About NetBSD/x68k
NetBSD/x68k is the port of NetBSD for the Japanese personal
computer SHARP X68000/X68030
series. It runs on some models of X680x0 with MMU and FPU.
When you use NetBSD/x68k, you may have to replace
your machine settings (e.g. changing MC68EC30 with MC68030).
The History of NetBSD/x68k
The NetBSD/x68k port was started in 1993 by
OKI Masaru.
At first, it was ported from NetBSD/amiga, and tracked NetBSD
0.9, NetBSD 1.0, and NetBSD 1.1. NetBSD/x68k has been included in the
official release of NetBSD from 1.2 onwards.
Since April 2002, Nishimura Takeshi is maintaining the NetBSD/x68k port.
Easily installed binary distributions of NetBSD/x68k are available for
the 3.0 release and for
snapshots of NetBSD-current.
There is also a separate
homepage
in Japan and a mailing list of NetBSD/x68k.
NetBSD/x68k News
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2006-11-04:
NetBSD 3.1 released
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NetBSD 3.1,
the first maintenance release of the netbsd-3 release branch,
has been released with binary distributions for 53 architectures.
More information is available in the 3.1 release
announcement.
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2006-05-09:
binary packages for m68k available
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About 1000 packages built from the latest branch
pkgsrc-2006Q1 by Greg Oster are now available at ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/packages-2006Q1/NetBSD-3.0/m68k.
The packages can be used on all ports based on m68k.
For some more details, see Greg Oster's announcement
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2005-12-23:
NetBSD 3.0 released
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NetBSD 3.0 has been
released with support for 57 architectures. More information
is available in the
3.0 release
announcement.
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2005-11-02:
NetBSD 2.1 released
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NetBSD 2.1,
the first maintenance release of the netbsd-2 release branch,
has been released with binary distributions for 48 architectures.
More information is available in the 2.1 release
announcement.
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2004-12-09:
NetBSD 2.0 released
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NetBSD 2.0 released
with support for 48 architectures. More information is available in
the 2.0 release
announcement.
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2004-03-01:
NetBSD 1.6.2 released
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NetBSD 1.6.2 released
with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in
the 1.6.2 release
announcement.
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2003-04-21:
NetBSD 1.6.1 released
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NetBSD 1.6.1 released
with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in
the 1.6.1 release
announcement.
Archive of NetBSD/x68k news items
Supported System Models
It is necessary to install Xellent30 or Jupiter-X MPU accelerator
for X68000 series.
040turbo and 060turbo are also supported for X68030.
- X68030/X68030HD
- X68030compact/X68030compactHD
- X68000XVI/X68000XVI HD
- X68000SUPER/X68000SUPER HD
- X68000EXPERT/X68000EXPERT HD
- X68000PRO/X68000PRO HD
- X68000ACE/X68000ACE HD
Supported Peripherals
NetBSD/x68k requires Motorola 680[346]0 processor (with MMU),
SCSI board and harddisks, and over 4MByte memory and 100MByte of
disk space.
Although the in-kernel FPU emulator can be built into
the kernel for 68030-based systems, we recommend to install a FPU.
Peripherals for which support was added in NetBSD 1.5.3 are marked
(1.5.3). Peripherals
for which support was added in NetBSD 1.6 are marked
(1.6).
- Sharp genuine MB89352 SCSI host adapter and their compatibles
- Most SCSI devices
- Built-in floppy drives
- Built-in frame buffer (both of the text and graphics screen)
- Built-in Z8530 serial
- Built-in parallel (Centronics printer interface)
- The standard keyboard
- The mouse / trackball
- NS16550 UARTs
- Neptune-X DS8390 Ethernet
- Nereid Ethernet (1.5.3)
- Mach-2 SCSI host adapters
- Tsukumo TS-6BE16 extended memory
- Built-in ADPCM voice synthesizer (1.6)
Not Yet Supported
Hardware that we do NOT currently support, but get many questions
about:
- Old (SASI compatible) hard disk interface
We are planning future support for many of these devices.
Contributions are welcomed!
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