. System designations look like Personal Workstation 433a. Personal Workstation, being a bit of a mouthful, is often abbreviated to PWS. This means it has a 433 MHz CPU, and started life as a WinNT workstation (the trailing a). Systems designated from day 1 to run Tru64 Unix or OpenVMS will sport 433au. WinNT-Miatas are likely to come pre-configured with an IDE CDROM drive. So, in general systems are named like PWS[433,500,600]a[u]. There was also a Miata model with a special CPU cooling system by Kryotech. The Kryotech has a special cooling system and is housed in a different enclosure. Features: 21164A EV56 Alpha CPU at 433, 500 or 600MHz 21174 Core Logic (Pyxis) chip set on-board Bcache / L3 cache: 0, 2 or 4 Mbytes (uses a cache module) memory: bus width: 128 bits wide, ECC protected unbuffered 72 bit wide SDRAMs DIMMs, installed in pairs of 2 6 DIMM sockets maximum memory 1.5 GBytes on-board Fast Ethernet: MX5 uses a 21142 or 21143 Ethernet chip, dependent on the version of the PCI riser card MiataGL has a 21143 chip the bulkhead can be 10/100 Mbit UTP, or 10 Mbit UTP/BNC 2 on-board [E]IDE disk interfaces, based on the CMD646 (MX5) or the Cypress 82C693 (MiataGL) 1 Ultra-Wide SCSI Qlogic 1040 [MiataGL only] 2 64-bit PCI slots 3 32-bit PCI slots (behind a DEC PCI-PCI bridge chip) 3 ISA slots (physically shared with the 32 bit PCI slots, via an Intel 82378IB PCI to ISA bridge chip) 2 16550A serial port 1 parallel port PS/2 keyboard & mouse port USB interface [MiataGL only] embedded sound based on an ESS1888 chip The Miata logic is divided into two printed circuit boards. The lower board in the bottom of the machine has the PCI and ISA slots and things like the sound chip etc. The top board has the CPU, the Pyxis chip, memory etc. Note that MX5 and the MiataGL use a different PCI riser board. This means that you cannot just upgrade to a MiataGL CPU board (with the newer Pyxis chip) but that you will also need a different riser board. Apparently an MX5 riser with a MiataGL CPU board will work but it is definitely not a supported or tested configuration. Everything else (cabinet, wiring, etc.) is identical for MX5 and MiataGL. MX5 has problems with DMA via the 2 64-bit PCI slots when this DMA crosses a page boundary. The 32 bit slots don't have this problem because the PCI-PCI bridge chip does not allow the offending transfers. The SRM code knows about the problem and refuses to start the system if there is a PCI card in one of the 64bit slots that it does not know about. Cards that are known good to the SRM are allowed to be used in the 64bit slots. If you want to fool the SRM you can type set pci_device_override at the SRM prompt. Just don't complain if your data mysteriously gets mangled. The complete command is: >>> SET PCI_DEVICE_OVERRIDE <vendor_id><device_id> For example: >>> SET PCI_DEVICE_OVERRIDE 88c15333 The most radical approach is to use: >>> SET PCI_DEVICE_OVERRIDE -1 This disables PCI ID checking altogether, so that you can install any PCI card without its ID getting checked. For this to work you need a reasonable current SRM version. Do this on your own risk.. The &os; kernel reports it when it sees a buggy Pyxis chip: Sep 16 18:39:43 miata /kernel: cia0: Pyxis, pass 1 Sep 16 18:39:43 miata /kernel: cia0: extended capabilities: 1<BWEN> Sep 16 18:39:43 miata /kernel: cia0: WARNING: Pyxis pass 1 DMA bug; no bets... A MiataGL probes as: Jan 3 12:22:32 miata /kernel: cia0: Pyxis, pass 1 Jan 3 12:22:32 miata /kernel: cia0: extended capabilities: 1<BWEN> Jan 3 12:22:32 miata /kernel: pcib0: <2117x PCI host bus adapter> on cia0 MiataGL does not have the DMA problems of the MX5. PCI cards that make the MX5 SRM choke when installed in the 64bit slots are accepted without problems by the MiataGL SRM. The latest mainboard revisions of MX5 contain a hardware workaround for the bug. The SRM does not know about the ECO and will complain about unknown cards as before. So does the &os; kernel by the way. The Miata SRM can boot from IDE CDROM drives. IDE harddisk boot is known to work for both MiataGL and MX5 disks, so you can root &os; from an IDE disk. Speeds on MX5 are around 14 Mbytes/sec assuming a suitable drive. Miata's CMD646 chip will support up to WDMA2 mode as the chip is too buggy for use with UDMA. Miata MX5s generally use Qlogic 1040 based SCSI adapters. These are bootable by the SRM console. Note that Adaptec cards are not bootable by the Miata SRM console. The MiataGL has a faster PCI-PCI bridge chip on the PCI riser card than some of the MX5 riser card versions. Some of the MX5 risers have the same chip as the MiataGL. All in all there is a lot of variation. Not all VGA cards will work behind the PCI-PCI bridge. This manifests itself as no video at all. Workaround is to put the VGA card before the bridge, in one of the 64 bit PCI slots. Both MX5 and MiataGL have an on-board sound chip, an ESS1888. It emulates a SoundBlaster and can be enabled by putting device pcm0 device sbc0 in your kernel configuration file. in case your Miata has the optional cache board installed make sure it is firmly seated. A slightly loose cache has been observed to cause weird crashes (not surprising obviously, but maybe not so obvious when troubleshooting). The cache module is identical between MX5 and MiataGL. Installing a 2Mb cache module achieves, apart from a 10-15% speed increase (based on buildworld elapsed time), a decrease for PCI DMA read bandwidth from 64bit PCI cards. A benchmark on a 64-bit Myrinet card resulted in a decrease from 149 Mbytes/sec to 115 Mbytes/sec. Something to keep in mind when doing really high speed things with 64 bit PCI adapters. If you experience SRM errors like ERROR: scancode 0xa3 not supported on PCXAL after halting &os; you should update your SRM firmware to V7.2-1 or later. This SRM version is first available on the Firmware Update CD V5.7, or on http://www.compaq.com/ This SRM problem is fixed on both Miata MX5 and Miata GL. USB is supported by &os; 4.1 and later. Disconnect the power cord before dismantling the machine, the soft-power switch keeps part of the logic powered even when the machine is switched off. The kernel configuration file for a Miata kernel must contain: options DEC_ST550 cpu EV5 DEC3000 family (the <quote>Bird</quote> machines) The DEC3000 series were among the first Alpha machines ever produced. They are based on an I/O bus called the TurboChannel (TC) bus. These machines are built like tanks (watch your back). DEC3000 can be subdivided in DEC3000/500-class and DEC3000/300-class. The DEC3000/500-class is the early high-end workstation/server Alpha family. Servers use serial consoles, workstations have graphics tubes. DEC3000/300-class is the lower-cost workstation class. DEC3000/500-class are quite fast (considering their age) thanks to the good memory design. DEC3000/300 is crippled compared to DEC3000/500 because of its much narrower memory bus. They are called Birds because their internal DEC code names were bird names: DEC3000/400 Sandpiper 133MHz CPU, desktop DEC3000/500 Flamingo 150MHz CPU, floor standing DEC3000/500X Hot Pink 200MHz CPU, floor standing DEC3000/600 Sandpiper+ 175MHz CPU, desktop DEC3000/700 Sandpiper45 225MHz CPU, floor standing DEC3000/800 Flamingo Ultra 200MHz CPU, floor standing DEC3000/900 Flamingo45 275MHz CPU, floor standing DEC3000/300 Pelican 150MHz CPU, desktop, 2 TC slots DEC3000/300X Pelican+ 175MHz CPU, desktop, 2 TC slots DEC3000/300LX Pelican+ 125MHz CPU, desktop, 2 TC slots DEC3000/300L 100MHz CPU, desktop, no TC slots Features: 21064 CPU (100 to 200 MHz) or 21064A CPU (225 to 275 MHz) memory DEC3000/500 class: bus width: 256 bit, with ECC proprietary 100pin SIMMs installed in sets of 8 memory DEC3000/300 class: bus width: 64 bit, with ECC PS/2 style 72pin 36 bit FPM SIMMs 70ns or better used in pairs of 2 Bcache / L2 cache: varying sizes, 512 kB to 2 Mbyte built-in 10Mbit Ethernet based on a Lance 7990 chip, AUI and UTP one or two SCSI buses based on a NCR53C94 or a NCR53CF94-2 chip 2 serial ports based on Zilog 8530 (one usable as a serial console) embedded ISDN interface on-board 8 bit sound 8 bit graphics on-board or via a TC card (depending on model) Currently DEC3000 machines can only be used diskless on &os;. The reason for this is that the SCSI drivers needed for the TC SCSI adapters were not brought into CAM that the recent &os; versions use. TC option cards for single (PMAZ-A) or dual fast SCSI (PMAZC-AA) are also available. These cards currently have no drivers on &os; either. DEC3000/300 has 5 MBytes/sec SCSI on-board. This bus is used for both internal and external devices. DEC3000/500 has 2 SCSI buses. One is for internal devices only, the other one is for external devices only. Floppy devices found in the DEC3000s are attached to the SCSI bus (via a bridge card). This makes it possible to boot from them using the same device names as ordinary SCSI hard-disks, for example: >>> BOOT DKA300 The 3000/300 series has a half-speed TurboChannel compared to the other 3000 machines. Some TC expansion cards have troubles with the half-speed bus. Caveat emptor. The embedded ISDN interface is not supported on &os;. DEC3000/300-class uses standard 36 bit, 72 pin Fast Page Mode SIMMs. EDO SIMMs, 32 or 33 bit SIMMs all will not work in Pelicans. For 32Mbyte SIMMs to work on the DEC3000/300-class the presence detect bits/pins of the SIMM must correspond to what the machine expects. If they don't, the SIMM is seen as a 8 Mbyte SIMM. 8 Mbyte and 32 Mbyte SIMMs can be mixed, as long as the pairs themselves are identical. When you find yourself in need of fixing 32Mbyte SIMMs that lack correct presence bits the following info might be of use: There are four presence detection bits on PS/2 SIMMs. Two of the bits indicate the access time. The other two indicate the memory size. At one end of the SIMM there are two rows of four solder pads. One row is connected to Vss (GND) and the other is connected to pins 67 (PRD1), 68 (PRD2), 69 (PRD3), 70 (PRD4). If you bridge a pair of pads with a small resistor or a drop of solder you ground that particular bit. PRD1 PRD2 Memory Size GND GND 4 or 64 Mbyte Open GND 2 or 32 Mbyte GND Open 1 or 16 Mbyte Open Open 8 Mbyte PRD3 PRD4 Access Time GND GND 50 or 100 nsec Open GND 80 nsec GND Open 70 nsec Open Open 60 nsec DEC3000/500-class can use 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 Mbyte 100pin SIMMs. Note that the maximum memory size varies from system to system, desktop machines have sacrificed box size for less memory SIMM sockets. Given enough sockets and enough SIMMs you can get to 512 Mbytes maximum. This is one of the main differences between floor standing and desktop machines, the latter have far less SIMM sockets. The sound hardware is not supported on any of the Birds. There is no X-Windows version available for the TC machines. DEC3000/300 needs a serial console. DEC3000/500-class might work with a graphical console. I ran mine with a serial console so I cannot verify this. Birds can be obtained from surplus sales etc. As they are not PCI based they are no longer actively maintained. TC expansion boards can be difficult to obtain these days and support for them is not too good unless you write/debug the code yourself. Programming information for TC boards is hard to find. Birds are recommended only if a. you can get them cheap and b. if you prepared to work on the code to support them better. For the DEC3000/[4-9]00 series machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_3000_500 cpu EV4 For the DEC3000/300 (Pelican) machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_3000_300 cpu EV4 Evaluation Board 64plus (<quote>EB64+</quote>), Aspen Alpine In its attempts to popularize the Alpha CPU DEC produced a number of so called Evaluation Boards. The EB64+ family of evaluation boards has the following feature set: 21064 or 21064A CPU, 150 to 275 MHz memory: memory buswidth: 128 bit PS/2 style 72 pin 33 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs 70ns or better installed in sets of 4 8 SIMM sockets uses parity memory Bcache / L2 cache: 512 kByte, 1 Mbyte or 2 Mbytes 21072 (APECS) chip set Intel 82378ZB PCI to ISA bridge chip (Saturn) dual 16550A serial ports Symbios 53C810 Fast-SCSI embedded 10 Mbit Ethernet 2 PCI slots 3 ISA slots Aspen Alpine is slightly different, but is close enough to the EB64+ to run an EB64+ SRM EPROM (mine did..). The Aspen Alpine does not have an embedded Ethernet, has 3 instead of 2 PCI slots. It comes with 2 Mbytes of cache already soldered onto the mainboard. It has jumpers to select the use of 60, 70 or 80ns SIMM speeds. 36 bits SIMMs work fine, 3 bits simply remain unused. Note the systems use Fast Page Mode memory, not EDO memory. The SRM console code is housed in an UV-erasable EPROM. No easy flash SRM upgrades for the EB64+ The latest SRM version available for EB64+ is quite ancient anyway. The EB64+ SRM can boot both 53C810 and Qlogic1040 SCSI adapters. Pitfall for the Qlogic is that the firmware that is down-loaded by the SRM onto the Qlogic chip is very old. There are no updates for the EB64+ SRM available. So you are stuck with old Qlogic bits too. I have had quite some problems when I wanted to use Ultra-SCSI drives on the Alpine with Qlogic. The &os; kernel can be compiled to include a much newer Qlogic firmware revision. This is not the default because it adds hundreds of kBytes worth of bloat to the kernel. In &os; 4.1 and later the isp firmware is contained in a kernel loadable module. All of this might mean that you need to use a non-Qlogic adapter to boot from. For the EB64+ class machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_EB64PLUS cpu EV4 Evaluation Board 164 (<quote>EB164, PC164, PC164LX, PC164SX</quote>) family EB164 is a newer design evaluation board, based on the 21164A CPU. This design has been used to spin off multiple variations, some of which are used by OEM manufacturers/assembly shops. Samsung did its own PC164LX which has only 32 bit PCI, whereas the Digital variant has 64 bit PCI. 21164A, multiple speed variants [EB164, PC164, PC164LX] 21164PC [only on PC164SX] 21174 (Alcor) chip set Bcache / L3 cache: EB164 uses special cache-SIMMs memory bus: 128 bit / 256 bit memory: PS/2 style SIMMs in sets of 4 or 8 36 bit, Fast Page Mode, uses ECC, [EB164 / PC164] SDRAM DIMMs in sets of 2, uses ECC [PC164SX / PC164LX] 2 16550A serial ports PS/2 style keyboard & mouse floppy controller parallel port 32 bits PCI 64 bits PCI [some models] ISA slots via an Intel 82378ZB PCI to ISA bridge chip Using 8 SIMMs for a 256bit wide memory can yield interesting speedups over a 4 SIMM/128bit wide memory. Obviously all 8 SIMMs must be of the same type to make this work. The system must be explicitly setup to use the 8 SIMM memory arrangement. You must have 8 SIMMs, 4 SIMMs distributed over 2 banks will not work. The SRM can boot from Qlogic 10xx boards or the Symbios 53C810[A]. Newer Symbios 810 revisions like the Symbios 810AE are not recognized by the SRM on PC164. PC164 SRM does not appear to recognize a Symbios 53C895 based host adapter (tested with a Tekram DC-390U2W). On the other hand some no-name Symbios 53C985 board has been reported to work. Cards like the Tekram DC-390F (Symbios875 based) have been confirmed to work fine on the PC164. Unfortunately this seems to be dependent on the actual version of the chip/board. Symbios 53C825[a] will also work as boot adapter. Diamond FirePort, although based on Symbios chips, is not bootable by the PC164SX SRM. PC164SX is reported to boot fine with Symbios825, Symbios875 and Symbios876 based cards. In addition, Adaptec 2940U and 2940UW are reported to work for booting (verified on SRM V5.7-1). Adaptec 2930U2 and 2940U2[W] do not work. 164LX and 164SX with SRM firmware version 5.8 or later can boot from Adaptec 2940-series adapters. In summary: this family of machines is blessed with a challenging compatibility as far as SCSI adapters go. On PC164 the SRM sometimes seems to loose its variable settings. For PC164, current superstition says that, to avoid losing settings, you want to first downgrade to SRM 4.x and then upgrade to 5.x. One sample error that was observed was: ERROR: ISA table corrupt! A sequence of a downgrade to SRM4.9, an >>> ISACFG -INIT followed by >>> INIT made the problem go away. Some PC164 owners report they have never seen the problem. On PC164SX the AlphaBIOS allows you a selection to select SRM to be used as console on the next power up. This selection does not appear to have any effect. In other words, you will get the AlphaBIOS regardless of what you select. The fix is to reflash the console ROM with the SRM code for PC164SX. This will overwrite the AlphaBIOS and will get you the SRM console you desire. The SRM code can be found on the Compaq Web site. PC164 can boot from IDE disks assuming your SRM version is recent enough. EB164 needs a power supply that supplies 3.3 Volts. PC164 does not implement the PS_ON signal that ATX power supplies need to switch on. A simple switch pulling this signal to ground allows you to run a standard ATX power supply. For the EB164 class machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_EB164 cpu EV5 AlphaStation 200 (<quote>Mustang</quote>) and 400 (<quote>Avanti</quote>) series The Digital AlphaStation 200 and 400 series systems are early low end PCI based workstations. The 200 and 250 series are desktop boxes, the 400 series is a desk-side mini-tower. Features: 21064 or 21064A CPU at speeds of 166 up to 333 MHz DECchip 21071-AA core logic chip-set Bcache / L2 cache: 512 Kbytes (200 and 400 series) or 2048KBytes (250 series) memory: 64 bit bus width 8 to 384 MBytes of RAM 70 ns or better Fast Page DRAM in three pairs (200 and 400 series) in two quads, so banks of four. (250 series) the memory subsystem uses parity PS/2 keyboard and mouse port two 16550 serial ports parallel port floppy disk interface 32 bit PCI expansion slots (3 for the AS400-series, 2 for the AS200 & 250-series) ISA expansion slots (4 for the AS400-series, 2 for the AS200 & 250-series) (some ISA/PCI slots are physically shared) embedded 21040-based Ethernet (200 & 250 series) embedded Symbios 53c810 Fast SCSI-2 chip Intel 82378IB (Saturn) PCI-ISA bridge chip graphics is embedded TGA or PCI VGA (model dependent) 16 bit sound (on 200 & 250 series) The systems use parity memory SIMMs, but these do not need 36 bit wide SIMMs. 