From 4fb79b4c977416ed977773b249576e62047b0071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: marius <marius@ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:08:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] MFC: r191491, r191492

Sync the sparc64 hardware notes with reality, mainly regarding support
of sun4u-machines based on USIII and beyond in 7.2-RELEASE.

Approved by:	re (blackend)


git-svn-id: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/7.2@191502 ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f
---
 .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml | 77 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
index 8d1286db..431bd1fd 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
@@ -326,9 +326,13 @@
 
   <para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor.</para>
 
-  <para>In general, &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems must use serial consoles.
-    While it is possible to boot or install a system using the
-    OpenFirmware console, the console device is not usable.</para>
+  <para>When using the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel,
+    &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems not equipped with a framebuffer
+    supported by the &man.creator.4; (&sun; Creator, &sun; Creator3D
+    and &sun; Elite3D) or &man.machfb.4; (&sun; PGX and &sun; PGX64
+    as well as the ATI Mach64 chips found onboard in for example
+    &sun.blade; 100, &sun.blade; 150, &sun.ultra; 5 and &sun.ultra; 10)
+    driver must use the serial console.</para>
 
   <para>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not have
     been tested with &os; &release.current;.  We encourage you to
@@ -344,6 +348,9 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>&sun.blade; 150</para>
         </listitem>
+ 	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 100</para>
+	</listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>&sun.enterprise; 220R</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -386,6 +393,12 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>&netra; X1</para>
         </listitem>
+ 	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AX1105</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXe</para>
+	</listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXi</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -416,10 +429,16 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>&sun.ultra; 80</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>&sun.ultra; 450</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
 
-    <para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;.  In particular
-      the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not supported.</para>
+  <para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;.  In
+    particular the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not
+    supported.  However, it is possible to use these with a SCSI controller
+    supported by the &man.esp.4 driver (&sun; ESP SCSI, &sun; FAS Fast-SCSI
+    and &sun; FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers).</para>
 
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
@@ -430,16 +449,48 @@
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
 
-    <para>The following systems are not supported by &os;.  This may be due
-      to lack of processor support (&ultrasparc; III), due to a quirk in the
-      system design that makes &os; unstable, or due to lack of support for
-      sufficient onboard devices to make &os; generally useful.</para>
+  <para>Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on
+    &ultrasparc; III and beyond are also supported by &os, which includes
+    the following known working systems:</para>
 
       <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s).</para>
-        </listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.blade; 1000</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.blade; 1500</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.blade; 2000</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.fire; 280R</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.fire; V210</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.fire; V440 (except for the on-board NICs)</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.fire; V880</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&netra; 20/&netra; T4</para>
+	</listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
+
+  <para>The following &ultrasparc; IIIi systems are not tested but
+    believed to be also supported by &os:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.fire; V125</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&sun.fire; V240</para>
+ 	</listitem>
+       </itemizedlist>
 </sect2>
 
 </sect1>
@@ -1434,8 +1485,6 @@
     <para arch="pc98">Power Management Controller of NEC PC-98 Note (pmc
     driver)</para>
 
-    <para arch="sparc64">OpenFirmware console (ofwcons driver)</para>
-
   </sect2>
 </sect1>
 
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