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− | == Workstations ==
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− | PA-RISC Linux supports all HP PA-RISC workstations. Not everything is
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− | perfectly functional - but nearly all of it works. The unlettered 700-series
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− | workstations (eg 712/715/735) and the B/C/J class machines (eg B132L, Tadpole B160L laptop, C180L,
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− | C200, C3000, J5000) systems are supported. Fast-Wide Differential SCSI does
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− | not work on 735 or 755 (but does on other machiines).
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− | Most standard HP graphic cards work (Visualize-EG, Artist, HCRX, ...) in 8 and 24bpp modes.
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− | Support for the Vis-FX series is still missing. A few issues remain with Frame Buffer (graphics support)
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− | on some machines (eg C3000/J5000) with a 64bit Linux Kernel but are being worked on.
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− | PA-RISC VME boards are based on workstation designs.
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− | PA-RISC Linux does boot on a 743.
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− | Please submit bugs (or patches!) for missing/broken functionality
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− | to the parisc-linux [[mailing lists]].
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− | == Servers ==
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− | The earliest PA-RISC servers have proprietary HP devices attached to
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− | proprietary HP bus architectures. Documentation on these busses and
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− | devices will not become available soon since no one in HP is finding,
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− | "scrubbing", and releasing the docs.
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− | Machines in this category are the F, G, H, I class (aka Nova) and
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− | T500 series (Emerald) machines as well as some earlier, unlettered servers.
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− | The T600 is unlikely to ever be supported. Though T600 uses some of
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− | the same GSC devices (eg card-mode Dino 100BT, Zalon FWD SCSI) as
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− | K-class, T600 has the Java I/O MMU, instead of U2, which is NOT I/O
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− | coherent. Linux PCI drivers require I/O coherency.
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− | Support for the E class is being pursued. Similar to K class in some
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− | ways, it requires the Mux driver for console and does not yet have SCSI
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− | or Centronics support. Network support is the same as 712. GSC add-in
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− | cards should work, HP-PB cards will not yet.
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− | The D, K and R class machines are at least partially supported.
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− | These machines are architecturally similar to the older B, C and J
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− | class workstations and share most of the I/O devices, busses (GSC)
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− | and processors. The console on K class and the optional console card on
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− | D/R class are now supported. Most of the other HP-PB (aka NIO) devices
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− | aren't supported due to lack of documentation -- the same documentation
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− | which makes the Nova/Emerald machines unsupportable.
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− | The A180, L1000/2000/3000, N4000, and A400/A500 servers are supported.
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− | Support for Superdome will someday follow but requires some
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− | additional VM work which is in progress.
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− | People ask about V-class. V-class has a very different architecture
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− | from other HP machines. See the
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− | [[Server Architecture Reference]]
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− | for details. One major known problem with supporting V-class is
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− | the complexity of its PCI bus adapter (EPIC and SAGA).
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− | Support for the V-class isn't going to happen until some really
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− | masochistic person who has access to a V-class is, uh, challenged by this.
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− | A list of currently supported hardware is maintained by the ESIEE Team, you
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− | should take a look [[here]] for any precise material.
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