33 bit wide SIMMs are sufficient, 36 bit SIMMs are acceptable too. EDO or 32 bit SIMMs will not work. 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 Mbyte SIMMs are supported. The AS200 & AS250 sound hardware is reported to work OK assuming you have the following line in your kernel config file: device pcm0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 9 drq 0 flags 0x10011 AlphaStation 200 & 250 series have an automatic SCSI terminator. This means that as soon as you plug a cable onto the external SCSI connector the internal terminator of the system is disabled. It also means that you should not leave unterminated cables plugged into the machine. AlphaStation 400 series have an SRM variable that controls termination. In case you have external SCSI devices connected you must set this SRM variable using >>> SET CONTROL_SCSI_TERM EXTERNAL. If only internal SCSI devices are present use: >>> SET CONTROL_SCSI_TERM INTERNAL For the AlphaStation-[24][05]00 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_2100_A50 cpu EV4 AlphaStation 500 and 600 (<quote>Alcor</quote> & <quote>Maverick</quote> for EV5, <quote>Bret</quote> for EV56) AS500 and 600 were the high-end EV5 / PCI based workstations. EV6 based machines have in the meantime taken their place as front runners. AS500 is a desktop in a dark blue case (TopGun blue), AS600 is a sturdy desk-side box. AS600 has a nice LCD panel to observe the early stages of SRM startup. Features: 21164 EV5 CPU at 266, 300, 333, 366, 400, 433, 466, or 500 MHz (AS500) or at 266, 300 or 333 MHz (AS600) 21171 or 21172 (Alcor) core logic chip-set Cache: 2 or 4 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600 at 266 MHz) 4 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600 at 300 MHz) 2 or 8 Mb L3 / Bcache (8 Mb on 500 MHz version only) 2 to 16 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600; 3 cache-SIMM slots) memory buswidth: 256 bits AS500 memory: industry standard 72 bit wide buffered DIMMs 8 DIMM slots installed in sets of 4 maximum memory is 1 GB (512 Mb max on 333 MHz CPUs) uses ECC AS600 memory: industry standard 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs 32 SIMM slots installed in sets of 8 maximum memory is 1 GB uses ECC Qlogic 1020 based wide SCSI bus (1 bus/chip for AS500, 2 buses/chip for AS600) 21040 based 10 Mbit Ethernet adapter, both Thinwire and UTP connectors expansion: AS500: 3 32-bit PCI slots 1 64-bit PCI slot AS600: 2 32-bit PCI slot 3 64-bit PCI slots 1 PCI/EISA physically shared slot 3 EISA slots 1 PCI and 1 EISA slot are occupied by default 21050 PCI-to-PCI bridge chip Intel 82375EB PCI-EISA bridge (AS600 only) 2 16550A serial ports 1 parallel port 16 bit audio Windows Sound System, in a dedicated slot (AS500) in EISA slot (AS600, this is an ISA card) PS/2 keyboard and mouse port Early machines had Fast SCSI interfaces, later ones are Ultra SCSI capable. AS500 shares its single SCSI bus with internal and external devices. For a Fast SCSI bus you are limited to 1.8 meters bus length external to the box. +++ This is what some DEC docs suggest. Did they ever go UltraSCSI? AS600 has one Qlogic SCSI chip dedicated to the internal devices whereas the other Qlogic SCSI chip is dedicated to external SCSI devices. In AS500 DIMMs are installed in sets of 4, in physically interleaved layout. So, a bank of 4 DIMMs is not 4 physically adjacent DIMMs. In AS600 the memory SIMMs are placed onto two memory daughter cards. SIMMs are installed in sets of 8. Both memory daughter cards must be populated identically. AS600 has a peculiarity for its PCI slots. AS600 (or rather the PCI expansion card containing the SCSI adapters) does not allow I/O port mapping, therefore all devices behind it must use memory mapping. If you have problems getting the Qlogic SCSI adapters to work, add the following option to /boot/loader.rc: set isp_mem_map=0xff This may need to be typed at the boot loader prompt before booting the installation kernel. For the AlphaStation-[56]00 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN20AA cpu EV5 AlphaServer 1000 (<quote>Mikasa</quote>), 1000A (<quote>Noritake</quote>) and 800 The AlphaServer 1000 and 800 range of machines are intended as departmental servers. They come in quite some variations in packaging and mainboard/cpu. Generally speaking there are 21064 (EV4) CPU based machines and 21164 (EV5) based ones. The CPU is on a daughter card, and the type of CPU (EV4 or EV5) must match the mainboard in use. AlphaServer 800 has a much smaller mini tower case, it lacks the StorageWorks SCSI hot-plug chassis. The main difference between AS1000 and AS1000A is that AS1000A has 7 PCI slots whereas AS1000 only has 3 PCI slots and has EISA slots instead. AS800 with an EV5/400 MHz CPU was later re-branded to become a DIGITAL Server 3300[R], AS800 with an EV5/500 MHz CPU was later re-branded to become a DIGITAL Server 3305[R]. Features: 21064 EV4[5] CPU at 200, 233 or 266 MHz 21164 EV5[6] CPU at 300, 333 or 400 MHz (or 500 MHz for AS800 only) memory: buswidth: 128 bit with ECC AS1000[A]: 72pin 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs, 70ns or better 16 (EV5 machines) or 20 (EV4 machines) SIMM slots max memory is 1 GB uses ECC AS800: Uses 60ns 3.3Volts EDO DIMMs embedded VGA (on some mainboard models) 3 PCI, 2 EISA, 1 64-bit PCI/EISA combo (AS800) 7 PCI, 2 EISA (AS1000A) 2 PCI, 1 EISA/PCI, 7 EISA (AS1000) embedded SCSI based on Symbios 810 [AS1000] or Qlogic 1020 [AS1000A] AS1000 based machines come in multiple enclosure types. Floor standing, rack-mount, with or without StorageWorks SCSI chassis etc. The electronics are the same. AS1000-systems: All EV4 based machines use standard PS/2 style 36 bit 72pin SIMMs in sets of 5. The fifth SIMM is used for ECC. All EV5 based machines use standard PS/2 style 36 bit 72pin SIMMs in sets of 4. The ECC is done based on the 4 extra bits per SIMM (4 bits out of 36). The EV5 mainboards have 16 SIMM slots, the EV4 mainboards have 20 slots. AS800 machines use DIMMs in sets of 4. DIMM installation must start in slots marked bank 0. A bank is four physically adjacent slots. The biggest size DIMMs must be installed in bank 0 in case 2 banks of different DIMM sizes are used. Max memory size is 2GB. Note that these are EDO DIMMs. The AS1000/800 are somewhat stubborn when it comes to serial consoles. They need >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before they go for a serial console. Pulling the keyboard from the machine is not sufficient, like it is on most other Alpha models. Going back to a graphical console needs >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. For AS800 you want to check if your Ultra-Wide SCSI is indeed in Ultra mode. This can be done using the EEROMCFG.EXE utility that is on the Console Firmware Upgrade CDROM. For the AlphaServer1000/1000A/800 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_1000A cpu EV4 # depends on the CPU model installed cpu EV5 # depends on the CPU model installed DS10/VS10/XP900 (<quote>Webbrick</quote>) / XP1000 (<quote>Monet</quote>) / DS10L (<quote>Slate</quote>) Webbrick and Monet are high performance workstations/servers based on the EV6 CPU and the Tsunami chipset. Tsunami is also used in much higher-end systems and as such has plenty of performance to offer. DS10, VS10 and XP900 are different names for essentially the same system. The differences are the software and options that are supported. DS10L is a DS10 based machine in a 1U high rackmount enclosure. DS10L is intended for ISPs and for HPTC clusters (e.g. Beowulf) <quote>Webbrick / Slate</quote> 21264 EV6 CPU at 466 MHz L2 / Bcache: 2MB, ECC protected memory bus: 128 bit via crossbar, 1.3GB/sec memory bandwith memory: industry standard 200 pin 83 MHz buffered ECC SDRAM DIMMs 4 DIMM slots for DS10; 2GB max memory 2 DIMM slots for DS10L; 1GB max memory DIMMs are installed in pairs of 2 21271 Core Logic chipset (Tsunami) 2 on-board 21143 Fast Ethernet controllers AcerLabs M5237 (Aladdin-V) USB controller AcerLabs M1533 PCI-ISA bridge AcerLabs Aladdin ATA-33 controller embedded dual EIDE expansion: 3 64-bit PCI slots and 1 32-bit PCI slot. DS10L has a single 64bit PCI slot 2 16550A serial ports 1 parallel port 2 USB PS/2 keyboard & mouse port The system has a smart power controller. This means that parts of the system remain powered when it is switched off (like an ATX-style PC power supply). Before servicing the machine remove the power cord. Webbrick is shipped in a desktop-style case similar to the older 21164 Maverick workstations but this case offers much better access to the components. If you intend to build a farm you can rackmount them in a 19-inch rack; they are 3U high. Slate is 1U high but has only one PCI slot. DS10 has 4 DIMM slots. DIMMs are installed as pairs. Please note that DIMM pairs are not installed in adjacent DIMM sockets but rather physically interleaved. DIMM sizes of 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 Mbytes are supported. When 2 pairs of identical-sized DIMMs are installed DS10 will use memory interleaving for increased performance. DS10L, which has only 2 DIMM slots cannot do interleaving. Starting with SRM firmware version 5.9 you can boot from Adaptec 2940-series adapters in addition to the usual set of Qlogic and Symbios/NCR adapters. The base model comes with a FUJITSU 9.5GB ATA disk as its boot device. &os; works just fine using EIDE disks on Webbrick. DS10 has 2 IDE interfaces on the mainboard. Machines destined for Tru64 Unix or VMS are standard equipped with Qlogic-driven Ultra-SCSI disks On the PCI bus 32 and 64 bit cards are supported, in 3.3V and 5V variants. The USB interfaces are supported in &os; 4.1 and later. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. <quote>Monet</quote> 21264 EV6 at 500 MHz 21264 EV67 at 500 or 667 MHz (XP1000G, codenamed Brisbane) CPU is mounted on a daughter-card which is field-upgradable L2 / Bcache: 4MB, ECC protected memory bus: 256 bit memory: 128 or 256 Mbytes 100 MHz (PC100) 168 pin JEDEC standard, registered ECC SDRAM DIMMs 21271 Core Logic chip-set (Tsunami) 1 on-board 21143 Ethernet controller Cypress 82C693 USB controller Cypress 82C693 PCI-ISA bridge Cypress 82C693 controller expansion: 2 independent PCI buses, driven by high-speed I/O channels called hoses: hose 0: (the upper 3 slots) 2 64-bit PCI slots 1 32-bit PCI slot hose 1: (the bottom 2 slots) 2 32-bit PCI slots (behind a 21154 PCI-PCI bridge) 2 of the 64-bit PCI slots are for full-length cards all of the 32-bit PCI slots are for short cards 1 of the 32-bit PCI slots is physically shared with an ISA slot all PCI slots run at 33MHz 1 Ultra-Wide SCSI port based on a Qlogic 1040 chip 2 16550A serial port 1 parallel port PS/2 keyboard & mouse port embedded 16-bit ESS ES1888 sound chip 2 USB ports graphics options: ELSA Gloria Synergy or DEC/Compaq PowerStorm 3D accelerator cards Monet is housed in a mini-tower like enclosure quite similar to the Miata box. The on-board Qlogic UW-SCSI chip supports up to 4 internal devices. There is no external connector for the on-board SCSI. For 500 MHz CPUs 83 MHz DIMMs will do. Compaq specifies PC100 DIMMs for all CPU speeds. DIMMs are installed in sets of 4, starting with the DIMM slots marked 0 Memory capacity is max 4 GB. DIMMs are installed physically interleaved, note the markings of the slots. Memory bandwidth of Monet is twice that of Webbrick. The DIMMs live on the CPU daughter-card. Note that the system uses ECC RAM so you need DIMMs with 72 bits (not the generic PC-class 64 bit DIMMs) The EIDE interface is usable / SRM bootable so &os; can be rooted on an EIDE disk. Although the Cypress chip has potential for 2 EIDE channels Monet uses only one of them. The USB interface is supported by &os;.If you experience problems trying to use the USB interface please check if the SRM variable usb_enable is set to on. You can change this by performing: >>> SET USB_ENABLE ON Don"t try to use Symbios-chip based SCSI adapters in the PCI slots connected to hose 1. There is a not-yet-found &os; bug that prevents this from working correctly. Not all VGA cards will work behind the PCI-PCI bridge (so in slots 4 and 5). Only cards that implement VGA-legacy addressing correctly will work. Workaround is to put the VGA card before the bridge. The sound chip is not currently supported with &os;. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. DS20/DS20E (<quote>Goldrush</quote>) Features: 21264 EV6 CPU at 500 or 670 MHz dual CPU capable machine L2 / Bcache: 4 Mbytes per CPU memory bus: dual 256 bit wide with crossbar switch memory: SDRAM DIMMs installed in sets of 4 16 DIMM slots, max. 4GB uses ECC 21271 Core Logic chip-set (Tsunami) embedded Adaptec ? Wide Ultra SCSI expansion: 2 independent PCI buses, driven by high-speed I/O channels called hoses 6 64-bit PCI slots, 3 per hose 1 ISA slot DS20 needs >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before it goes for a serial console. Pulling the keyboard from the machine is not sufficient. Going back to a graphical console needs >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. Confusing is the fact that you will get SRM console output on the graphics console with the console set to serial, but when &os; boots it honors the CONSOLE variable setting and all the boot messages as well as the login prompt will go to the serial port. The DS20 is housed in a fat cube-like enclosure. The enclosure also contains a StorageWorks SCSI hot-swap shelf for a maximum of seven 3.5" SCSI devices. The DS20E is in a sleeker case, and lacks the StorageWorks shelf. The embedded Adaptec SCSI chip on the DS20 is disabled and is therefore not usable under &os;. Starting with SRM firmware version 5.9 you can boot from Adaptec 2940-series adapters in addition to the usual set of Qlogic and Symbios/NCR adapters. This unfortunately does not include the embedded Adaptec SCSI chips. If you are using banks of DIMMs of different sizes the biggest DIMMs should be installed in the DIMM slots marked 0 on the mainboard. The DIMM slots should be filled in order so after bank 0 install in bank 1 and so on. Don't try to use Symbios-chip based SCSI adapters in the PCI slots connected to hose 1. There is a not-yet-found &os; bug that prevents this from working correctly. DS20 ships by default with a Symbios on hose 1 so you have to move this card before you can install/boot &os; on it. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. AlphaPC 264DP / UP2000 UP2000 is built by Alpha Processor Inc. Features: 21264 EV6 CPU at 670 MHz dual CPU capable L2 / Bcache: 4 Mbytes per CPU memory bus: 256 bit memory: SDRAM DIMMs installed in sets of 4, uses ECC, 16 DIMM slots, max. 4GB 21272 Core Logic chip-set (Tsunami) embedded Adaptec AIC7890/91 Wide Ultra SCSI 2 embedded IDE based on Cypress 82C693 chips embedded USB via Cypress 82C693 expansion: 2 independent PCI buses, driven by high-speed I/O channels called hoses 6 64-bit PCI slots, 3 per hose 1 ISA slot Currently a maximum of 2GB memory is supported by &os;. The on-board Adaptec is not bootable but works with &os; 4.0 and later as a datadisk-only SCSI bus. Busmaster DMA is supported on the first IDE interface only. