NetBSD/news68k

About NetBSD/news68k  NetBSD/news68k is the port of NetBSD to SONY's m68k based "NET WORK STATION" series. More information on these machines is available. NetBSD/news68k port is based on NetBSD/newsmips and NetBSD/m68k ports. NetBSD 2.0 is the eigth formal release of NetBSD/news68k. NetBSD/news68k News  2004-12-09: NetBSD 2.0 released NetBSD 2.0 released with support for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.0 release announcement. 2004-03-01: NetBSD 1.6.2 released NetBSD 1.6.2 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.2 release announcement. 2003-04-21: NetBSD 1.6.1 released NetBSD 1.6.1 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.1 release announcement. 2002-09-14: NetBSD 1.6 released NetBSD 1.6 released with support for 39 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6 release announcement. 2002-07-22: NetBSD 1.5.3 released NetBSD 1.5.3 released with support for 20 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.3 release announcement. 2002-02-01: New -current snapshot available A new -current snapshot based on 2002-01-19 sources is now available in the NetBSD/news68k snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.6 was released on 2002-09-14) 2001-11-17: New -current snapshot available A new -current snapshot based on 2001-11-08 sources is now available in the NetBSD/news68k snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.6 was released on 2002-09-14) 2001-09-13: NetBSD 1.5.2 released NetBSD 1.5.2 released with support for 21 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.2 release announcement. 2001-07-11: NetBSD 1.5.1 released NetBSD 1.5.1 released with support for 21 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.1 release announcement. 2001-03-19: NetBSD/news68k switches to ELF NetBSD/news68k is now using ELF as its native object file format in -current. An ELF snapshot is available in the NetBSD/news68k snapshot area of the ftp server (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.6 was released on 2002-09-14). Also available are instructions for upgrading from this snapshot or from source. Archive of NetBSD/news68k news items Supported System Models  Currently only single mc68030 based models are supported in NetBSD/news68k. NWS-1750 PWS-1560 NWS-1250 NWS-1450 NWS-1460 NWS-1530 NWS-1580 PWS-1550 Supported Peripherals  On-board LANCE ethernet interface (le) On-board SONY CXD1180 SCSI interface (si) Most SCSI devices keyboard (kb), mouse (ms) On-board Z8530 serial interfaces (zsc) (only serial console is supported because no working framebuffer yet) Not Yet Supported  Models / Devices / Functions: mc68020 based systems (NWS-700/800) IOP based systems (NWS-800/1800) CXD1185 SCSI interface on NWS-1200 internal floppy disk framebuffers (on going) COMPAT_NEWSOS etc. etc.

NetBSD/news68k Information NetBSD/news68k FAQ History of machines running NetBSD/newsmips and NetBSD/news68k Mailing Lists The NetBSD/news68k mailing list, covering NetBSD's port to 68k based Sony NEWS systems: [ subscribe | archive ] The NetBSD/m68k mailing list, covering all of the m68k-based ports: [ subscribe | archive ] Current Release NetBSD/news68k 2.0 via FTP NetBSD/news68k 2,0 Install Notes NetBSD/news68k 1.6 pre-built binary packages via the NetBSD package system NetBSD 2.0 release announcement NetBSD/news68k changes to 2.0 Changes from NetBSD 1.6 to NetBSD 2.0 NetBSD FTP Mirror Sites NetBSD on CD-ROM Future Releases NetBSD/news68k changes from 2.0 to 3.0 NetBSD/news68k binary snapshots of NetBSD-current Related Links Sony NEWS-OS support pages (in Japanese) SONY NEWS series specifications (in Japanese) Mail the NetBSD/news68k port maintainer

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