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$FreeBSD$
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<sect1>
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<title>Supported Systems</title>
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<para>Additions, corrections and constructive criticism are
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invited. In particular, information on system quirks is more than
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welcome.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Overview</title>
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<para>This document tries to provide a starting point for those
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who want to run &os; on an &arch.print;-based machine. It is
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aimed at providing background information on the various
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hardware designs. It is not a replacement for the systems
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manuals.</para>
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<para>The information is structured as follows:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>General hardware requirements to run &os; on &arch;.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>System specific information for each of the
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systems/boards supported by &os;;.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Information on expansion boards for &os;,
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including things that differ from what is in the generic
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supported hardware list.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>In general, what do you need to run &os; on an &arch;</title>
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<para>&os;/&arch; requires a &arch.print; system. Currently, the
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newer PCI-based systems are supported better than the older SBus
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based systems. The following systems are know to work to
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varying degrees :</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sun Ultra 2 workstations</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sun Ultra 5 workstations</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sun Ultra 10 workstations</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sun Ultra 60 workstations</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sun Blade 100 workstations</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Ultra 1, 30, 80 and Blade 1000 are expected to work, maybe
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with minor modifications. SMP support is being worked on; for
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now, SMP machines will only use one of the available
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processors.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>System-specific information</title>
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<para>Below is an overview of the &arch.print; hardware that &os;
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runs on. The GENERIC kernel configuration file in
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<filename>/sys/&arch;/conf/GENERIC</filename> may contain
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additional information about supported devices.</para>
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<sect3>
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<title>Ultra 1</title>
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<para>UltraSPARC Ultra1-family systems have not been throroughly
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tested with FreeBSD. These systems are not very well
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supported, but you MAY be able to install FreeBSD onto one an
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Ultra-1e with a <devicename>hme</devicename> Ethernet
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interface .</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Ultra 2</title>
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<para>UltraSPARC Ultra2-family systems include the following
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hardware:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>1 or 2 UltraSPARC II CPUs</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet
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(<devicename>hme</devicename> compatible)
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interface</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>4 SBus slots</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>1 UPA Slot</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Serial and Parallel ports</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>16-bit audio</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Ultra 5/10</title>
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<para>UltraSPARC Ultra5/10-family systems include the following
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hardware:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>UltraSPARC IIi CPU</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Three PCI busses</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet
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(<devicename>hme</devicename> compatible)
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interface</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Built-in PCI-IDE controller</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Two PC-AT style `com' ports for the mouse and keyboard</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Floppy driver controller</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Siemens SAB82532 dual-channel serial ports for ttya and ttyb</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>One CS4231 audio device</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>One PC-AT style parallel port</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Sun `ffb' frame buffer (Ultra10 only)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>EBus (Sun proprietary bus for slow
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devices)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Ultra 60</title>
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<para>Sun Ultra 60 workstations include the following hardware:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>1 or 2 UltraSPARC II CPUs</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>4 PCI slots</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>2 UPA slots</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>&man.sym.4;-based UltraSCSI
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controller</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet
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(<devicename>hme</devicename> compatible)
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interface</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Serial and Parallel ports</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>16-bit audio</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>EBus (Sun proprietary bus for slow
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devices)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Blade 100</title>
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<para>Sun Blade 100 workstations include the following hardware:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>UltraSPARC IIe CPU</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Three PCI busses</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Built-in Ethernet
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(<devicename>gem</devicename> compatible)
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interface &perforce;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Two USB ports &unsupported;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Two Firewire ports &unsupported;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Built-in PCI-IDE controller</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Two PC-AT style `com' ports for the mouse and keyboard</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Floppy driver controller</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>&man.sio.4; supported serial ports for ttya
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and ttyb</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>One CS4231 audio device</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>One PC-AT style parallel port</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Built-in PGX64 (ATI)
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graphics</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>EBus (Sun proprietary bus for slow
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devices)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>ISA bus</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Supported Hardware Overview</title>
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<para>A word of caution: the installed base for &os;/&arch; is not
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nearly as large as for &os;/Intel. This means that the enormous
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variation of PCI/ISA expansion cards out there has much less
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chance of having been tested on &arch; than on Intel. This is
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not to imply they are doomed to fail, just that the chance of
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running into something never tested before is much higher.
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<filename>GENERIC</filename> contains things that are known to
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work on &arch; only.</para>
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<para>The PCI bus is fully supported. SBus support is limited,
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but is reported to work well enough to netboot a SBus-based
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Ultra 2 workstation.</para>
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<para>1.44 Mbyte floppy drives are <emphasis>not</emphasis> yet
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supported.</para>
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<para>ATA and ATAPI (IDE) devices are supported via the &man.ata.4;
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driver framework.</para>
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<para>There is full SCSI support via the CAM layer. However, only
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NCR/Symbios cards are currently working. Adaptec 2940x (AIC
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7xxx chip-based) and &man.isp.4; cards should be supported soon.
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Be aware that SCSI cards must contain Sun FCODE in order to use
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them as a boot device from OpenBoot.</para>
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<para>If you want to boot your sparc64 over the Ethernet you will
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obviously need an Ethernet card that the OpenBoot console
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recognizes.</para>
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<para><devicename>hme</devicename>, <devicename>gem</devicename>,
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and <devicename>eri</devicename> based network devices
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&perforce;.</para>
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<para>The <quote>PC standard</quote> serial ports found on most
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newer Sun workstations are supported.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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