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. AlphaServer 2000 (<quote>DemiSable</quote>), 2100 (<quote>Sable</quote>), 2100A (<quote>Lynx</quote>) The AlphaServer 2[01]00 machines are intended as departmental servers. This is medium iron. They are multi-CPU machines, up to 2 CPUs (AS2000) or 4 CPUs (2100[A]) can be installed. Both floor-standing and 19" rackmount boxes exist. Rackmount variations have different numbers of I/O expansion slots, different max number of CPUs and different maximum memory size. Some of the boxes come with an integral StorageWorks shelf to house hot-swap SCSI disks. There was an upgrade program available to convert your Sable machine into a Lynx by swapping the I/O backplane (the C-bus backplane remains). CPU upgrades were available as well. 21064 EV4[5] CPU[s] at 200, 233, 275 MHz or 21164 EV5[6] CPU[s]s at 250, 300, 375, 400 MHz cache: varies in size with the CPU model; 1, 4 or 8Mbyte per CPU embedded floppy controller driving a 2.88 Mbytes drive embedded 10Mbit 21040 Ethernet [AS2100 only] 2 serial ports 1 parallel port PS/2 style keyboard & mouse port The CPUs spec-ed as 200 MHz are in reality running at 190 MHz. Maximum number of CPUs is 4. All CPUs must be of the same type/speed. If any of the processors are ever marked as failed, they will remain marked as failed even after they have been replaced (or reseated) until you issue the command >>> CLEAR_ERROR ALL on the SRM console and power-cycle the machine. This may be true for other modules (IO and memory) as well, but it has not been verified. The machines use dedicated memory boards. These boards live on a 128 bit C-bus shared with the CPU boards. DemiSable supports up to 1GB, Sable up to 2GB. One of the memory bus slots can either hold a CPU or a memory card. A 4 CPU machine can have a maximum of 2 memory boards. Some memory board models house SIMMs. These are called SIMM carriers. There are also memory modules that have soldered-on memory chips instead of SIMMs. These are called flat memory modules. SIMM boards are used in sets of eight 72-pin 36 bit FPM memory of 70ns or faster. SIMM types supported are 1Mb x36 bit (4 Mbyte) and 4Mb x36 bit (16 Mbyte). Each memory board can house 4 banks of SIMMs. SIMM sizes can not be mixed on a single memory board. The first memory module must be filled with SIMMs before starting to fill the next memory module. Note that the spacing between the slots is not that big, so make sure your SIMMs fit physically (before buying them..) Both Lynx and Sable are somewhat stubborn when it comes to serial consoles. They need >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before they go for a serial console. Pulling the keyboard from the machine is not sufficient, like it is on many other Alpha models. Going back to a graphical console needs >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. On Lynx keep the VGA card in one of the primary PCI slots. EISA VGA cards are not slot sensitive. The machines are equipped with a small OCP (Operator Control Panel) LCD screen. On this screen the self-test messages are displayed during system initialization. You can put your own little text there by using the SRM: >>> SET OCP_TEXT "FreeBSD" is the recommended setting. The SRM >>> SHOW FRU command produces an overview of your configuration with module serial numbers, hardware revisions and error log counts. Both Sable, DemiSable and Lynx have Symbios 810 based Fast SCSI on-board. Check if it is set to Fast SCSI speed by >>> SHOW PKA0_FAST. When set to 1 it is negotiating for Fast speeds. >>> SET PKA0_FAST 1 enables Fast SCSI speeds. AS2100[A] come equipped with a StorageWorks 7 slot SCSI cage. A second cage can be added inside the cabinet. AS2000 has a single 7 slot SCSI cage, which cannot be expanded with an additional one. Note that the slot locations in these cages map differently to SCSI IDs compared to the standard StorageWorks shelves. Slot IDs from top to bottom are 0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3 when using a single bus configuration. The cage can also be set to provide two independent SCSI buses. This is used for embedded RAID controllers like the KZPSC (Mylex DAC960). Slot ID assignments for split bus are, from top to bottom: 0A, 0B, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B. Where A and B signify a SCSI bus. In a single bus configuration the terminator module on the back of the SCSI cage is on the TOP. The jumper module is on the BOTTOM. For split bus operation these two modules are reversed. The terminator can be distinguished from the jumper by noting the chips on the terminator. The jumper does not have any active components on it. DemiSable has 7 EISA slots and 3 PCI slots. Sable has 8 EISA and 3 PCI slots. Lynx, being newer, has 8 PCI and 3 EISA slots. The Lynx PCI slots are grouped in sets of 4. The 4 PCI slots closest to the CPU/memory slots are the primary slots, so logically before the PCI bridge chip. Note that contrary to expectation the primary PCI slots are the highest numbered ones (PCI4 - PCI7). Make sure you run the EISA Configuration Utility (from floppy) when adding/change expansion cards in EISA slots or after upgrading your console firmware. This is done by inserting the ECU floppy and typing >>> RUNECU EISA slots are currently unsupported, but the Compaq Qvision EISA VGA adapter is treated as an ISA device. It therefore works OK as a console. A special Extended I/O module for use on the C-bus was planned-for. If they ever saw daylight is unknown. In any case &os; has never been verified with an ExtIO module. The machines can be equipped with redundant power supplies. Note that the enclosure is equipped with interlock switches that switch off power when the enclosure is opened. The system's cooling fans are speed controlled. When the machine has more than 2 CPUs and more than 1 memory board dual power supplies are mandatory. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_2100_A500 cpu EV4 #dependent on CPU model installed cpu EV5 #dependent on CPU model installed AlphaServer 4x00 (<quote>Rawhide</quote>) The AlphaServer 4x00 machines are intended as small enterprise servers. Expect a 30" high pedestal cabinet or alternatively the same system box in a 19" rack. This is medium iron, not a typical hobbyist system. Rawhides are multi-CPU machines, up to 4 CPUs can be in a single machine. Basic disk storage is housed in one or two StorageWorks shelves at the bottom of the pedestal. The Rawhides intended for the NT market are designated DIGITAL Server 7300 (5/400 CPU), DIGITAL Server 7305 (5/533 CPU). A trailing R on the part-number means a rackmount variant. Features: 21164 EV5 CPUs at 266, 300 MHz or 21164A EV56 CPUs at 400, 466, 533, 600 and 666 Mhz cache: 4 Mbytes per CPU. EV5 300 MHz was also available cache-less. 8 Mbytes for EV5 600Mhz memory bus: 128 bit with ECC embedded floppy controller 2 serial ports 1 parallel port PS/2 style keyboard & mouse port Rawhide uses a maximum of 8 RAM modules. These modules are used in pairs and supply 72 bits to the bus (this includes ECC bits). Memory can be EDO RAM or synchronous DRAM. A fully populated Rawhide has 4 pairs of memory modules. Given the choice use SDRAM for best performance. The highest capacity memory board must be in memory slot 0. A mix of memory board sizes is allowed. A mix of EDO and SDRAM is also reported as working (assuming you don't try to mix EDO and SDRAM in one module pair). A mix of EDO and SDRAM results in the entire memory subsystem running at the slower EDO timing Rawhide has an embedded Symbios 810 chip that gives you a narrow fast-SCSI bus. Generally only the SCSI CDROM is driven by this interface. Rawhides are available with a 8 64-bit PCI / 3 EISA slot expansion backplanes (called Saddle modules). There are 2 separate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has 1 dedicated PCI slot and (shared) 3 PCI/EISA slots. PCI0 also has a PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serial and parallel ports, keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 PCI slots and an Symbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA console cards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0. The current &os; implementation has problems in handling PCI bridges. There is currently a limited fix in place which allows for single level, single device PCI bridges. The fix allows the use of the Digital supplied Qlogic SCSI card which sits behind a 21054 PCI bridge chip. EISA slots are currently unsupported, but the Compaq Qvision EISA VGA adapter is treated as an ISA device. It therefore works OK as a console. Rawhide employs an I2C based power controller system. If you want to be sure all power is removed from the system remove the mains cables from the system. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN300 cpu EV5 AlphaServer 1200 (<quote>Tincup</quote>) and AlphaStation 1200 (<quote>DaVinci</quote>) The AlphaServer 1200 machine is the successor to the AlphaServer 1000A. It uses the same enclosure the 1000A uses, but the logic is based on the AlphaServer 4000 design. These are multi-CPU machines, up to 2 CPUs can be in a single machine. Basic disk storage is housed in a StorageWorks shelves The AS1200 intended for the NT market were designated DIGITAL Server 5300 (5/400 CPU) and DIGITAL Server 5305 (5/533 CPU). Features: 21164A EV56 CPUs at 400 or 533 Mhz cache: 4 Mbytes per CPU memory bus: 128 bit with ECC, DIMM memory on two memory daughter boards embedded floppy controller 2 serial ports 1 parallel port PS/2 style keyboard & mouse port AS1200 uses 2 memory daughter cards. On each of these cards are 8 DIMM slots. DIMMs must be installed in pairs. The maximum memory size is 4 GBytes. Slots must be filled in order and slot 0 must contain the largest size DIMM if different sized DIMMs are used. AS1200 employs fixed starting addresses for DIMMs, each DIMM pair starts at a 512 Mbyte boundary. This means that if DIMMs smaller than 256 Mbyte are used the system's physical memory map will contain holes. Supported DIMM sizes are 64 Mbytes and 256 Mbytes. The DIMMs are 72 bit SDRAM based, as the system employs ECC. &os; currently supports up to 2GBytes AS1200 has an embedded Symbios 810 drive Fast SCSI bus. Tincup has 5 64-bit PCI slots, one 1 32-bit PCI slot and one EISA slot (which is physically shared with one of the 64-bit PCI slots). There are 2 separate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has the 32-bit PCI slot and the 2 top-most 64-bit PCI slots. PCI0 also has an Intel 82375EB PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serial and parallel ports, keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 64-bit PCI slots and an Symbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA console cards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0. The system employs an I2C based power controller system. If you want to be sure all power is removed from the system remove the mains cables from the system. Tincup uses dual power supplies in load-sharing mode and not as a redundancy pair. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN300 cpu EV5 AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 (<quote>TurboLaser</quote>) The AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 machines are enterprise servers. Expect a tall 19" cabinet (8200) or fat (8400) 19" rack. This is big iron, not a hobbyist system. TurboLasers are multi-CPU machines, up to 12 CPUs can be in a single machine. The TurboLaser System Bus (TLSB) allows 9 nodes on the AS8400 and 5 nodes on the AS8200. TLSB is 256 bit data, 40 bit address allowing 2.1 GBytes/sec. Nodes on the TLSB can be CPUs, memory or I/O. A maximum of 3 I/O ports are supported on a TLSB. Basic disk storage is housed in a StorageWorks shelf. AS8400 uses 3 phase power, AS8200 uses single phase power. Features: 21164 EV5/EV56 CPUs at up to 467 MHz or 21264 EV67 CPUs at up to 625 MHz one or two CPUs per CPU module cache: 4Mbytes B-cache per CPU memory bus: 256 bit with ECC memory: big memory modules that plug into the TLSB, which in turn hold special SIMM modules. Memory modules come in varying sizes, up to 4 GBytes a piece. Uses ECC (8 bits per 64 bits of data) 7 memory modules max for AS8400, 3 modules max for AS8200. Maximum memory is 28 GBytes. expansion: 3 system I/O ports that allow up to 12 I/O channels each I/O channel can connect to XMI, Futurebus+ or PCI boxes &os; supports (and has been tested with) up to 2 GBytes of memory on TurboLaser. There is a trade-off to be made between TLSB slots occupied by memory modules and TLSB slots occupied by CPU modules. For example you can have 28GBytes of memory but only 2 CPUs (1 module) at the same time. Only PCI expansion is supported on &os;. XMI or Futurebus+ (which are AS8400 only) are both unsupported. The I/O port modules are designated KFTIA or KFTHA. The I/O port modules supply so called hoses that connect to up to 4 (KFTHA) PCI buses or 1 PCI bus (KFTIA). KFTIA has embedded dual 10baseT Ethernet, single FDDI, 3 SCSI Fast Wide Differential SCSI buses and a single Fast Wide Single Ended SCSI bus. The FWSE SCSI is intended for the CDROM. KFTHA can drive via each of its 4 hoses a DWLPA or DWLPB box. The DWLPx house a 12 slots 32 bit PCI backplane. Physically the 12 slots are 3 4-slot buses but to the software it appears as a single 12 slots PCI bus. A fully expanded AS8x00 can have 3 (I/O ports) times 4 (hoses) times 12 (PCI slots/DWLPx) = 144 PCI slots. The maximum bandwidth per KFTHA is 500 Mbytes/second. DWLPA can also house 8 EISA cards, 2 slots are PCI-only, 2 slots are EISA only. Of the 12 slots 2 are always occupied by an I/O and connector module. DWLPB are the prefered I/O boxes. For best performance distribute high bandwidth (FibreChannel, Gigabit Ethernet) over multiple hoses and/or multiple KFTHA/KFTIA. Currently PCI expansion cards containing PCI bridges are not usable with &os;. Don't use them at this time. The single ended narrow SCSI bus on the KFTIA will turn up as the fourth SCSI bus. The 3 fast-wide differential SCSI buses of the KFTIA precede it. AS8x00 are generally run with serial consoles. Some newer machines might have a graphical console of some sorts but &os; has only been tested on a serial console. For serial console usage either change /etc/ttys to have: console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown on secure as the console entry, or add zs0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown on secure and make the zs node: cd /dev ; sh MAKEDEV zs0 For the AlphaServer 8x00 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN8AE # Alpha 8200/8400 (Turbolaser) cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. Alpha Processor Inc. UP1000 The UP1000 is an ATX mainboard based on the 21264a CPU which itself lives in a Slot B module. It is normally housed in an ATX tower enclosure. Features: 21264a Alpha CPU at 600 or 700 MHz in a Slot B module (includes cooling fans) memory bus: 128 bits to the L2 cache, 64 bits from Slot B to the AMD-751 on-board Bcache / L2 cache: 2MB (600Mhz) or 4MB (700Mhz) AMD AMD-751 (Irongate) system controller chip Acer Labs M1543C PCI-ISA bridge controller / super-IO chip PS/2 mouse & keyboard port memory: 168-pin PC100 unbuffered SDRAM DIMMS, 3 DIMM slots DIMM sizes supported are 64, 128 or 256 Mb in size 2 16550A serial port 1 ECP/EPP parallel port floppy interface 2 embedded Ultra DMA33 IDE interface 2 USB ports expansion: 4 32 bit PCI slots 2 ISA slots 1 AGP slot Slot B is a box-like enclosure that houses a daughter-board for the CPU and cache. It has 2 small fans for cooling. Loud fans.. The machine needs ECC capable DIMMs, so 72 bit ones. This does not appear to be documented in the UP1000 docs. The system accesses the serial EEPROM on the DIMMs via the SM bus. Note that if only a single DIMM is used it must be installed in slot 2. This is a bit counter-intuitive. The UP1000 needs a 400Watt ATX power supply according to the manufacturer. This might be a bit overly conservative/pessimistic judging from the power consumption of the board & cpu. But as always you will have to take your expansion cards and peripherals into account. The M1543C chip contains power management functionality & temperature monitoring (via I2C / SM bus). Chances are that your UP1000 comes by default with AlphaBios only. The SRM console firmware is available from the Alpha Processor Inc. website. It is currently available in a beta version which was successfully used during the port of &os; to the UP1000. The embedded Ultra DMA EIDE ports are bootable by the SRM console. UP1000 SRM can boot off an Adaptec 294x adapter. Under high I/O load conditions machine lockups have been observed using the Adaptec 294x. A Symbios 875 based card works just fine, using the sym driver. Most likely other cards based on the Symbios chips that the sym driver supports will work as well. The USB interfaces are disabled by the SRM console and