NetBSD/pmax news archive

2005-11-02: NetBSD 2.1 released

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.

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.

2001-09-22: New -current snapshot available

A new -current snapshot based on 2001-09-20 sources is now available in the NetBSD/pmax 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.

2001-09-02: New -current snapshot available

A new -current snapshot based on 2001-08-31 sources is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.6 was released on 2002-09-14)

2001-08-26: NetBSD/pmax switched to MI SCSI

Simon Burge has switched NetBSD/pmax -current from the old pmax MD SCSI support to MI SCSI.

2001-08-24: Support for noncontinguous memory

Michael L. Hitch has committed changes to NetBSD/pmax so that it uses the PROM bitmap, if available, to determine available memory. Also added was support of multiple memory segments so machines that allow mixed memory sizes can utilitize all available memory.

2001-08-22: NetBSD/pmax now has GENERIC_SOFT_INTERRUPTS

Thanks to Tohru Nishimura, NetBSD/pmax -current now provides the generic software interrupt mechanism.

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.

2001-05-11: 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot available

A NetBSD/pmax 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

2001-04-10: 1.5.1_BETA snapshot available

A NetBSD/pmax 1.5.1_BETA snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

2001-02-14: Simon Burge is now the NetBSD/pmax co-port-maintainer

Please welcome Simon Burge to the NetBSD/pmax co-port-maintainer position. Simon has been a long-term contributor to the pmax port (and NetBSD in general), and has effectively performed many of the pmax port-maintainer tasks, including building the past few NetBSD/pmax releases. Simon joins Jonathon Stone as co-port-maintainer of the pmax port.

2000-12-06: NetBSD 1.5 released

NetBSD 1.5 released with support for 20 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5 release announcement.

2000-11-25: NetBSD 1.4.3 released

NetBSD 1.4.3 released with support for 16 architectures. More information is available in the 1.4.3 release announcement.

2000-11-10: 1.5_BETA2 snapshot

A NetBSD/pmax 1.5_BETA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-10-25: 1.5_BETA snapshot

A NetBSD/pmax 1.5_BETA snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-10-07: Second 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot

The second NetBSD/pmax 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-09-13: Booting off RAIDframe RAID1 mirrors

Simon Burge has added support for booting off RAIDframe RAID1 mirrors to NetBSD/pmax -current. This support has been pulled into the netbsd-1-5 branch, so it will be available in NetBSD 1.5.

2000-08-30: First 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot

The first NetBSD/pmax 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-07-21: First 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot

The first pmax 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.4.3 sources as of 2000-07-16, is now available in the NetBSD/pmax snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.4.3 was released on November 25th, 2000)

2000-05-02: 5000/xx audio support added

Support for am7930 audio on the 5000/xx has been added.

2000-03-19: NetBSD 1.4.2 released

NetBSD 1.4.2 released with support for 16 architectures.

1999-12-04: DECsystem 5100 support added

Support for console handling for the DECsystem 5100 has been added. This was the last component needed for full 5100 support. A snapshot will be coming soon.

1999-11-18: NetBSD/pmax binary works on NetBSD/hpcmips

NetBSD/hpcmips supports kernel softfloat emulation. NetBSD/hpcmips kernel+pmax userland on NetBSD/hpcmips works fine.

1999-09-07: tz(4) update

The tz tape driver now works with variable-blocksize drives.

1999-06-03: 1.4 px kernel/install tools

Install kernel, diskimage and GENERIC kernels with PX and CD9660 support available at ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/

1999-05-12: NetBSD-1.4 released

The NetBSD 1.4 release supports sixteen architectures, and was distributed free by Usenix to all 1999 ATC attendees.

1999-04-26: New X11R6 server

NetBSD/pmax now has it's own X11R6 server, which replaces the old R5 one.

1999-03-17

NetBSD/pmax now has two stage boot blocks that understand how to load a.out, ECOFF and ELF kernels.

1999-03-13

A new snapshot is available.

1998-12-06

The first NetBSD/pmax snapshot with a UVM kernel and built with EGCS is now available.

1998-10-31

NetBSD/pmax (and all other mips based ports) switched to EGCS.

1998-10-25

The last gcc/old VM snapshot is available. The next snapshot will be built with EGCS and have a UVM kernel.

1998-04-19

Initial support for the DECsystem 5100, but doesn't boot to single-user yet.

1998-03-12

Add support for UVM; the new, vastly improved virtual memory system.

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