NetBSD for the BeBox
NetBSD is a UNIX-like operating system,
derived from 4.4BSD and 386BSD. It is a collaborative effort of a large group
of people to produce a free, open-source and highly-portable operating system.
The original NetBSD project was begun in 1993. The NetBSD/bebox port began
(approximately) with NetBSD/powerpc(ofppc) 1.2D source code. It was merged
with NetBSD-current on October 14, 1997.
Cross-compile Environment
Details of setting up a
cross-compile environment for NetBSD/bebox are available.
Current Status
Currently, the BeBox port is classified as an "Experimental port". Both Dual
66MHz and Dual 133MHz BeBox models are supported.
The following BeBox peripherals are supported:
- Single MPU support (MPU1 illuminates LED)
- IDE hard disk controllers and drives
- Floppy controllers (not integrated yet)
- VGA Display Adapters:
- Tested only S3 Trio64 (PCI)
- Ethernet adapters:
- Novell NE2000 compatible (ISA)
- Serial port:
- On board SERIAL1,SERIAL2
- Serial console support
- Parallel ports (not tested)
- AT keyboard
- Speaker
The following devices are not yet supported:
- Support SCSI 53C810 (under development)
- Support Sound CS4231A
- Support SERIAL3,SERIAL4
- X Window System
Further details of the port status are available at the NetBSD/bebox homepage. There is
also a NetBSD/bebox mailing
list archive, but, like the webpage, there is not a lot of recent activity.
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