have not (yet) been tested with &os;. For the UP1000 the kernel config file must contain: options API_UP1000 # UP1000, UP1100 (Nautilus) cpu EV5 Alpha Processor Inc. UP1100 The UP1100 is an ATX mainboard based on the 21264a CPU running at 600 MHz. It is normally housed in an ATX tower enclosure. Features: 21264a Alpha EV6 CPU at 600 or 700 MHz memory bus: 100MHz 64-bit (PC-100 SDRAM), 800 MB/s memory bandwidth on-board Bcache / L2 cache: 2Mb AMD AMD-751 (Irongate) system controller chip Acer Labs M1535D PCI-ISA bridge controller / super-IO chip PS/2 mouse & keyboard port memory: 168-pin PC100 unbuffered SDRAM DIMMS, 3 DIMM slots DIMM sizes supported are 64, 128 or 256 Mb in size 2 16550A serial port 1 ECP/EPP parallel port floppy interface 2 embedded Ultra DMA66 IDE interface 2 USB port expansion: 3 32 bit PCI slots and 1 AGP2x slot SRM console code comes standard with the UP1100. The SRM lives in 2Mbytes of flash ROM. The machine needs ECC capable DIMMs, so 72 bit ones. This does not appear to be documented in the UP1100 docs. The system accesses the serial EEPROM on the DIMMs via the SM bus. Note that if only a single DIMM is used it must be installed in slot 2. This is a bit counter-intuitive. The UP1100 needs a 400Watt ATX power supply according to the manufacturer. This might be a bit overly conservative/pessimistic judging from the power consumption of the board & cpu. But as always you will have to take your expansion cards and peripherals into account. The M1535D chip contains power management functionality & temperature monitoring (via I2C / SM bus using a LM75 thermal sensor). The UP1100 has an on-board 21143 10/100Mbit Ethernet interface. The UP1100 is equipped with a SoundBlaster compatible audio interface. Whether it works with &os; is as of yet unknown. The embedded Ultra DMA EIDE ports are bootable by the SRM console. The UP1100 has 3 USB ports, 2 going external and one connected to the AGP port. For the UP1100 the kernel config file must contain: options API_UP1000 # UP1000, UP1100 (Nautilus) cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. Alpha Processor Inc. CS20 The CS20 is a 19", 1U high rackmount server based on the 21264[ab] CPU. It can have a maximum of 2 CPUs. Features: 21264a Alpha CPU at 667 MHz or 21264b 833 MHz (max. 2 CPUs) memory bus: 100MHz 256-bit wide 21271 Core Logic chipset (Tsunami) Acer Labs M1533 PCI-ISA bridge controller / super-IO chip PS/2 mouse & keyboard port memory: 168-pin PC100 PLL buffered/registered SDRAM DIMMS, 8 DIMM slots, uses ECC memory, min 256 Mbytes / max 2 GBytes of memory 2 16550A serial port 1 ECP/EPP parallel port ALI M1543C Ultra DMA66 IDE interface embedded dual Intel 82559 10/100Mbit Ethernet embedded Symbios 53C1000 Ultra160 SCSI controller expansion: 2 64 bit PCI slots (2/3 length) SRM console code comes standard with the CS20. The SRM lives in 2Mbytes of flash ROM. The CS20 needs ECC capable DIMMs. Note that it uses buffered DIMMs. The CS20 has an I2C based internal monitoring system for things like temperature, fans, voltages etc. The I2C also supports wake on LAN. Each PCI slot is connected to it's own independent PCI bus on the Tsunami. The embedded Ultra DMA EIDE ports are bootable by the SRM console. The CS20 has an embedded slim-line IDE CD drive. There is a front-accessible bay for a 1" high 3.5" SCSI hard-disk drive with SCA connector. Note that there is no floppy disk drive (or a connector to add one). The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. Supported Hardware Overview A word of caution: the installed base for &os; is not nearly as large as for &os;/Intel. This means that the enormous variation of PCI/ISA expansion cards out there has much less chance of having been tested on alpha than on Intel. This is not to imply they are doomed to fail, just that the chance of running into something never tested before is much higher. GENERIC contains things that are known to work on Alpha only. The PCI and ISA expansion busses are fully supported. Turbo Channel is not in GENERIC and has limited support (see the relevant machine model info). The MCA bus is not supported. The EISA bus is not supported for use with EISA expansion cards as the EISA support code is lacking. ISA cards in EISA slots are reported to work. The Compaq Qvision EISA VGA card is driven in ISA mode and works OK as a console. 1.44 Mbyte and 1.2 Mbyte floppy drives are supported. 2.88 Mbyte drives sometimes found in Alpha machines are supported up to 1.44Mbyte. ATA and ATAPI (IDE) devices are supported via the &man.ata.4; driver framework. As most people run their Alphas with SCSI disks it is not as well tested as SCSI. Be aware of boot-ability restrictions for IDE disks. See the machine specific information. There is full SCSI support via the CAM layer for Adaptec 2940x (AIC7xxx chip-based), Qlogic family and Symbios. Be aware of the machine-specific boot-ability issues for the various adapter types. The Qlogic QL2x00 FibreChannel host adapters are fully supported. If you want to boot your Alpha over the Ethernet you will obviously need an Ethernet card that the SRM console recognizes. This generally means you need a board with an 21x4x Ethernet chip as that is what Digital used. These chips are driven by the &os; &man.de.4; (older driver) or &man.dc.4; (newer driver). Some new SRM versions are known to recognize the Intel 8255x Ethernet chips as driven by the &os; &man.fxp.4; driver. But beware: the &man.fxp.4; driver is reported not to work correctly with &os; (although it works excellently on &os;/x86). DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI network adapters are supported on alpha. In general the SRM console emulates a VGA-compatibility mode on PCI VGA cards. This is, however, not guaranteed to work by Compaq/DEC for each and every card type out there. When the SRM thinks the VGA is acceptable &os; will be able to use it. The console driver works just like on a &os;/intel machine. The TGA video graphics which is embedded on for example Multia does not work with &os;. TGA based PCI cards are also not supported. Please note that VESA modes are not supported on Alpha, so that leaves you with 80x25 consoles. The PC standard serial ports found on most Alphas are supported. For TurboChannel machines the serial ports are also supported. ISDN (i4b) is not supported on &os;/alpha. Acknowledgments In compiling this file I used multiple information sources, but the NetBSD Web site proved to be an invaluable source of information. If it wasn't for NetBSD/alpha there probably would not be a &os;/alpha in the first place. People who kindly helped me create this section: &a.gallatin; &a.chuckr; &a.mjacob; &a.msmith; &a.obrien; Christian Weisgerber Kazutaka YOKOTA Nick Maniscalco Eric Schnoebelen Peter van Dijk Peter Jeremy Dolf de Waal Wim Lemmers, ex-Compaq Wouter Brackman, Compaq Lodewijk van den Berg, Compaq @ 1.13 log @Cleanup TurboLaser a bit. Add non-Adaptec statement for Miata SRM. @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.12 2001/05/25 17:16:07 wilko Exp $ d6 1 a6 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.12 2001/05/25 17:16:07 wilko Exp $ @ 1.13.2.1 log @MFC: RELNOTESng. I didn't MFC the changes to the release Makefile or the nuking of the *.TXT files. We're not ready for that yet. I just wanted to get the RELNOTESng sources for RELENG_4 into the repository so I can maintain the content in parallel with the *.TXT version of the release notes. These files include an SGML-ified version of RELENG_4's release notes, plus the hardware compatability lists from HEAD (minus CURRENT-specific features such as Cardbus support). @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.13 2001/05/31 18:54:06 wilko Exp $ d6 1 a6 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.13 2001/05/31 18:54:06 wilko Exp $ @ 1.13.2.2 log @Add note about partition a better be at offset 0 for a disk to be bootable. @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.13.2.1 2001/06/01 18:02:50 bmah Exp $ d6 1 a6 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.13.2.1 2001/06/01 18:02:50 bmah Exp $ a161 8 In order to be bootable the root partition (partition a) must be at offset 0 of the disk drive. This means you have to use the installer's partitioning menu and start with assigning partiton a at offset 0 to the root partition. Subsequently layout the rest of the partitions to your liking. If you do not adhere to this rule the install will proceed just fine, but the system will not be bootable from the freshly installed disk. @ 1.13.2.3 log @MFC: ISO_* -> ISO* rename. @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.13.2.2 2001/06/16 21:10:54 wilko Exp $ d6 1 a6 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.13.2.2 2001/06/16 21:10:54 wilko Exp $ @ 1.12 log @David kindly added the 'zs0' to /dev/MAKEDEV to make TurboLaser users happy. Submitted by: obrien@@freebsd.org @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.11 2001/05/14 22:31:50 bmah Exp $ d6 1 a6 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.11 2001/05/14 22:31:50 bmah Exp $ d44 3 a46 1 Digital Equipment it would be more correct to refer to Compaq only. d51 2 a52 1 Lower case input is also acceptible to SRM. d122 1 a122 1 specific for PAL use. PAL is not microcode by the way. The ARC console d758 4 d1966 2 a1967 1 DIMMs are installed physically interleaved, note the markings of the d2529 1 a2529 1 21164 EV5 CPUs at up to 467 MHz or 21264 EV67 CPUs at d2536 1 a2536 1 cache: 4Mbytes per CPU d2546 1 a2546 1 3 modules max for AS8200. Maximum memory is 14 GBytes. d2557 4 a2560 1 of memory on TurboLaser. d2590 2 a2591 2 The single ended SCSI bus on the KFTIA will turn up as the fourth SCSI bus. The 3 @ 1.11 log @In some cases, there are some elements that will have version control information that is different from the rest of their containing document (or at least other sections). For release notes only, allow output of text, and add it to three sections of RELNOTESng where it's kind of important ("What's New" in the release notes, "Supported Device" in the arch-independent hardware list, and the processors section of the alpha hardware list). @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.10 2001/05/14 04:49:14 bmah Exp $ d6 1 a6 1 $FreeBSD$ d2598 1 a2598 1 mknod /dev/zs0 c 135 0 @ 1.10 log @Minor SGML-ification...convert ASCII characters to and . No content changes. @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.9 2001/05/12 02:26:58 dd Exp $ d5 4 @ 1.9 log @Fix a spelling error. @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.8 2001/05/11 18:01:27 wilko Exp $ d1213 1 a1213 1 CPU. This design has been used to 'spin off' multiple variations, d1296 1 a1296 1 In summary: this family of machines is 'blessed' with a d1300 2 a1301 2 "For PC164, current superstition says that, to avoid losing settings, you want to first downgrade to SRM 4.x and then upgrade to a 5.x" d1310 1 a1310 1 On PC164SX the AlphaBIOS allows you a selection to select 'SRM' to d1403 1 a1403 1 Intel 82378IB ("Saturn") PCI-ISA bridge chip d1593 2 a1594 2 In AS500 DIMMs are installed in sets of 4, in 'physically interleaved' layout. So, a bank of 4 DIMMs is not d1778 1 a1778 1 21271 Core Logic chipset ("Tsunami") d1819 1 a1819 1 21164 "Maverick" workstations but this case offers much better access d1877 1 a1877 1 21271 Core Logic chip-set ("Tsunami") d1893 1 a1893 1 channels called 'hoses': d1954 2 a1955 2 with the DIMM slots marked '0'. Memory capacity is max 4 GB. DIMMs are installed 'physically interleaved', note the markings of the d1966 2 a1967 1 the SRM variable "usb_enable" is set to "on". You can change this by d2397 1 a2397 1 slot expansion backplanes (called 'Saddle' modules). There d2537 1 a2537 1 expansion: 3 system 'I/O ports' that allow up to d2551 1 a2551 1 I/O port modules supply so called 'hoses' that connect to d2684 1 a2684 1 slot *2*. This is a bit counter-intuitive. d2780 1 a2780 1 slot *2*. This is a bit counter-intuitive. d2869 1 a2869 1 uses *buffered* DIMMs. @ 1.8 log @AS800 uses EDO DIMMs, not SDRAM DIMMs. Submitted by: Brodie Hynes @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.7 2001/05/08 18:42:46 wilko Exp $ d39 1 a39 1 Compaq used more or less interchangably. Now that Compaq has acquired @ 1.7 log @Cleanups, more consistent use of etc. @ text @d2 1 a2 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.6 2001/05/06 13:43:24 wilko Exp $ d1668 1 a1668 1 AS800: Uses SDRAM DIMMs d1704 2 a1705 1 of different DIMM sizes are used. Max memory size is 2GB. @ 1.6 log @SGMLify now completed. Comments are invited. I hope not to have introduced too much typos / errors during the conversion. @ text @d2 1 a2 4 The contents of this file used to reside in alpha/HARDWARE.TXT. $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.5 2001/05/03 20:05:26 wilko Exp $ d16 1 a16 1 who want to start running &os; on an Alpha-based machine. It is d23 1 a23 1 general hardware requirements to run &os; on alpha. d27 1 a27 1 systems/boards supported by &os;. d54 1 a54 1 considerable differences between the various chip sets and d62 1 a62 1 make sure that SRM console firmware is available for this d65 2 a66 1 some point in time, assuming SRM is available. d69 1 a69 1 intended for WindowsNT. Some of them have SRM firmware available d79 1 a79 1 trade-in value when they are NT-only from the console d104 1 a104 1 respectively. Although you could put the SRM console on the d108 1 a108 1 rather different (read: cheaper) price tag. d115 1 a115 1 specific for PAL use. PAL is not microcode by the way. The ARC d121 2 a122 1 folks. I don't want to go into details here. d125 4 a128 4 that the SRM console recognizes in order to be able to boot from your disk. What is acceptable to SRM as a boot adapter is unfortunately system and SRM version dependent. For older PCI based machines this means you will need either a NCR/Symbios d131 1 a131 1 machine designs and SRM versions will be able to work with later d135 1 a135 1 have NCR stamped on them. Symbios bought the NCR designs. d138 1 a138 1 their lives as WinNT boxes. The ARC or AlphaBIOS knows about d145 1 a145 1 Some adapters that cannot be booted from work fine for d148 1 a148 1 NT) systems. SRM versions exist (depends on the machine type) d154 1 a154 1 2-floppy set. d157 2 a158 2 the Ethernet. This assumes a Ethernet adapter/chip that is recognized by the SRM. Generally speaking this boils down to d160 2 a161 2 machines / SRM versions may not recognize the 21142 / 21143 Fast Ethernet chips, you are limited to using 10Mbit Ethernet for net d169 1 a169 1 on a serial console. ARC can be run on a serial consoles if need d174 1 a174 1 If you want to run your Alpha without a monitor/graphics d177 2 a178 2 will talk 9600N81 to you. This can be really practical for debugging purposes. Beware: some/most (?) SRMs will also present d181 2 a182 1 also put the console there. This can be extremely confusing. d196 1 a196 1 on this. Be careful to check the appropriate machine type's d198 1 a198 1 chips on them. In some cases you might encounter problems with d201 1 a201 1 SRM command: SET PCI_PARITY OFF. d207 2 a208 4 installed EISA cards or have upgraded your console firmware. Parallel ports that can be found on most Alpha machines are supported. d222 4 a225 4 &os; run on a 16 Mbyte system but you will not like that. Kernel build times halved when going to 32 Mbytes. Note that the SRM steals 2Mbyte from the total system memory (and keeps it). For more serious use 64 Mbytes or more are recommended. d233 2 a234 1 free to ask questions. d239 1 a239 1 System-Specific information d252 1 a252 1 (Low Cost Alpha) processor. It was originally designed for d267 1 a267 1 21066 Alpha CPU at 166 MHz or 21066A CPU at 233MHz d305 1 a305 1 2x 16550A serial ports d308 1 a308 1 1x parallel port d314 1 a314 1 1x embedded IDE interface d328 1 a328 2 embedded Fast SCSI using a Symbios 53C810 chip d348 2 a349 1 needed in case you run 3.3 Volts PCI expansion boards. d356 1 a356 1 The SRM console unfortunately cannot boot d361 3 a363 3 Page Mode). EDO RAM or SIMMs with fake parity will not work (the board uses the 4 extra bits for ECC!). 