NetBSD/hp300 news archive


April 2004
2004-04-10: APCI com fixed
Some fixes for apci serial, which switched to MI com(4) driver, are committed so that now it's actually functional.

2004-04-08: Framebuffer attachment problem fixed
A longstanding bug in console attachment functions is fixed, so that now DIO based framebuffers (mostly used on HP4xx machines) can be used as console again.

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.

November 2003
2003-11-08: Switched to MI com
NetBSD/hp300 has switched to use the machine independent serial com device to simplify code maintenance. This currently only applies to the dca and apci devices until others get tested.

August 2003
2003-08-01: Switched to MI SCSI
NetBSD/hp300 has switched to use the machine independent SCSI layer at last so that all SCSI devices supported by MI SCSI drivers (including SCSI tape devices) are fully functional like other ports.

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.

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.

November 2001
2001-11-16: New -current snapshot available
A new NetBSD/hp300 snapshot, based on 2001-11-16 -current sources, is available in the NetBSD/hp300 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
2001-07-11: 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
2001-05-16: 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot available
A NetBSD/hp300 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot, based off of 1.5.1 sources as of 2001-05-10, is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

January 2001
2001-01-06: New ELF snapshot available
A new NetBSD/hp300 snapshot, based on 2001-01-06 -current sources, is available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server.

2001-01-02: NetBSD/hp300 switches to ELF
NetBSD/hp300 is now using ELF as its native object file format in -current. Instructions for upgrading from source are available. A NetBSD/hp300 ELF snapshot will be available shortly.

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
2000-11-25: 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.

2000-11-07: 1.5_BETA2 snapshot
A NetBSD/hp300 1.5_BETA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 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/hp300 1.5_BETA snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

August 2000
2000-08-29: First 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot
The first NetBSD/hp300 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

July 2000
2000-07-13: First 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot
The first hp300 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.4.3 sources as of 2000-07-07, is now available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.4.3 was released on November 25th, 2000)

May 2000
2000-05-17: Snapshot released
A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on May 13, 2000 sources, was made available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server.

April 2000
2000-04-29: Binary Packages
Over 600 MB of binary packages are now available for NetBSD/hp300 1.4.2.

2000-04-03: Snapshot released
A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on April 1, 2000 sources, was made available in the NetBSD/hp300 snapshot area of the ftp server.

March 2000
2000-03-19: NetBSD 1.4.2 released
NetBSD 1.4.2 released with support for 16 architectures.

December 1999
1999-12-06: Snapshot released
A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on Dec. 4, 1999 sources, was made available at: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hp300/snapshot/.

September 1999
1999-09-14: Snapshot released
A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on Sept. 11, 1999 sources, was made available at: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hp300/snapshot/.

August 1999
1999-08-01: hp425e serial console
Support has been added for a serial console on the hp425e

July 1999
1999-07-07: Snapshot released
A NetBSD-current/hp300 snapshot, based on July 5, 1999 sources, was made available at: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hp300/snapshot/.

May 1999
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.

May 1998
1998-05-04:
NetBSD/hp300 -current is now built with UVM; the new, vastly improved virtual memory system.

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