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Sync the sparc64 hardware notes with reality, mainly regarding support

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of sun4u-machines based on USIII and beyond in 7.2-RELEASE.

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<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
@ -352,6 +355,10 @@
<para>&sun.blade; 150</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 100</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 220R</para>
</listitem>
@ -408,6 +415,14 @@
<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>
@ -447,11 +462,17 @@
<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>
particular the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not
supported. However, it's 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>
@ -463,15 +484,54 @@
</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>
<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>
@ -1618,9 +1678,6 @@
<para>[&arch.pc98;] Power Management Controller of NEC PC-98
Note (pmc driver)</para>
<para>[&arch.sparc64;] OpenFirmware console (ofwcons
driver)</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</article>