33 bit FPM SIMMs will for the same reason not work either. d367 1 a367 1 by Tru64 Unix in case you ever want/need to run it. The d385 2 a386 2 Note: Multia can be either Intel or Alpha CPU based. We assume Alpha based ones here for obvious reasons. d389 1 a389 1 personal workstation. They come in a considerable number of d395 1 a395 2 21066 Alpha CPU at 166 MHz or 21066A CPU at 233MHz d418 1 a418 1 installed in pairs of 2 d429 7 a435 2 2x 16550A serial ports, 1x parallel port, floppy interface d441 1 a441 1 1x embedded 21040 based 10Mbit Ethernet, AUI and d445 10 a454 1 expansion: 1 32 bit PCI slot, 2 PCMCIA slots d460 1 a460 1 embedded Fast SCSI using a Symbios 53C810 chip on the d470 1 a470 1 is only suitable for a small form factor PCI card too. In d473 4 a476 3 3.5" disk is not a recommended upgrade due to the limited power rating of the power supply and the extremely marginal cooling of the system box. Don't! d479 1 a479 1 currently unsupported by &os;. d481 1 a481 1 The CPU might or might not be socketed, check before d523 2 a524 2 strokes. The very compact box does not really allow cooling air access very well. Please use the Multia on its vertical stand, d526 5 a530 3 fan with something which pushes around more air is recommended. Beware of PCI cards with high power consumption. If your system has died you might want to check on the d532 2 a533 1 NetBSD Web site. d543 2 a544 3 least not without sacrificing your only PCI slot. The SRM console unfortunately does not know how to boot from IDE d584 1 a584 1 from the outside of the case. d586 2 a587 1 USB connectors. If yes, it is a MiataGL. d620 2 a621 1 unbuffered SDRAMs DIMMs, installed in pairs of 2 d635 1 a635 1 MX5 uses a 21142 or 21143 Ethernet chip d642 2 a643 2 the bulkhead can be 10/100 UTP, or 10 UTP/BNC d649 2 a650 2 2x on-board [E]IDE based on the CMD646 (MX5) or the Cypress 82C693 (MiataGL) d653 1 a653 1 1x Ultra-Wide SCSI Qlogic 1040 [MiataGL only] d666 1 a666 1 2x 16550A serial port d669 1 a669 1 1x parallel port d764 2 a765 2 device pcm0 device sbc0 d1116 2 a1117 1 Evaluation Board 64plus (<quote>EB64+</quote>), Aspen Alpine d1249 1 a1249 1 dual 16550A serial ports d1303 4 a1306 3 ERROR: ISA table corrupt!". A sequence of a downgrade to SRM4.9, an isacfg -init and an init d1323 2 a1324 1 A simple switch pulling this signal to ground fixes this problem. d1336 3 a1338 106 The Digital AlphaStation 200 and 400 series systems are early low end PCI based workstations. The 200 and 250 series are desktop boxes, the 400 series is a desk-side mini-tower. Features: 21064 or 21064A CPU at speeds of 166 up to 333 MHz DECchip 21071-AA core logic chip-set Bcache / L2 cache: 512 Kbytes (200 and 400 series) or 2048KBytes (250 series) memory: 64 bit bus width 8 to 384 MBytes of RAM 70 ns or better Fast Page DRAM in three pairs (200 and 400 series) in two quads, so banks of four. (250 series) the memory subsystem uses parity PS/2 keyboard and mouse port two 16550 serial ports parallel port floppy disk interface 32 bit PCI expansion slots (3 for the AS400-series, 2 for the AS200 & 250-series) ISA expansion slots (4 for the AS400-series, 2 for the AS200 & 250-series) (some ISA/PCI slots are physically shared) embedded 21040-based Ethernet (200 & 250 series) embedded Symbios 53c810 Fast SCSI-2 chip Intel 82378IB ("Saturn") PCI-ISA bridge chip graphics is embedded TGA or PCI VGA (model dependent) 16 bit sound (on 200 & 250 series) The systems use parity memory SIMMs, but these do not need 36 bit wide SIMMs. 33 bit wide SIMMs are sufficient, 36 bit SIMMs are acceptable too. EDO or 32 bit SIMMs will not work. 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 Mbyte SIMMs are supported. The AS200 & AS250 sound hardware is reported to work OK assuming you have the following line in your kernel config file: device pcm0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 9 drq 0 flags 0x10011 AlphaStation 200 & 250 series have an automatic SCSI terminator. This means that as soon as you plug a cable onto the external SCSI connector the internal terminator of the system is disabled. It also means that you should not leave unterminated cables plugged into the machine. AlphaStation 400 series have an SRM variable that controls termination. In case you have external SCSI devices connected you must set this SRM variable using >>> SET CONTROL_SCSI_TERM EXTERNAL. If only internal SCSI devices are present use: >>> SET CONTROL_SCSI_TERM INTERNAL For the AlphaStation-[24][05]00 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_2100_A50 cpu EV4 d1340 15 a1354 43 AlphaStation 500 and 600 (<quote>Alcor</quote> & <quote>Maverick</quote> for EV5, <quote>Bret</quote> for EV56) AS500 and 600 were the high-end EV5 / PCI based workstations. EV6 based machines have in the meantime taken their place as front runners. AS500 is a desktop in a dark blue case (TopGun blue), AS600 is a sturdy desk-side box. AS600 has a nice LCD panel to observe the early stages of SRM startup. Features: 21164 EV5 CPU at 266, 300, 333, 366, 400, 433, 466, or 500 MHz (AS500) or at 266, 300 or 333 MHz (AS600) 21171 or 21172 (Alcor) core logic chip-set Cache: 2 or 4 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600 at 266 MHz) 4 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600 at 300 MHz) 2 or 8 Mb L3 / Bcache (8 Mb on 500 MHz version only) 2 to 16 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600; 3 cache-SIMM slots) memory buswidth: 256 bits AS500 memory: industry standard 72 bit wide buffered DIMMs d1356 1 a1356 1 8 DIMM slots d1358 2 a1359 2 installed in sets of 4 d1361 2 a1362 2 maximum memory is 1 GB (512 Mb max on 333 MHz CPUs) d1364 2 a1365 2 uses ECC a1366 3 AS600 memory: d1368 1 a1368 1 industry standard 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs d1370 93 d1464 1 a1464 1 32 SIMM slots d1467 1 a1467 1 installed in sets of 8 d1470 1 a1470 1 maximum memory is 1 GB d1473 1 a1473 1 uses ECC d1475 139 a1613 72 Qlogic 1020 based wide SCSI bus (1 bus/chip for AS500, 2 buses/chip for AS600) 21040 based 10 Mbit Ethernet adapter, both Thinwire and UTP connectors expansion: AS500: 3 32-bit PCI slots 1 64-bit PCI slot AS600: 2 32-bit PCI slot 3 64-bit PCI slots 1 PCI/EISA physically shared slot 3 EISA slots 1 PCI and 1 EISA slot are occupied by default 21050 PCI-to-PCI bridge chip Intel 82375EB PCI-EISA bridge (AS600 only) 2 16550A serial ports 1 parallel port 16 bit audio Windows Sound System, in a dedicated slot (AS500) in EISA slot (AS600, this is an ISA card) PS/2 keyboard and mouse port Early machines had Fast SCSI interfaces, later ones are Ultra SCSI capable. AS500 shares its single SCSI bus with internal and external devices. For a Fast SCSI bus you are limited to 1.8 meters bus length external to the box. +++ This is what some DEC docs suggest. Did they ever go UltraSCSI? AS600 has one Qlogic SCSI chip dedicated to the internal devices whereas the other Qlogic SCSI chip is dedicated to external SCSI devices. In AS500 DIMMs are installed in sets of 4, in 'physically interleaved' layout. So, a bank of 4 DIMMs is not 4 physically adjacent DIMMs. In AS600 the memory SIMMs are placed onto two memory daughter cards. SIMMs are installed in sets of 8. Both memory daughter cards must be populated identically. AS600 has a peculiarity for its PCI slots. AS600 (or rather the PCI expansion card containing the SCSI adapters) does not allow I/O port mapping, therefore all devices behind it must use memory mapping. If you have problems getting the Qlogic SCSI adapters to work, add the following option to /boot/loader.rc: set isp_mem_map=0xff This may need to be typed at the boot loader prompt before booting the installation kernel. For the AlphaStation-[56]00 machines the kernel config file must contain: d1636 2 a1637 2 CPU was later re-branded to become a DIGITAL Server 3305[R]. d1643 2 a1644 1 21164 EV5[6] CPU at 300, 333 or 400 MHz (or 500 MHz for AS800 only) d1707 3 a1709 2 consoles. They need >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before they go for d1712 3 a1714 2 needs >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. d1795 1 a1795 2 expansion: 3 64-bit PCI slots 1 32-bit PCI slots d1799 1 a1799 1 2x 16550A serial ports d1802 1 a1802 1 1x parallel port d1805 1 a1805 1 2x USB d1922 1 a1922 1 1x Ultra-Wide SCSI port based on a Qlogic 1040 chip d1925 1 a1925 1 2x 16550A serial port d1928 1 a1928 1 1x parallel port d1966 2 a1967 2 performing: >>> SET USB_ENABLE ON d2055 2 a2056 1 DS20 needs >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL d2059 2 a2060 1 needs >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS d2134 1 a2134 1 2x embedded IDE based on Cypress 82C693 chips d2224 1 a2224 1 until you issue the command clear_error all d2250 3 a2252 2 consoles. They need >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before they go for a serial console. d2255 2 a2256 2 >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. On Lynx keep the VGA card in d2264 2 a2265 2 >>> SET OCP_TEXT "FreeBSD" is the recommended setting. d2267 3 a2269 2 The SRM >>> SHOW FRU command produces an overview of your configuration d2275 5 a2279 4 by >>> SHOW PKA0_FAST. . If set to 1 it is negotiating for Fast speeds. >>> SET PKA0_FAST 1 enables Fast SCSI speeds. d2311 2 a2312 2 ECU floppy and typing >>> RUNECU . d2469 1 a2469 1 map will contain 'holes'. Supported DIMM sizes are 64 Mbytes d2592 1 a2592 1 mknod /dev/zs0 c 135 0 d2628 2 a2629 1 AMD AMD-751 ('Irongate') system controller chip d2643 1 a2643 1 2x 16550A serial port d2646 1 a2646 1 1x ECP/EPP parallel port d2652 1 a2652 1 2x embedded Ultra DMA33 IDE interface d2655 1 a2655 1 2x USB ports d2751 1 a2751 1 2x 16550A serial port d2754 1 a2754 1 1x ECP/EPP parallel port d2760 1 a2760 1 2x embedded Ultra DMA66 IDE interface d2763 1 a2763 1 2x USB port d2843 1 a2843 1 2x 16550A serial port d2846 1 a2846 1 1x ECP/EPP parallel port @ 1.5 log @Third take, still not finished SGMLifying. SGML is more wordy than I anticipated :( @ text @d5 1 a5 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.4 2001/05/02 20:27:06 wilko Exp $ d42 1 a42 1 Compaq used more or less interchangeably. Now that Compaq has acquired d269 1 a269 2 (21068 CPUs are also possible, but are even slower. Never seen/used one) d338 1 a338 1 selection of alternate console code. But you need SRM-only d358 2 a359 1 from IDE disks. d529 2 a530 2 The SRM console does not know how to boot from IDE disks unfortunately. d610 1 a610 1 maximum memory 1.5 Gbytes d706 1 a706 1 Do this on your own risk. d708 1 a708 1 The kernel reports it when it sees a buggy Pyxis chip: d727 1 a727 1 The Miata SRM can boot from IDE CDROM drives. Hard disk d747 1 a747 1 device pcm0 d883 1 a883 1 memory: d892 1 a892 1 installed in sets of 8 [DEC3000/500-class] d897 1 a897 4 or d905 1 a905 1 used in pairs of 2 [DEC3000/300-class] d959 1 a959 1 ISDN does not work on &os;. d1166 1 a1166 1 the systems use Fast Page Mode memory, no EDO. d1185 2 a1186 2 options DEC_EB64PLUS cpu EV4 d1217 1 a1217 1 d1219 1 a1219 1 memory: PS/2 style SIMMs in sets of 4 or 8 d1284 4 a1287 2 One sample error that was observed was: "ERROR: ISA table corrupt!". A sequence of a downgrade to SRM4.9, an 'isacfg -init' and an 'init' d1351 1 a1351 1 memory subsystem uses parity d1411 3 a1413 2 SET CONTROL_SCSI_TERM EXTERNAL. If only internal SCSI devices are present use: d1473 1 a1473 1 maximum memory is 1 Gb (512 Mb max on 333 MHz CPUs) d1491 1 a1491 1 maximum memory is 1 Gb d1561 1 a1561 1 set isp_mem_map=0xff d1600 3 a1602 3 memory buswidth: 128 bit with ECC d1604 15 a1618 5 AS1000[A]-systems: Use 72pin 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs, 70ns or better 16 or 20 SIMM slots, max memory is 1 Gb uses ECC d1657 1 a1657 1 of different DIMM sizes are used. Max memory size is 2Gb. d1660 2 a1661 1 consoles. They need >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before they go for d1668 2 a1669 1 in Ultra mode. This can be done using the EEROMCFG.EXE utility that is d1676 2 a1677 2 cpu EV4 # depends on the CPU model installed cpu EV5 # depends on the CPU model installed a1693 3 Monet has, by 1999 standards, *stunning* (the words of a satisfied user) memory and I/O system bandwidth. d1709 17 a1725 4 industry standard 200 pin 83 MHz buffered ECC SDRAM DIMMs 4 DIMM slots (2 for DS10L) installed in pairs of 2 max memory is 2 Gb (1Gb for DS10L) d1905 1 a1905 1 with the DIMM slots marked '0'. Memory capacity is max 4 Gb. d1926 3 a1928 2 Not all VGA cards will work behind the PCI-PCI bridge (so in slots 4 and 5). Only cards that implement VGA-legacy addressing d1932 1 a1932 2 The sound chip is not currently supported with &os;. There is work in progress in this area. d1964 16 a1979 2 memory: SDRAM DIMMs, installed in sets of 4, uses ECC, 16 DIMM slots, max. 4Gb d1989 14 a2002 3 expansion: 2 independent PCI buses, driven by high-speed I/O channels called hoses, 6 64-bit PCI slots (3 per hose), 1 ISA slot d2007 1 a2007 1 DS20 needs SET CONSOLE SERIAL d2010 3 a2012 2 needs SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. Confusing is the fact that you will get SRM console d2020 2 a2021 2 maximum of 7 3.5" SCSI devices. The DS20E is in a sleeker case, without the StorageWorks shelf. d2044 2 a2045 3 options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 d2057 2 d2075 1 a2075 1 ECC, 16 DIMM slots, max. 4Gb d2090 14 a2103 3 expansion: 2 independent PCI buses driven by high-speed I/O channels called hoses, 6 64-bit PCI slots (3 per hose), 1 ISA slot d2108 1 a2108 1 A maximum of 2Gb memory is supported by &os;. a2116 1 d2121 1 a2121 1 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu d2124 1 a2124 1 &man.config.8; happy. d2181 1 a2181 1 to 1Gb, Sable up to 2Gb. One of the memory bus slots can either d2278 3 a2280 3 options DEC_2100_A500 cpu EV4 #dependent on CPU model installed cpu EV5 #dependent on CPU model installed d2286 81 a2366 1 AlphaServer 4100 (<quote>Rawhide</quote>) a2367 59 The AlphaServer 4100 machine is aimed as an enterprise server. Expect a 30" high pedestal cabinet or alternatively the same system box in a 19" rack. This is medium iron, not a hobbyist system. These are multi-CPU machines, up to 4 CPUs can be in a single machine. Basic disk storage is housed in one or two StorageWorks shelves at the bottom of the pedestal. The Rawhides intended for the NT market are designated DIGITAL Server 7300 (5/400 CPU), DIGITAL Server 7305 (5/533 CPU). A trailing R on the part-number means a rackmount variant. Features: - 21164 EV5 CPUs at 266, 300 MHz 21164A EV56 CPUs at 400, 466, 533, 600 and 666 Mhz - cache: 4 Mbytes per CPU (EV5 300 MHz was also available cache-less) 8 Mbytes (EV5 600Mhz only) - memory bus: 128 bit with ECC - embedded floppy controller - 2 serial ports - 1 parallel port - PS/2 style keyboard & mouse port Memory: Rawhide uses a maximum of 8 RAM modules. These modules are used in pairs and supply 72 bits to the bus (this includes ECC bits). Memory can be EDO RAM or synchronous DRAM. A fully populated Rawhide has 4 pairs of memory modules. Given the choice use SDRAM for best performance. The highest capacity memory board must be in memory slot 0. A mix of memory board sizes is allowed. A mix of EDO and SDRAM is also reported as working (assuming you don't try to mix EDO and SDRAM in one module pair). Embedded SCSI: Rawhide has an embedded Symbios 810 Fast SCSI bus. Expansion: Rawhides are available with a 8 64-bit PCI / 3 EISA slot expansion backplanes (called 'Saddle' modules). There are 2 separate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has 1 dedicated PCI slot and (shared) 3 PCI/EISA slots. PCI0 also has a PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serial and parallel ports, keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 PCI slots and an Symbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA console cards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0. The current implementation has problems in handling PCI bridges. There is currently a limited fix in place which allows for single level, single device PCI bridges. The fix allows for the Digital supplied Qlogic SCSI card which sits behind a 21054 PCI bridge chip. NOTE: EISA slots are currently unsupported, but the Compaq Qvision EISA VGA adapter is treated as an ISA device. It therefore works OK as a console. Power: The system employs an I2C based power controller system. If you want to be sure all power is removed from the system pull the mains cables from the system. