NetBSD/arc news archive


March 2004
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.

June 2003
2003-06-14: DeskStation Tyne support
DeskStation Technology Tyne support which was broken long time is fixed and now it boots into single user.

April 2003
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.
2003-04-06: MI driver for the Symbios/NCR 53c700 SCSI controller
A MI driver for the Symbios/NCR 53c700 SCSI controller has been committed. It was written by Shuichiro URATA, and supports SCSI controllers on Express5800/240 R4400 EISA (NEC-J96A), RISCservers (NEC-R94) and RISCstations (NEC-R96).

January 2003
2003-01-31: Cirrus Logic GD5428 ISA VGA console support
Support of Cirrus Logic GD5428 ISA VGA console on Express5800/240 R4400 EISA (NEC-J96A) and RISCserver2200 (NEC-R96) is added.

December 2002
2002-12-14: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2002-12-12 sources is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server.

September 2002
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.

July 2002
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.

April 2002
2002-04-16: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2002-04-13 sources is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server.

September 2001
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.

July 2001
2001-07-18: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2001-07-14 sources is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server.

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.

May 2001
2001-05-15: 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot available
A NetBSD/arc 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot, based off of 1.5.1 sources as of 2001-05-10, is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

April 2001
2001-04-30: MI driver for the Symbios/NCR 53c710 SCSI controller
Izumi Tsutsui has committed a MI driver for the Symbios/NCR 53c710 SCSI controller. It's based on NetBSD/amiga's siop driver, but is converted to use bus_space(9) functions and modified to fit bus_dma(9) framework.

This driver has been test on NetBSD/arc with jazzio 53c710 SCSI. Sync transfers and disconnect/reconnect are also working.

TODO:

2001-04-10: 1.5.1_BETA snapshot available
A NetBSD/arc 1.5.1_BETA snapshot, based off of 1.5.1 sources as of 2001-04-06, is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

December 2000
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.

November 2000
2000-11-08: 1.5_BETA2 snapshot
A NetBSD/arc 1.5_BETA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

October 2000
2000-10-23: 1.5_BETA snapshot
A NetBSD/arc 1.5_BETA snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

September 2000
2000-09-20: First 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot
The first NetBSD/arc 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/arc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

March 2000
2000-03-07: New snapshot
A new snapshot based on 2000-03-03 sources is available.

2000-03-03: RISCstation 2250 supported
NEC RISCstation 2250 support, which is contributed by Shuichiro URATA, is merged to CVS repository.

February 2000
2000-02-20: port-arc mailing list
port-arc@NetBSD.org mailing list is available.

January 2000
2000-01-23: Initial import
Import of arc port, which supersedes old pica port.

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