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venture37
 Post subject: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:30 am 
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http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article& ... e=expanded

Looks like they're making progress again, v.cool
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:22 am 
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let's move this.
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:50 am 
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I was just about to make a post to let people know about the SGI port of OpenBSD. X11 support :)


good news. May be fun to play with :) I love the little O2 systems.

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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:46 am 
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Although only the O2 is currently supported, there are some recent commits for IP30 and IP27 and IP35 is being worked on too. Backwards support for IP22 doesn't seem to be that much of a priority looking at the thread, which is a shame - I'm happy with Irix on the faster machines but OpenBSD is increasingly useful on many older architectures as an alternative to linux. It's already effectively superseded linux on sparc32 now that nearly everyone has dropped support, and I'd really like it as an option on my older MIPS stuff, like the Indy currently running Debian under my desk. OpenBSD 4.3 is looking very promising.

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venture37
 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:34 am 
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Installing 4.3 as I type this message :)
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josehill
 Post subject: OpenBSD 4.3 on O2
Unread postPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 5:27 am 
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Though I've always thought it a bit loopy to run anything but IRIX on SGI hardware, I notice that OpenBSD 4.3 has just been released, and that the SGI port (an O2 port, really) has gotten some attention:
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Contains many new drivers, however the kernel requires an important errata fix.
* New gbe(4) driver for the SGI Graphics Back End (GBE) Frame Buffer on sgi.
* New mkbc(4) driver for the Moosehead PS/2 Controller on sgi.
* New power(4) driver for the power button on sgi.
* Support for X11 on sgi has been added.
* OpenBSD/sgi can now be installed using the glass console.

See http://www.openbsd.org/sgi.html#hardware for supported hardware.
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD 4.3 on O2
Unread postPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:12 pm 
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Cool, I'll add it to my list of things to do. All the recent OSS progress has really made me wish I had more free time.

Also, what's up with the O2 case on the linked page? Is that an OpenBSD logo by the O2 logo or some kind of extra button hack?
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD 4.3 on O2
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tillin9 wrote:
Also, what's up with the O2 case on the linked page? Is that an OpenBSD logo by the O2 logo or some kind of extra button hack?

Looks like a sticker of the wireframe version of the OpenBSD "Puffy the Blowfish" logo. The OpenBSD folks usually bundle a sheet of stickers if you buy the official CD. :D

If you do try the 4.3 release on the O2, I'm sure that many Nekochanner's would be interested to hear what you think of it.
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD 4.3 on O2
Unread postPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 8:05 pm 
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josehill wrote:
If you do try the 4.3 release on the O2, I'm sure that many Nekochanner's would be interested to hear what you think of it.

Perhaps you should merge this with the existing thread here, which links to an interesting article on the same subject.
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD 4.3 on O2
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kramlq wrote:
Perhaps you should merge this with the existing thread here, which links to an interesting article on the same subject.

Thanks -- I missed the earlier thread. Merger complete!
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:31 am 
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Looks like the Fuel, Octane and Origin 200 are now supported
http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=arti ... ed&count=0
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:33 am 
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To improve support the developers are looking for hardware donations
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Beside, there is some SGI hardware on want.html that is needed to further developments:

* a SGI Fuel or Origin (or Onyx) 300 and either an Origin (or Onyx) 350 or a Tezro (preferrably the rackmount version) needed in France (contact miod@);
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* a SGI O2 workstation, preferably with a 300MHz or faster CPU, needed in London, England (contact oga@);
* a PCI cardcage for SGI Octane needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands (contact jasper@).
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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:45 am 
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As much as I hate to say it, I think that'd work out well on an Origin 300 for a webserver. IRIX is kind of dated, security-wise, and I don't want to put a huge break-in target on the public Internet.

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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
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iKitsune wrote:
I don't want to put a huge break-in target on the public Internet.


Nekochan runs on IRIX on the public internet.

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 Post subject: Re: OpenBSD/sgi
Unread postPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:06 am 
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nekonoko wrote:
iKitsune wrote:
I don't want to put a huge break-in target on the public Internet.


Nekochan runs on IRIX on the public internet.

So just out of interest, how is nekochan.net kept 'secure'?

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