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN300 cpu EV5 d2374 68 a2441 50 The AlphaServer 1200 machine is the successor to the AlphaServer 1000A. It uses the same enclosure the 1000A uses, but the logic is based on the AlphaServer 4000 design. These are multi-CPU machines, up to 2 CPUs can be in a single machine. Basic disk storage is housed in a StorageWorks shelves The AS1200 intended for the NT market are designated DIGITAL Server 5300 (5/400 CPU) and DIGITAL Server 5305 (5/533 CPU). Features: - 21164A EV56 CPUs at 400 or 533 Mhz - cache: 4 Mbytes per CPU - memory bus: 128 bit with ECC DIMM memory on two memory daughter boards - embedded floppy controller - 2 serial ports - 1 parallel port - PS/2 style keyboard & mouse port Memory: AS1200 uses 2 memory daughter cards. On each of these cards are 8 DIMM slots. DIMMs must be installed in pairs. The maximum memory size is 4 Gbytes. Slots must be filled in order and slot 0 must contain the largest size DIMM if different sized DIMMs are used. AS1200 employs fixed starting addresses for DIMMs, each DIMM pair starts at a 512 Mbyte boundary. This means that if DIMMs smaller than 256 Mbyte are used the system's physical memory map will contain 'holes'. Supported DIMM sizes are 64 Mbytes and 256 Mbytes. The DIMMs are 72 bit SDRAM based, as the system employs ECC. Embedded SCSI: AS1200 has an embedded Symbios 810 Fast SCSI bus. Expansion: AS1200 has 5 64-bit PCI slots, one 1 32-bit PCI slot and one EISA slot (which is physically shared with one of the 64-bit PCI slots). There are 2 separate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has the 32-bit PCI slot and the 2 top-most 64-bit PCI slots. PCI0 also has an Intel 82375EB PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serial and parallel ports, keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 64-bit PCI slots and an Symbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA console cards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0. Power: The system employs an I2C based power controller system. If you want to be sure all power is removed from the system pull the mains cables from the system. Tincup uses dual power supplies in load-sharing mode and not as a redundancy pair. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN300 cpu EV5 d2447 41 a2487 26 The AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 machines are aimed as enterprise servers. Expect a tall 19" cabinet (8200) or fat (8400) 19" rack. This is big iron, not a hobbyist system. These are multi-CPU machines, up to 12 CPUs can be in a single machine. The TurboLaser System Bus (TLSB) allows 9 nodes on the AS8400 and 5 nodes on the AS8200. TLSB is 256 bit data, 40 bit address allowing 2.1 Gbytes/sec. Nodes on the TLSB can be CPUs, memory or I/O. A maximum of 3 I/O ports are supported on a TLSB. Basic disk storage is housed in a StorageWorks shelf. Features: - 21164 EV5 CPUs at up to 467 MHz 21264 EV67 CPUs at up to 625 MHz one or two CPUs per CPU module - cache: 4Mbytes per CPU - memory bus: 256 bit with ECC - memory: uses big memory modules that plug into the TLSB, which in turn hold special SIMM modules. memory modules come in varying sizes, up to 2 Gbytes a piece. uses ECC (8 bites per 64 bits of data) 7 modules max for AS8400, 3 modules max for AS8200 maximum memory is 14 Gbytes - expansion: 3 system 'I/O ports' that allow up to 12 I/O channels each I/O channel can connect to XMI, Futurebus+ or PCI boxes d2489 38 a2526 37 Memory: &os; supports (and has been tested with) up to 2 Gbytes of memory on TurboLaser. Expansion: Only PCI expansion is supported on &os;. XMI or Futurebus+ (which are AS8400 only) are both unsupported. The I/O port modules are designated KFTIA or KFTHA. The I/O port modules supply so called 'hoses' that connect to up to 4 (KFTHA) PCI buses or 1 PCI bus (KFTIA). KFTIA has embedded dual 10baseT Ethernet, single FDDI, 3 SCSI Fast Wide Differential SCSI buses and a single Fast Wide Single Ended SCSI bus. The FWSE SCSI is intended for the systems CDROM. KFTHA can drive via each of its 4 hoses a DWLPA or DWLPB box. The DWLPx house a 12 slots 32 bit PCI backplane. Physically the 12 slots are 3 4-slot buses but to the software it appears as a single 12 slots PCI bus. A fully expanded AS8x00 can have 3 (I/O ports) times 4 (hoses) times 12 (PCI slots/DWLPx) = 144 PCI slots. The maximum bandwidth per KFTHA is 500 Mbytes/second. DWLPA can also house 8 EISA cards, 2 slots are PCI-only, 2 slots are EISA only. Of the 12 slots 2 are always occupied by an I/O and connector module. For best performance distribute high bandwidth (FibreChannel, Gigabit Ethernet) over multiple hoses and/or multiple KFTHA/KFTIA. Currently PCI expansion cards containing PCI bridges are not usable. Don't use them at this time. Embedded SCSI: The single ended SCSI bus on the KFTIA will turn up as the fourth (!) SCSI bus. The 3 differential SCSI buses of the KFTIA precede it. Console: AS8x00 are generally run with serial consoles. Some newer machines might have a graphical console of some sorts but &os; has only been tested on a serial console. d2528 2 a2529 1 For serial console usage either change /etc/ttys to have: d2531 1 a2531 1 console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown on secure d2535 1 a2535 1 zs0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown on secure d2539 7 a2545 1 mknod /dev/zs0 c 135 0 d2547 4 a2550 5 For the AlphaServer 8x00 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN8AE # Alpha 8200/8400 (Turbolaser) cpu EV5 d2556 105 a2660 63 The UP1000 is an ATX mainboard based on the 21264a CPU which itself lives in a Slot B module. It is normally housed in a ATX [mini]tower enclosure. Features: - 21264a Alpha CPU at 600 or 700 MHz in a Slot B module (includes cooling fans) - memory bus: 128 bits to the L2 cache, 64 bits from Slot B to the AMD-751 - on-board Bcache / L2 cache: 2Mb (600Mhz) or 4Mb (700Mhz) cache - AMD AMD-751 ('Irongate') system controller chip - Acer Labs M1543C PCI-ISA bridge controller / super-IO chip - PS/2 mouse & keyboard port - memory: 168-pin PC100 unbuffered SDRAM DIMMS 3 DIMM slots DIMM sizes supported are 64, 128 or 256 Mb in size - 2x 16550A serial port - 1x ECP/EPP parallel port - floppy interface - 2x embedded Ultra DMA33 IDE interface - 2x USB port - expansion: 4 32 bit PCI slots 2 ISA slots 1 AGP slot Slot B: Slot B is a box-like enclosure that houses a daughter-board for the CPU and cache. It has 2 small fans for cooling. Loud ones too.. Memory: The machine needs ECC capable DIMMs, so 72 bit ones. This does not appear to be documented in the UP1000 docs. The system accesses the serial EEPROM on the DIMMs via the SM bus. Note that if only a single DIMM is used it must be installed in slot *2*. This is a bit counter-intuitive. Power The UP1000 needs a 400Watt ATX power supply according to the manufacturer. This might be a bit overly conservative/pessimistic judging from the power consumption of the board & cpu. But as always you will have to take your expansion cards and peripherals into account. The M1543C chip contains power management functionality & temperature monitoring (via I2C / SM bus). Console Chances are that your UP1000 comes by default with AlphaBios only. The SRM console firmware is available from the Alpha Processor Inc. website. It is currently available in a beta version which was successfully used during the port of &os; to the UP1000. EIDE: The embedded Ultra DMA EIDE ports are bootable by the SRM console. SCSI: UP1000 SRM can boot off an Adaptec 294x adapter. Under high I/O load conditions machine lockups have been observed using the Adaptec 294x. A Symbios 875 based card works just fine, using either the ncr or sym driver. The sym driver is the newest and most actively maintained one. Most likely other cards based on the Symbios chips that the sym driver supports will work as well. USB: Is disabled by the SRM console and has not (yet) been tested with &os;. For the UP1000 the kernel config file must contain: cpu EV5 options API_UP1000 # UP1000, UP1100 (Nautilus) d2666 90 a2755 59 The UP1100 is an ATX mainboard based on the 21264a CPU running at 600 MHz. It is normally housed in a ATX [mini]tower enclosure. Features: - 21264a Alpha EV6 CPU at 600 or 700 MHz - memory bus: 100MHz 64-bit (PC-100 SDRAM) 800 MB/s memory bandwidth - on-board Bcache / L2 cache: 2Mb - AMD AMD-751 ('Irongate') system controller chip - Acer Labs M1535D PCI-ISA bridge controller / super-IO chip - PS/2 mouse & keyboard port - memory: 168-pin PC100 unbuffered SDRAM DIMMS 3 DIMM slots DIMM sizes supported are 64, 128 or 256 Mb in size - 2x 16550A serial port - 1x ECP/EPP parallel port - floppy interface - 2x embedded Ultra DMA66 IDE interface - 2x USB port - expansion: 3 32 bit PCI slots 1 AGP2x slot Console: SRM console code comes standard with the UP1100. The SRM lives in 2Mbytes of flash ROM. Memory: The machine needs ECC capable DIMMs, so 72 bit ones. This does not appear to be documented in the UP1100 docs. The system accesses the serial EEPROM on the DIMMs via the SM bus. Note that if only a single DIMM is used it must be installed in slot *2*. This is a bit counter-intuitive. Power The UP1100 needs a 400Watt ATX power supply according to the manufacturer. This might be a bit overly conservative/pessimistic judging from the power consumption of the board & cpu. But as always you will have to take your expansion cards and peripherals into account. The M1535D chip contains power management functionality & temperature monitoring (via I2C / SM bus using a LM75 thermal sensor). Network: The UP1100 has an on-board 21143 10/100Mbit Ethernet interface. Sound: The UP1100 is equipped with a SoundBlaster compatible audio interface. Whether this works with &os; is as of yet unknown. EIDE: The embedded Ultra DMA EIDE ports are bootable by the SRM console. USB: The UP1100 has 3 USB ports, 2 going external and one connected to the AGP port. For the UP1100 the kernel config file must contain: cpu EV5 options API_UP1000 # UP1000, UP1100 (Nautilus) d2761 47 a2807 21 The CS20 is a 19", 1U high rackmount server based on the 21264[ab] CPU. It can have a maximum of 2 CPUs. Features: - 21264a Alpha CPU at 667 MHz or 21264b 833 MHz (max. 2 CPUs) - memory bus: 100MHz 256-bit wide - 21271 Core Logic chipset ("Tsunami") - Acer Labs M1533 PCI-ISA bridge controller / super-IO chip - PS/2 mouse & keyboard port - memory: 168-pin PC100 PLL buffered/registered SDRAM DIMMS 8 DIMM slots uses ECC memory min 256 Mbytes / max 2 Gbytes of memory - 2x 16550A serial port - 1x ECP/EPP parallel port - ALI M1543C Ultra DMA66 IDE interface - embedded dual Intel 82559 10/100Mbit Ethernet - embedded Symbios 53C1000 Ultra160 SCSI controller - expansion: 2 64 bit PCI slots (2/3 length) d2851 1 a2851 1 into something never tested before is much greater. d2922 1 a2922 1 Nick Maniscalco nmanisca@@vt.edu d2925 1 a2925 1 Andrew Gallatin gallatin@@cs.duke.edu d2928 1 a2928 1 Christian Weisgerber naddy@@mips.rhein-neckar.de d2931 1 a2931 1 David O'Brien obrien@@NUXI.com d2934 1 a2934 1 Wim Lemmers, ex-Compaq d2937 1 a2937 1 Matthew Jacob mjacob@@feral.com d2940 1 a2940 1 Eric Schnoebelen eric@@cirr.com d2943 1 a2943 1 Chuck Robey chuckr@@picnic.mat.net d2946 1 a2946 1 &a.msmith; d2949 1 a2949 1 Peter Jeremy peter.jeremy@@alcatel.com.au d2952 1 a2952 1 Dolf de Waal l.j.de.waal@@kader.hobby.nl d2955 1 a2955 1 Wouter Brackman, Compaq d2958 1 a2958 1 Kazutaka YOKOTA yokota@@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp d2961 1 a2961 1 Peter van Dijk petervd@@vuurwerk.nl @ 1.4 log @Second stage SGMLifying. More to follow. @ text @d5 1 a5 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.3 2001/05/01 18:46:19 wilko Exp $ d1105 2 a1106 2 of so called Evaluation Boards. The EB64+ family boards have the following feature set: d1168 2 a1169 1 36 bits SIMMs work fine, 3 bits simply remain unused. d1228 2 a1229 1 SDRAM DIMMs in sets of 2, uses ECC [PC164SX / PC164LX] d1260 1 a1260 1 4 SIMMs distributed over 2 banks does not work. d1330 2 a1331 1 Bcache / L2 cache: 512 Kbytes (200 and 400 series) or 2048KBytes (250 series) d1369 2 a1370 1 32 bit PCI expansion slots (3 for 400 series, 2 for 200 & 250 series) d1373 2 a1374 1 ISA expansion slots (4 for 400 series, 2 for 200 & 250 series) d1688 37 a1724 16 Features: - 21264 EV6 CPU at 466 MHz - L2 / Bcache: 2MB, ECC protected - memory bus: 128 bit via crossbar, 1.3GB/sec to memory - memory: industry standard 200 pin 83 MHz buffered ECC SDRAM DIMMs 4 DIMM slots (2 for DS10L) installed in pairs of 2 max memory is 2 Gb (1Gb for DS10L) - 21271 Core Logic chipset ("Tsunami") - 2 on-board 21143 Fast Ethernet controllers - AcerLabs M5237 (Aladdin-V) USB controller - AcerLabs M1533 PCI-ISA bridge - AcerLabs Aladdin ATA-33 controller - embedded dual EIDE - expansion: 3 64-bit PCI slots d1726 15 a1740 6 DS10L has a single 64bit PCI slot - 2x 16550A serial ports - 1x parallel port - 2x USB - PS/2 keyboard & mouse port d1789 91 a1879 68 Features: - 21264 EV6 at 500 MHz 21264 EV67 at 500 or 667 MHz (XP1000G, codenamed Brisbane) CPU is mounted on a daughter-card which is field-upgradable - L2 / Bcache: 4MB, ECC protected - memory bus: 256 bit - memory: 128 or 256 Mbytes 100 MHz (PC100) 168 pin JEDEC standard, registered ECC SDRAM DIMMs - 21271 Core Logic chip-set ("Tsunami") - 1 on-board 21143 Ethernet controller - Cypress 82C693 USB controller - Cypress 82C693 PCI-ISA bridge - Cypress 82C693 controller - expansion: 2 independent PCI buses, driven by high-speed I/O channels called 'hoses': hose 0: (the upper 3 slots) 2 64-bit PCI slots 1 32-bit PCI slot hose 1: (the bottom 2 slots) 2 32-bit PCI slots (behind a 21154 PCI-PCI bridge) 2 of the 64-bit PCI slots are for full-length cards all of the 32-bit PCI slots are for short cards 1 of the 32-bit PCI slots is physically shared with an ISA slot all PCI slots run at 33MHz - 1x Ultra-Wide SCSI port based on a Qlogic 1040 chip - 2x 16550A serial port - 1x parallel port - PS/2 keyboard & mouse port - embedded 16-bit ESS ES1888 sound chip - 2x USB - graphics options: ELSA Gloria Synergy or DEC/Compaq PowerStorm 3D accelerator cards Monet is housed in a mini-tower like enclosure quite similar to the Miata box. The on-board Qlogic UW-SCSI chip supports up to 4 internal devices. There is no external connector for the on-board SCSI. For 500 MHz CPUs 83 MHz DIMMs will do. Compaq specifies PC100 DIMMs for all CPU speeds. DIMMs are installed in sets of 4, starting with the DIMM slots marked '0'. Memory capacity is max 4 Gb. DIMMs are installed 'physically interleaved', note the markings of the slots. Memory bandwidth of Monet is twice that of Webbrick. The DIMMs live on the CPU daughter-card. Note that the system uses ECC RAM so you need DIMMs with 72 bits (not the generic PC-class 64 bit DIMMs) The EIDE interface is usable / SRM bootable so &os; can be rooted on an EIDE disk. Although the Cypress chip has potential for 2 EIDE channels Monet uses only one of them. The USB interface is supported by &os;.If you experience problems trying to use the USB interface please check if the SRM variable "usb_enable" is set to "on". You can change this by performing: >>> SET USB_ENABLE ON Don"t try to use Symbios-chip based SCSI adapters in the PCI slots connected to hose 1. There is a not-yet-found &os; bug that prevents this from working correctly. Not all VGA cards will work behind the PCI-PCI bridge (so in slots 4 and 5). Only cards that implement VGA-legacy addressing correctly will work. Workaround is to put the VGA card before the bridge. d1881 30 a1910 2 The sound chip is not currently supported with &os;. There is work in progress in this area. d1912 2 a1913 2 The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 d1916 4 a1919 4 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. d2083 25 a2107 11 Features: - 21064 EV4[5] CPU[s] at 200, 233, 275 MHz - 21164 EV5[6] CPU[s]s at 250, 300, 375, 400 MHz - cache: varies in size with the CPU model; 1, 4 or 8Mbyte per CPU - embedded floppy controller driving a 2.88 Mbytes drive - embedded 10Mbit 21040 Ethernet [AS2100 only] - 2 serial ports - 1 parallel port - PS/2 style keyboard & mouse port d2169 55 a2223 51 Internal disk storage: AS2100[A] come equipped with a StorageWorks 7 slot SCSI cage. A second cage can be added inside the cabinet. AS2000 has a single 7 slot SCSI cage, which cannot be expanded with an additional one. Note that the slot locations in these cages map differently to SCSI IDs compared to the standard StorageWorks shelves. Slot IDs from top to bottom are 0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3 when using a single bus configuration. The cage can also be set to provide two independent SCSI buses. This is used for embedded RAID controllers like the KZPSC (Mylex DAC960). Slot ID assignments for split bus are, from top to bottom: 0A, 0B, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B. Where A and B signify a SCSI bus. In a single bus configuration the terminator module on the back of the SCSI cage is on the TOP. The jumper module is on the BOTTOM. For split bus operation these two modules are reversed. The terminator can be distinguished from the jumper by noting the chips on the terminator. The jumper does not have any active components on it. Expansion: DemiSable has 7 EISA slots and 3 PCI slots. Sable has 8 EISA and 3 PCI slots. Lynx, being newer, has 8 PCI and 3 EISA slots. The Lynx PCI slots are grouped in sets of 4. The 4 PCI slots closest to the CPU/memory slots are the primary slots, so logically before the PCI bridge chip. Note that contrary to expectation the primary PCI slots are the highest numbered ones (PCI4 - PCI7). Make sure you run the EISA Configuration Utility (from floppy) when adding/change expansion cards in EISA slots or after upgrading your console firmware. This is done by inserting the ECU floppy and typing RUNECU at the SRM >>> prompt. NOTE: EISA slots are currently unsupported, but the Compaq Qvision EISA VGA adapter is treated as an ISA device. It therefore works OK as a console. A special Extended I/O module for use on the C-bus was planned-for. Whether they ever saw daylight is unknown. In any case &os; has never been verified with an ExtIO module. Power: The machines can be equipped with redundant power supplies. Note that the enclosure is equipped with interlock switches that switch off power when the enclosure is opened. The system's cooling fans are speed controlled. When the machine has more than 2 CPUs and more than 1 memory board dual power supplies are mandatory. