NetBSD/hpcmips 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.

2002-09-24: NetBSD 1.6 fix for IBM z50

NetBSD 1.6 kernel for IBM z50 released. 1.6 native kernel has PCIC(i82365 clone) timing problem on IBM z50.

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.

2002-04-28: -current snapshot available

A NetBSD/hpcmips binary snapshot, based off of -current sources as of 2002-04-28, is now available in the NetBSD/hpcmips snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.6 was released on 2002-09-14)

2002-04-28: 1.5.3_RC2 snapshot available

A NetBSD/hpcmips binary snapshot, based off of NetBSD 1.5.3_RC2 sources is now available in the NetBSD/hpcmips snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.3 was released on 2002-07-22)

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.

2001-07-11: 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.

2001-05-12: 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot available

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

2001-04-26: -current snapshot available

A NetBSD/hpcmips binary snapshot, based off of -current sources as of 2001-04-22, is now available in the NetBSD/hpcmips snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.6 was released on 2002-09-14)

2001-04-10: 1.5.1_BETA snapshot available

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

2001-04-04: 1.5.1_ALPHA snapshot available

A NetBSD/hpcmips 1.5.1_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.5.1 sources as of 2001-03-24, is now available in the NetBSD/hpcmips snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

2001-01-20: world21 with MQ200 driver

Yoshinari Inoue released the world21 with MQ200 driver.

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.

2000-11-08: 1.5_BETA2 snapshot

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

2000-10-21: 1.5_BETA snapshot

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

2000-10-11: Packages for 1.5 prerelease snapshots

The packages for hpcmips 1.5 prerelease snapshots are available.

2000-08-14: First 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot

The first hpcmips 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot is available. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-07-03: Second 1.5_ALPHA snapshot

The second hpcmips 1.5_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.5 sources as of 2000-06-27, is available. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-06-22: First 1.5_ALPHA snapshot

The first hpcmips 1.5_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.5 sources as of 2000-06-20, is now available in the NetBSD/hpcmips snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-05-20: Recall of AC Adapters for IBM Workpad z50.

IBM is voluntarily recalling AC Adapters for z50. Check your z50's S/N and FRU P/N. IBM will replace the AC Adapter, free of charge. IBM also requests that you do not leave your current AC Adapter plugged into any AC power outlet while unattended.

2000-05-07: Experimental X server for the hpcmips.

xsrc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/netbsd/hpc is available. 8bpp StaticColor and 16bpp TrueColor are both supported. 2bpp gray scale is not supported.

2000-05-04: RAW keyboard mode support

Raw keyboard mode support has been added to the kernel (the same as NetBSD/i386). Key codes are compatible with that of a PC keyboard.

2000-04-25: Packages for NetBSD 1.4U snapshot

Binary packages are available for the latest snapshot.

2000-04-19: Presentation at PDA-BOF on Linux Conference 2000 Spring in Japan

There was a short presentation on about NetBSD/hpcmips at the Linux Conference 2000 Spring in Tokyo, Japan.

2000-03-16: Binary snapshot of "NetBSD 1.4U" is available.

Userland binaries are compiled with "-mhard-float" flag. Older binaries are not binary compatible with this snapshot.

2000-02-25: Cassiopeia E-series support will come next

Koji Suzuki has made Cassiopeia E-series CF test code. It works fine, and after some more testing, it will be committed to the current-tree.

2000-02-24: Slashdot article

A slashdot article titled Inexpensive Linux/BSD Handhelds says: 'a successful NetBSD Port means that this device could be the first widespread *NIX handheld'. Cheers!

2000-02-19: NetBSD/hpcmips developers meeting

Meeting in Tokyo, Shibuya, Soum Corporation meeting room

To share pmax/hpcmips/arc packages, re-build hpcmips userland to hardfloat. [Ongoing discussion, see compat-pmax.]

Documentation for RELEASE, RELEASE NOTE, man pages... write down undocumented features.

WWW updates [en/jp/and more?], make summary from mail archive.

Sample CD-R shots, and know what the world waiting for.

For a while, we will make a sample distribution for Compact Flash.

2000-02-14: New Binary snapshots of "NetBSD-current 1.4S"

src: 2000-02-08 00:00 UTC xsrc:2000-02-06 00:00 UTC

misc/bin-sbin-dynamic-link.tgz for 48M CF

sysinst support: try installation/pbsdboot.exe & netbsd

2000-01-04: MGL2 support coming soon!

MGL2 for NetBSD/hpcmips soon will be available. On MC-R500, mgterm is working.

1999-12-18: Presentation at InternetWeek 99

There was a short presentation on about NetBSD/hpcmips at the InternetWeek 99 BSD na hitotoki BOF in Yokohama, Japan.

1999-11-30: TX3912/22 CPU support added.

Support for Toshiba TX3912/22 CPUs has been added. It is enabled with the kernel option ENABLE_MIPS_TX3900.

1999-11-26: port-hpcmips mailing list available.

The port-hpcmips@NetBSD.org mailing list is available for discussion of NetBSD/hpcmips.

1999-11-23: New binary snapshot

A new binary snapshot is available. Read the installation notes for more information. (This snapshot is now obsolete, and is no longer available.)

1999-11-22: Supported Machine and Processor list contributed

Tim Rightnour has created a list of machines and processors supported by NetBSD/hpcmips, so that users can easily see if their systems are supported.

1999-11-18: Kernel floating point emulation merged.

Kernel emulation for floating point operations (written by Shuichiro URATA) has been merged. Now NetBSD/pmax binaries and packages work on NetBSD/hpcmips!

1999-11-13: Killer App demonstrated!

NetHack on wscons was demonstrated during a presentation at Open Source Matsuri in Akihabara, Japan.

1999-11-02: New console fonts available.

The FONT_VT220L8x8 and FONT_VT220L8x10 console fonts are now available.

1999-10-30: Boot loader supports TX3922.

Support for the Toshiba TX3922 processors has been added to the boot loader.

1999-10-24: wscons driver now available.

The machine-independent wscons console driver now functions on NetBSD/hpcmips.

1999-10-10: First binary snapshot released!

The first NetBSD/hpcmips binary snapshot is available. (This snapshot is now obsolete, and is no longer available.)

1999-09-25: If you build it, it will run!

The NetBSD/hpcmips kernel sources are in the NetBSD CVS repository, can be compiled, and work!

1999-09-17: NetBSD/hpcmips merge started.

Developers have started merging the NetBSD/hpcmips sources into the NetBSD CVS repository.

1999-08-21: Initial demonstration with serial console.

Tetris on the serial console was demonstrated at a JNUG meeting.

1999-01-12

pbsdboot and test.elf are available.

1999-01-06

pbsdboot appears.

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