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_2100_A500 cpu EV4 cpu EV5 @ 1.3 log @First half of SGMLifying. More to follow. @ text @d5 1 a5 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.2 2001/04/29 18:39:42 wilko Exp $ d45 5 d378 2 a379 4 options DEC_AXPPCI_33 cpu EV4 d500 1 a500 3 device pcm0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 9 drq 3 flags 0x15 d548 1 a548 1 contain: d550 2 a551 4 options DEC_AXPPCI_33 cpu EV4 d583 2 a584 2 system by Kryotech. The Kryotech has a special cooling system in a different enclosure. d693 1 a693 2 >>> set pci_device_override <vendor_id><device_id> d695 1 a695 1 For example: d697 1 a697 1 >>> set pci_device_override 88c15333 d699 1 a699 1 The most radical approach is to use: d701 1 a701 1 >>> set pci_device_override -1 d706 1 a706 1 Do this on your own risk. d711 2 a712 2 Sep 16 18:39:43 miata /kernel: cia0: WARNING: Pyxis pass 1 DMA bug; no bets... a713 1 A d716 2 a717 2 Jan 3 12:22:32 miata /kernel: pcib0: <2117x PCI host bus adapter> on cia0 d747 2 a748 4 device pcm0 device sbc0 d767 1 a767 1 ERROR: scancode 0xa3 not supported on PCXAL d772 1 a772 1 url="http://www.compaq.com/">http://www.compaq.com/ The d779 1 a779 1 even when the machine is switched off. a782 4 options DEC_ST550 cpu EV5 d784 2 d1090 2 a1091 4 options DEC_3000_500 cpu EV4 d1096 2 a1097 4 options DEC_3000_300 cpu EV4 d1187 2 a1188 4 options DEC_EB64PLUS cpu EV4 d1307 2 a1308 4 options DEC_EB164 cpu EV5 d1325 1 a1325 12 DECchip 21071-AA (core logic chip-set) consisting of: Cache/memory controller (one 21071-CA chip) PCI interface (one 21071-DA chip) Data path (two 21071-BA chips) d1396 1 a1396 3 device pcm0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 9 drq 0 flags 0x10011 d1406 5 a1410 4 must set this SRM variable using >>> set control_scsi_term external . If only internal SCSI devices are present use: >>> set control_scsi_term internal d1414 2 a1415 4 options DEC_2100_A50 cpu EV4 d1437 15 a1451 5 cache: 2 or 4 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600 at 266 MHz) 4 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600 at 300 MHz) 2 or 8 Mb L3 / Bcache (8 Mb on 500 MHz version only) 2 to 16 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600; 3 cache-SIMM slots) d1454 1 a1454 1 memory bus: 256 bits d1459 1 a1459 1 industry standard 8 byte wide buffered DIMMs d1543 2 a1544 2 interleaved' layout. So, a bank of 4 DIMMs is *not* 4 physically adjacent DIMMs! d1554 1 a1554 1 option to /boot/loader.rc: d1563 2 a1564 4 options DEC_KN20AA cpu EV5 d1569 2 a1570 1 AlphaServer 1000 (<quote>Mikasa</quote>), 1000A (<quote>Noritake</quote>) and 800 d1572 15 a1586 11 The AlphaServer 1000 and 800 range of machines is aimed as departmental servers. They come in quite some variations in packaging and mainboard/cpu. Generally speaking there are 21064 (EV4) CPU based machines and 21164 (EV5) based ones. The CPU is on a daughter card, and the type of CPU (EV4 or EV5) must match the mainboard in use. AlphaServer 800 is a much smaller mini tower case, it lacks the StorageWorks SCSI hot-plug chassis. The main difference between AS1000 and AS1000A is that AS1000A has 7 PCI slots whereas AS1000 only has 3 PCI slots and has EISA slots instead. AS800 with an EV5/400 MHz CPU was later re-branded as a DIGITAL Server 3300[R], AS800 with an EV5/500 MHz CPU was later re-branded as a DIGITAL Server 3305[R]. d1588 39 a1626 24 Features: - 21064 EV4[5] CPU at 200, 233 or 266 MHz 21164 EV5[6] CPU at 300, 333 or 400 MHz (or 500 MHz for AS800 only) - cache: - memory bus: 128 bit with ECC - memory: AS1000[A]-systems: Use 72pin 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs, 70ns or better 16 or 20 SIMM slots max memory is 1 Gb uses ECC AS800: Uses SDRAM DIMMs. - embedded VGA (on some mainboard models) - expansion: 3 PCI, 2 EISA, 1 64-bit PCI/EISA combo (AS800) 7 PCI, 2 EISA (AS1000A) 2 PCI, 1 EISA/PCI, 7 EISA (AS1000) - embedded SCSI based on Symbios 810 [AS1000] or Qlogic 1020 [AS1000A] Box: AS1000 based machines come in multiple boxes. Floor standing, rack-mount, with or without StorageWorks SCSI chassis etc. The electronics are the same. d1628 29 a1656 13 Memory: AS1000-systems: All EV4 based machines use standard PS/2 style 36 bit 72pin SIMMs in sets of 5. The fifth SIMM is used for ECC. All EV5 based machines use standard PS/2 style 36 bit 72pin SIMMs in sets of 4. The ECC is done based on the 4 extra bits per SIMM (4 bits out of 36). The EV5 mainboards have 16 SIMM slots, the EV4 mainboards have 20 slots. AS800: Uses DIMMs in sets of 4. DIMM installation must start in slots marked bank 0. A bank is four physically adjacent slots. The biggest size DIMMs must be installed in bank 0 in case 2 banks of different DIMM sizes are used. Max memory size is 2Gb. d1658 4 a1661 6 Console: The AS1000/800 are somewhat stubborn when it comes to serial consoles. They need >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before they go for a serial console. Pulling the keyboard from the machine is not sufficient, like it is on most other Alpha models. Going back to a graphical console needs >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. a1662 10 SCSI: For AS800 you want to check if your Ultra-Wide SCSI is indeed in Ultra mode. This can be done using the EEROMCFG.EXE utility that is on the Firmware Upgrade CDROM. For the AlphaServer1000/1000A/800 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_1000A cpu EV4 # depends on the CPU model installed cpu EV5 # depends on the CPU model installed d1666 2 a1667 2 DS10/VS10/XP900 (<quote>Webbrick</quote>) / XP1000 (<quote>Monet</quote>) / DS10L (<quote>Slate</quote>) d1669 7 a1675 8 Webbrick and Monet are high performance workstations/servers based on the EV6 CPU and the Tsunami chipset. Tsunami is also used in much higher-end systems and as such has plenty of performance to offer. DS10, VS10 and XP900 are different names for essentially the same system. The difference are the software and options that are supported. DS10L is a DS10 based machine in a 1U high rackmount enclosure. DS10L is intended for ISPs and for HPTC clusters (e.g. Beowulf). d1677 2 a1678 2 Monet has, by 1999 standards, *stunning* (the words of a satisfied user) memory and I/O system bandwidth. d1680 2 a1681 1 ** Webbrick / Slate d1683 1 d1705 1 d1707 28 a1734 10 Power: The system has a smart power controller. This means that parts of the system remain powered when it is switched off (like an ATX-style PC power supply). Before servicing the machine remove the power cord. Case: Webbrick is shipped in a desktop-style case similar to the older 21164 "Maverick" workstations but which offers much better access to components. If you intend to build a farm you can rackmount them in a 19-inch rack; they are 3U high. Slate is 1U high but has only one PCI slot. d1736 2 a1737 8 Memory: DS10 has 4 DIMM slots. DIMMs are installed as pairs. Please note that DIMM pairs are not installed in adjacent DIMM sockets but rather physically interleaved. DIMM sizes of 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 Mbytes are supported. When 2 pairs of identical-sized DIMMs are installed DS10 will use memory interleaving for higher performance. DS10L, which has only 2 DIMM slots cannot do interleaving. d1739 1 a1739 3 SCSI: Starting with SRM firmware version 5.9 you can boot from Adaptec 2940-series adapters in addition to the usual set of Qlogic and Symbios/NCR adapters. d1741 3 a1743 14 EIDE: The base model comes with a FUJITSU 9.5GB ATA disk as its boot device. &os; works just fine using EIDE disks on Webbrick. DS10 has 2 IDE interfaces on the mainboard. Expansion: On the PCI bus 32 and 64 bit cards are supported, in 3.3V and 5V variants. USB: Is supported in &os; 4.1 and later. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 d1745 5 a1749 4 Contrary to expectation there is no 'cpu EV6' defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The 'cpu EV5' is mandatory to keep config(8) happy. d1751 1 a1751 1 d1788 1 a1788 3 Case: Monet is housed in a mini-tower like enclosure quite similar to the Miata box. d1790 2 a1791 3 SCSI: The on-board Qlogic UW-SCSI chip supports up to 4 internal devices. There is no external connector for the on-board SCSI. d1793 2 a1794 8 Memory: For 500 MHz CPUs 83 MHz DIMMs will do. Compaq specifies PC100 DIMMs for all CPU speeds. DIMMs are installed in sets of 4, starting with the DIMM slots marked '0'. Memory capacity is max 4 Gb. DIMMs are installed 'physically interleaved', note the markings of the slots. Memory bandwidth of Monet is twice that of Webbrick. The DIMMs live on the CPU daughter-card. Note that the system uses ECC RAM so you need DIMMs with 72 bits (not the PC-class 64 bit DIMMs) d1796 26 a1821 4 EIDE: Is usable / bootable for system disk so &os; can be rooted on an EIDE disk. Although the Cypress chip has potential for 2 EIDE channels Monet uses only one of them. d1823 11 a1833 12 USB: If you experience problems trying to use the USB interface please check if the SRM variable "usb_enable" is set to "on". You can change this by performing: "set usb_enable on" at the SRM >>> prompt. Expansion caveats: - Don't try to use Symbios-chip based SCSI adapters in the PCI slots connected to hose 1. There is a not-yet-found &os; bug that prevents this from working correctly. - Not all VGA cards will work behind the PCI-PCI bridge (so in slots 4 & 5). Only cards that implement VGA-legacy addressing correctly will work. Workaround is to put the VGA card 'before' the bridge. d1835 1 a1835 11 Sound: The sound chip is not currently supported with &os;. There is work in progress in this area. The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 Contrary to expectation there is no 'cpu EV6' defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The 'cpu EV5' is mandatory to keep config(8) happy. d1911 1 a1911 1 options DEC_ST6600 d1915 4 a1918 4 Contrary to expectation there is no cpu EV6 defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The cpu EV5 is mandatory to keep &man.config.8; happy. d1972 2 a1973 2 options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 d1986 11 a1997 11 The AlphaServer 2[01]00 machines are aimed as departmental servers. This is medium iron, not a hobbyist system. These are multi-CPU machines, up to 2 CPUs (AS2000) or 4 CPUs (2100[A]) can be installed. Both floor-standing and 19" rackmount boxes exist. Rackmount variations have different numbers of I/O expansion slots, different max number of CPUs and different maximum memory size. Some of the boxes come with an integral StorageWorks shelf to house hot-swap SCSI disks. There was an upgrade program available to convert your Sable machine into a Lynx by swapping the I/O backplane (the C-bus backplane remains). CPU upgrades were available as well. d2007 1 d2009 10 a2018 2 NOTE: Lynx support is currently flagged as experimental due to lack of testing / test hardware. d2020 29 a2048 9 CPU: The CPUs spec-ed as 200 MHz are in reality running at 190 MHz. Maximum number of CPUs is 4. All CPUs must be of the same type/speed. If any of the processors are ever marked as failed, they will remain marked as failed even after they have been replaced (or reseated) until you issue the command 'clear_error all' on the SRM console and power-cycle the machine. This may be true for other modules (IO and memory) as well, but it has not been verified. d2050 11 a2060 17 Memory: The machines use dedicated memory boards. These boards live on a 128 bit C-bus shared with the CPU boards. DemiSable supports up to 1Gb, Sable up to 2Gb. One of the memory bus slots can either hold a CPU or a memory card. A 4 CPU machine can have a maximum of 2 memory boards. Some memory board modules house SIMMs. These are called SIMM carriers. There are also memory modules that have soldered-on memory chips instead of SIMMs. These are called 'flat memory modules'. SIMM boards are used in sets of eight 72-pin 36 bit FPM memory of 70ns or faster. SIMM types supported are 1Mb x36 bit (4 Mbyte) and 4Mb x36 bit (16 Mbyte). Each memory board can house 4 banks of SIMMs. SIMM sizes can not be mixed on a single memory board. The first memory module must be filled with SIMMs before starting to fill the next memory module. Note that the spacing between the slots is not that big, so make sure your SIMMs fit physically (before buying them..) d2062 6 a2067 21 Console: Both Lynx and Sable are somewhat stubborn when it comes to serial consoles. They need >>> SET CONSOLE SERIAL before they go for a serial console. Pulling the keyboard from the machine is not sufficient, like it is on most other Alpha models. Going back to a graphical console needs >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS at the serial console. On Lynx keep the VGA card in one of the primary PCI slots. The machines are equipped with a small OCP (Operator Control Panel) LCD screen. On this screen the self-test messages are displayed during system initialization. You can put your own little text there by using the SRM: >>> SET OCP_TEXT "FreeBSD" The SRM >>> SHOW FRU command produces an overview of your configuration with module serial numbers, hardware revisions and error log counts. Embedded SCSI: Both Sable, DemiSable and Lynx have Symbios 810 based Fast SCSI on-board. Check if it is set to Fast SCSI speed by >>> SHOW PKA0_FAST. If set to 1 it is negotiating for Fast speeds. >>> SET PKA0_FAST 1 enables Fast speeds. d2069 1 d2484 1 d2486 2 a2487 3 Console: SRM console code comes standard with the CS20. The SRM lives in 2Mbytes of flash ROM. d2489 2 a2490 2 Memory: The CS20 needs ECC capable DIMMs. Note that it uses *buffered* DIMMs. d2492 3 a2494 3 Monitoring: The CS20 has an I2C based internal monitoring system for things like temperature, fans, voltages etc. The I2C also supports 'wake on LAN'. d2496 2 a2497 2 Expansion: Each PCI slot is connected to it's own independent PCI bus on the Tsunami. d2499 2 a2500 2 EIDE: The embedded Ultra DMA EIDE ports are bootable by the SRM console. d2502 3 a2504 3 Disks: The CS20 has an embedded slim-line IDE CD drive. There is a front-accessible bay for a 1" high 3.5" SCSI hard-disk drive with SCA connector. d2506 2 a2507 1 Note that there is no floppy disk drive (or a connector to add one). d2509 3 a2511 3 The kernel config file must contain: options DEC_ST6600 cpu EV5 d2513 4 a2516 3 Contrary to expectation there is no 'cpu EV6' defined for inclusion in the kernel config file. The 'cpu EV5' is mandatory to keep config(8) happy. @ 1.2 log @SMP updates / sync to HARDWARE.TXT version. SGMLify comes next. @ text @d5 1 a5 1 $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v 1.1 2001/04/27 21:27:51 bmah Exp $ d8 1 a8 1 Supported Processors and Motherboards d26 1 a26 1 general hardware requirements to run &os; on Alpha. d30 1 a30 1 systems/boards supported by &os;/alpha. d33 1 a33 1 information on expansion boards for &os;/alpha, d42 2 a43 3 Compaq used more or less interchangeably. Now that Compaq has acquired Digital Equipment it would be more correct to refer to Compaq-only. d48 1 a48 1 In general, what do you need to run &os;/alpha? d50 1 a50 1 Obviously you will need an Alpha machine that &os;/alpha d71 2 a72 1 available for your particular system. In any case: no SRM means no d77 1 a77 2 perspective. So, be suspicious if the price appears too good. d108 1 a108 1 (OSF/1 being the initial name of Digital's Unix offering on d137 1 a137 1 ARC but (generally) not with SRM. Some newer machine types have d148 1 a148 1 &os;/alpha 4.0 and later can be booted from the d167 1 a167 1 to switch from ARC to SRM mode without having to install a d185 1 a185 1 Please note that TGA cards are not supported as &os; console d189 1 a189 1 &os;/alpha PCI-based machines. Check the d196 3 a198 3 SRM command: SET PCI_PARITY OFF. This is not a &os; problem, all operating systems running on Alpha hardware will need this workaround. d219 1 a219 1 &os;/alpha run on a 16 Mbyte system but you will not like d222 1 a222 1 it). For more serious use 64Mbyte or more is recommended. d237 6 a242 6 Below is an overview of the hardware that &os;/alpha runs on. This list will definitely grow, a look in /sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC can be enlightening. Alpha machines are often best known by their project code name. When known these are listed below in parentheses. d257 2 a258 2 these days (even here in the Netherlands they were sold new for US$ 25). a265 3 memory bus: 64 bits d276 21 a296 3 memory: PS/2 style 72 pin 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs, 70ns or better, installed in pairs of 2, 4 SIMM sockets, uses ECC d302 7 a308 2 2x 16550A serial ports, 1x parallel port, floppy interface d314 9 a322 2 expansion: 3 32 bit PCI slots (1 shared with ISA), plus 5 ISA slots (1 shared with PCI) d353 2 a354 1 The SRM console unfortunately cannot boot from IDE disks. d373 4 a376 2 options DEC_AXPPCI_33 cpu EV4 a396 3 memory bus: 64 bits d402 1 a402 1 PS/2 mouse & keyboard port d404 23 d428 2 a429 5 memory: PS/2 style 72 pin 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs, 70ns or better, installed in pairs of 2, 4 SIMM sockets uses ECC d432 1 a432 1 2x 16550A serial ports, 1x parallel port, floppy interface d435 2 a436 1 Intel 82378ZB PCI to ISA bridge d439 1 a439 1 1x embedded 21040 based 10Mbit Ethernet, AUI or 10base2 connector d442 1 a442 1 expansion: 1 32 bit PCI slot, 2 PCMCIA slots d445 2 a446 4 on-board Crystal CS4231 or AD1848 sound chip embedded Fast SCSI using a Symbios 53C810 chip on the PCI riser card d460 1 a460 1 the system box. Don't! d463 1 a463 1 currently unsupported. d469 3 a471 3 It comes with a TGA based graphics on-board. Which is not suitable for console use with &os;. Which means you will have to run it using a serial console. Note that the boot of the d484 1 a484 1 is problematic. Typical errors look like: d486 3 a488 1 *** Soft Error - Error #10 - FDC: Data overrun or underrun d490 1 a490 2 This is not a &os; problem, it is a SRM problem. The best available d497 3 a499 1 device pcm0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 9 drq 3 flags 0x15 d505 1 a505 1 power of the 166MHz CPU: MP3 only plays acceptable using 22kHz d511 2 a512 2 don't put it horizontally (pizza style). Replacing the fan with something which pushes around more air is d515 2 a516 1 Multia-Heat-Death pages at the NetBSD Web site. d522 1 a522 1 device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 d528 2 a529 1 The SRM console does not know how to boot from IDE disks unfortunately. d532 3 a534 2 internal flat cable running from the PCI riser board to the 2.5" (!!) hard drive has a finer pitch than the standard SCSI flat d549 10 a558 7 options DEC_AXPPCI_33 cpu EV4 Recommended reading on Multia can be found at http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/alpha/multiafaq.html or http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/computers/udb.html. d568 3 a570 2 hardware design flaws a redesign was performed, yielding the MiataGL. Unfortunately the boxes are quite indistinguishable. d584 2 a585 1 system by Kryotech. That one has a different enclosure. d590 1 a590 1 21164A EV56 Alpha CPU, at 433, 500 or 600MHz d599 15 a613 2 memory bus: 128 bits wide, ECC protected d616 1 a616 5 memory: Miata uses unbuffered SDRAMs, installed in pairs of 2, 6 DIMM sockets, 1.5 Gbytes max on-board Fast Ethernet based on: d640 8 a647 4 expansion: 2 64-bit PCI slots, 3 32-bit PCI slots (behind a DEC PCI-PCI bridge chip), 3 ISA slots (physically shared with the 32 bit PCI slots, via an Intel 82378IB PCI to ISA bridge chip) d694 1 a694 1 >>> set pci_device_override vendor_iddevice_id d701 1 a701 1 A more radical approach is to use: d706 3 a708 3 can stick in any random PCI card without its ID getting checked. For this to work you need a sufficiently new SRM in your Miata. Again: do this on your own risk. a710 1 a714 1 d716 1 a716 1 a720 1 d733 2 a734 2 Mbytes/sec assuming a suitable drive. The CMD646 chip will support up to WDMA2 mode as the silicon is too buggy for use d750 4 a753 4 device pcm0 device sbc0 d772 1 a772 1 ERROR: scancode 0xa3 not supported on PCXAL d774 1 a774 2 after halting &os; you should update your SRM firmware to V7.2-1 or d787 5 a791 1 contain: a792 2 options DEC_ST550 cpu EV5 d794 1 d890 28 a917 8 memory bus: 256 bit, with ECC (DEC3000/500-class) or 64 bit, with ECC (DEC3000/300-class) memory: proprietary 100pin SIMMs installed in sets of 8 [DEC3000/500-class] or PS/2 style 72pin 36 bit FPM SIMMs, 70ns or better used in pairs of 2 (DEC3000/300-class) d920 1 a920 2 Bcache / L2 cache: varying sizes, 512 kB to 2 Mbyte d948 1 a948 1 &os;/alpha. The reason for this is that the SCSI drivers needed d951 1 a951 1 dual fast SCSI (PMAZC-AA) are also available. And currently d954 1 a954 1 DEC3000/300 has 5Mbytes/sec SCSI on-board. This bus is d962 1 a962 1 >>> BOOT DKA300 d969 1 a969 1 ISDN does not work on &os;/alpha. d1097 4 a1100 3 options DEC_3000_500 cpu EV4 d1105 4 a1108 3 options DEC_3000_300 cpu EV4 a1113 27 In its attempts to popularize the Alpha CPU DEC produced a number of so called Evaluation Boards. The EB64+ family boards have the following feature set: - 21064 or 21064A CPU, 150 to 275MHz - memory bus: 128 bit - memory: PS/2 style 72 pin 33 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs, 70ns or better, installed in sets of 4 8 SIMM sockets uses parity - Bcache / L2 cache: 512 kByte, 1 Mbyte or 2 Mbytes - 21072 ("APECS") chip set - Intel 82378ZB PCI to ISA bridge chip ('Saturn') - dual 16550A serial ports - Symbios 53C810 Fast-SCSI - embedded 10 Mbit Ethernet - 2 PCI slots - 3 ISA slots Aspen Alpine: Aspen Alpine is slightly different, but is close enough to the EB64+ to run an EB64+ SRM EPROM (mine did..). The Aspen Alpine does not have an embedded Ethernet, has 3 instead of 2 PCI slots. It comes with 2 Mbytes of cache already soldered onto the mainboard. It has jumpers to select the use of 60, 70 or 80ns SIMM speeds. d1115 57 a1171 2 Memory: 36 bits SIMMs work fine, 3 bits simply remain unused. d1173 23 a1195 16 SRM: The SRM console code is housed in an UV-erasable EPROM. No easy flash SRM upgrades for the EB64+ The latest SRM version available for EB64+ is quite ancient anyway. SCSI: The EB64+ SRM can boot both 53C810 and Qlogic1040 SCSI adapters. Pitfall for the Qlogic is that the firmware that is down-loaded by the SRM onto the Qlogic chip is very old. There are no updates for the EB64+ SRM available. So you are stuck with old Qlogic bits too. I have had quite some problems when I wanted to use Ultra-SCSI drives on the Alpine with Qlogic. The &os;/alpha kernel can be compiled to include a much newer Qlogic firmware revision. This is not the default because it adds hundreds of kBytes worth of bloat to the kernel. In &os; 4.1 and later the isp firmware is contained in a kernel loadable module. All of this might mean that you need to use a non-Qlogic adapter to boot from. d1197 2 a1198 1 For the EB64+ class machines the kernel config file must contain: d1201 1 d1203 1 a1203 8 * * Evaluation Board 164 ("EB164, PC164, PC164LX, PC164SX") family * EB164 is a newer design evaluation board, based on the 21164A CPU. This design has been used to 'spin off' multiple variations, some of which are used by OEM manufacturers/assembly shops. Samsung did its own PC164LX which has only 32 bit PCI, whereas the Digital variant has 64 bit PCI. d1205 3 a1207 16 Features: - 21164A, multiple speed variants [EB164, PC164, PC164LX] 21164PC [only on PC164SX] - 21174 (Alcor) chip set - Bcache / L3 cache: EB164 uses special cache-SIMMs - memory bus: 128 bit / 256 bit - memory: PS/2 style SIMMs in sets of 4 or 8, 36 bit, Fast Page Mode, uses ECC, [EB164 and PC164] SDRAM DIMMs in sets of 2, uses ECC [PC164SX and PC164LX] - dual 16550A serial ports - PS/2 style keyboard & mouse - floppy controller - parallel port - 32 bits PCI - 64 bits PCI [some models] - ISA slots via an Intel 82378ZB PCI to ISA bridge chip d1209 5 a1213 6 Memory: Using 8 SIMMs for a 256bit wide memory can yield interesting speedups over a 4 SIMM/128bit wide memory. Obviously all 8 SIMMs must be of the same type to make this work. The system must be explicitly setup to use the 8 SIMM memory arrangement. You must have 8 SIMMs, 4 SIMMs distributed over 2 banks does not work. d1215 51 a1265 47 SCSI: The SRM can boot from Qlogic 10xx boards or the Symbios 53C810[A]. Newer Symbios 810 revisions like the Symbios 810AE are not recognized by the SRM on PC164. PC164 SRM does not appear to recognize a Symbios 53C895 based host adapter (tested with a Tekram DC-390U2W). On the other hand some no-name Symbios 53C985 board has been reported to work. Cards like the Tekram DC-390F (Symbios875 based) have been confirmed to work fine on the PC164. Unfortunately this seems to be dependent on the actual version of the chip/board. Symbios 53C825[a] will also work as boot adapter. Diamond FirePort, although based on Symbios chips, is not bootable by the PC164SX SRM. PC164SX is reported to boot fine with Symbios825, Symbios875 and Symbios876 based cards. In addition, Adaptec 2940U and 2940UW are reported to work for booting (verified on SRM V5.7-1). Adaptec 2930U2 and 2940U2[W] do not work. LX and SX with SRM firmware version 5.8 or later can boot from Adaptec 2940-series adapters. In summary: this family of machines is 'blessed' with a challenging compatibility as far as SCSI adapters go. SRM quirks: PC164 the SRM sometimes seems to loose its variable settings. "For PC164, current superstition says that, to avoid losing settings, you want to first downgrade to SRM 4.x and then upgrade to a 5.x" One sample error that was observed was: "ERROR: ISA table corrupt!". A sequence of a downgrade to SRM4.9, an 'isacfg -init' and an 'init' made the problem go away. Some PC164 owners report they have never seen the problem. On PC164SX the AlphaBIOS allows you a selection to select 'SRM' to be used as console on the next power up. This selection does not appear to have any effect. In other words, you will get to the AlphaBIOS regardless of what you select. The fix is to reflash the console ROM with the SRM code for PC164SX. This will overwrite the AlphaBIOS and will get you the SRM console you desire. The SRM code can be found on the Compaq Web site. IDE: PC164 can boot from IDE disks assuming your SRM version is recent enough. Power: EB164 needs a power supply that supplies 3.3 Volts. PC164 does not implement the PS_ON signal that ATX power supplies need to switch on. A simple switch pulling this signal to ground fixes this problem. d1267 57 a1323 4 For the EB164 class machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_EB164 cpu EV5 a1328 4 The Digital AlphaStation 200 and 400 series systems are early PCI based workstations for the lower end. The 200 and 250 series is a desktop box, the 400 series is a desk-side mini-tower. d1330 115 a1444 53 Features: - 21064 or 21064A CPU at speeds of 166 to 333 MHz - DECchip 21071-AA (core logic chip-set) consisting of: Cache/memory controller (one 21071-CA chip) PCI interface (one 21071-DA chip) Data path (two 21071-BA chips) - Bcache / L2 cache: 512 Kbytes (200 and 400 series) 2048KBytes (250 series) - memory bus: 64 bit - memory: 8 to 384 MBytes of RAM, 70 ns or better Fast Page DRAM, in three pairs (200 and 400 series) in two quads, so banks of four. (250 series) uses parity - PS/2 keyboard and mouse port - two 16550 serial ports - parallel port - floppy disk interface - 32 bit PCI expansion slots (3 for 400 series, 2 for 200 & 250 series) - ISA expansion slots (4 for 400 series, 2 for 200 & 250 series) (some ISA/PCI slots are physically shared) - embedded 21040-based Ethernet (200 & 250 series) - embedded Symbios 53c810 Fast SCSI-2 chip - Intel 82378IB ("Saturn") PCI-ISA bridge chip - graphics is embedded TGA or PCI VGA (model dependent) - 16 bit sound (on 200 & 250 series) Memory: the system uses parity memory SIMMs, but it does not need 36 bit wide SIMMs. 33 bit wide SIMMs are sufficient, 36 bit SIMMs are acceptable too. EDO or 32 bit SIMMs will not work. 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 Mbyte SIMMs are supported. Sound: The AS200 & AS250 sound hardware is reported to work OK assuming you have the following line in your kernel config file: device pcm0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 9 drq 0 flags 0x10011 SCSI: AlphaStation 200 & 250 series has an automatic SCSI terminator. This means that as soon as you plug a cable onto the external SCSI connector the internal terminator of the system is disabled. It also means that you should not leave unterminated cables plugged into the machine. AlphaStation 400 series have an SRM variable that controls termination. In case you have external SCSI devices connected you must set this SRM variable using: "set control_scsi_term external". If only internal SCSI devices are present use: "set control_scsi_term internal" For the AlphaStation-[24][05]00 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_2100_A50 cpu EV4 d1449 1 a1449 8 Maverick for EV5, Bret for EV56) AS500 and 600 were the high-end EV5 / PCI based workstations. EV6 based machines have in the meantime taken their place as front runners. AS500 is a desktop in a dark blue case (TopGun blue), AS600 is a sturdy desk-side box. AS600 has a nice LCD panel to observe the early stages of SRM startup. d1451 17 a1467 5 Features: - 21164 EV5 CPU at 266, 300, 333, 366, 400, 433, 466, or 500 MHz (AS500) at 266, 300 or 333 MHz (AS600) - 21171 or 21172 (Alcor) core logic chip-set - cache: 2 or 4 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600 at 266 MHz) d1470 52 a1521 15 2 to 16 Mb L3 / Bcache (AS600; 3 cache-SIMM slots) - memory bus: 256 bits, uses ECC - memory: AS500: industry standard 8 byte wide DIMMs 8 DIMM slots installed in sets of 4, maximum memory is 1 Gb (512 Mb max on 333 MHz CPUs) uses ECC AS600: industry standard 36 bit Fast Page Mode SIMMs 32 SIMM slots, installed in sets of 8, maximum memory is 1 Gb uses ECC - Qlogic 1020 based wide SCSI bus (1 bus/chip for AS500, 2 for AS600) - 21040 based 10 Mbit Ethernet adapter with both Thinwire and UTP connectors - expansion: AS500: 3 32-bit PCI slots d1528 28 a1555 8 - 21050 PCI-to-PCI bridge chip - Intel 82375EB PCI-EISA bridge (AS600 only) - 2 16550A serial ports - 1 parallel port - 16 bit audio Windows Sound System, in dedicated slot (AS500) in EISA slot (AS600, this is an ISA card) - PS/2 keyboard and mouse port d1557 3 a1559 5 SCSI: Early machines had Fast SCSI interfaces, later ones are Ultra SCSI capable. AS500 shares its single SCSI bus with internal and external devices. For a Fast SCSI bus you are limited to 1.8 meters bus length external to the box. +++ This is what some DEC docs suggest. Did they ever go Ultra? d1561 13 a1573 2 AS600 has one Qlogic chip dedicated to the internal devices whereas the other one is dedicated to external SCSI devices. d1575 4 a1578 3 Memory: In AS500 DIMMs are installed in sets of 4, in 'physically interleaved' layout. So, a bank of 4 DIMMs is *not* 4 adjacent DIMMs! d1580 6 a1585 10 In AS600 the memory SIMMs are placed onto two memory daughter cards. SIMMs are installed in sets of 8. Both memory daughter cards must be populated identical. PCI: AS600 has a peculiarity for its PCI slots. AS600 (or rather the PCI expansion card containing the SCSI adapters) does not allow I/O port mapping, therefore all devices behind it must use memory mapping. If you have problems getting the SCSI adapters to work, add the following option to /boot/loader.rc: a1586 9 set isp_mem_map=0xff This may need to be typed at the boot loader prompt before booting the installation kernel. For the AlphaStation-[56]00 machines the kernel config file must contain: options DEC_KN20AA cpu EV5 d1728 1 a1728 1 &os;/alpha works just fine using EIDE disks on Webbrick. DS10 has 2 IDE d2505 1 a2505 1 A word of caution: the installed base for &os;/alpha is not d2547 1 a2547 1 with &os;/alpha (although it works excellently on &os;/x86). @ 1.1 log @First commit of RELNOTESng, the rewrite of the *.TXT documentation files. src/release/doc/README has additional information. Reviewed by: -current, -doc @ text @d5 1 a5 1 $FreeBSD$ d223 1 a223 1 it). For more serious use >= 64Mbyte is recommended. d240 2 a241 1 /sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC can be enlightening. Alpha machines are d1432 1 a1432 2 19-inch rack; they are 3U high. Slate is 1U high but has only one PCI slot. a1610 3 DS20 can have 2 CPUs installed. &os;/alpha is not currently SMP-capable and will only use the primary CPU. a1677 3 DP264 can have 2 CPUs installed. &os;/alpha is not currently SMP-capable and will only use the primary CPU. a1728 2 Currently &os; only uses one CPU in a multiprocessor machine. a1850 3 CPU: Rawhide is a multiprocessor machine. Currently &os; only uses one CPU. a1912 3 CPU: AS1200 is a multiprocessor-capable machine. Currently &os; only uses one CPU. a1980 4 CPU: TurboLaser is very much a multiprocessor machine. Currently &os; only uses one CPU. a2188 4 CPU: The CS20 can have 2 CPUs installed. &os;/alpha is not currently SMP-capable and will only use the primary CPU. @