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- Page 1 Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303-4900 U.S.A. 650-960-1300 Part No. 806-2222-10 February 2000, Revision A Send comments about this document to: docfeedback@sun.com...
- Page 2 Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, AnswerBook2, docs.sun.com, XIL, XGL,, and Solaris are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Preface v Introduction to Graphics on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 1 Reserving DRAM for SX Accelerated Applications 3 Introduction 3 Advantages of Using SXDRAM 4 When to Reserve SXDRAM 4 Calculating the Amount of SXDRAM to Reserve 4... - Page 4 Boot Messages 17 Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
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Page 5: Preface
Owner’s Guide or SPARCstation 20 Hardware Owner’s Guide. How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 gives a brief description of the SPARCstation 10SX and 20SX. Chapter 2 discusses issues pertinent to configuring the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 to enhance Sun Pixel Arithmetic Memory processor (SX) accelerator performance. - Page 6 Sun technical documentation on the Web. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject at: http://docs.sun.com Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
- Page 7 Sun Welcomes Your Comments We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions. You can email your comments to us at: docfeedback@sun.com Please include the part number (806-2222-10) of your document in the subject line of your email.
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Page 9: Introduction To Graphics On The Sparcstation 10Sx And Sparcstation 20
SX. All SPARCstation 20 machines have the SX graphics/imaging accelerator. The video RAM (here referred to as the frame buffer) for the SPARCstation 10SX is integrated into the system main memory address space. It is available on a video... - Page 10 Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
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Page 11: Reserving Dram For Sx Accelerated Applications
The advantages of using SXDRAM SX provides acceleration of the graphics and imaging segments of applications that run on a SPARCstation 10SX or SPARCstation 20 workstation. Acceleration can be used for a wide range of pixel operations, including 2D and 3D graphics rendering, multimedia, and image processing. -
Page 12: Advantages Of Using Sxdram
Calculating the Amount of SXDRAM to Reserve To calculate the amount of SXDRAM to reserve, add up the individual requirements and round up to the next multiple of 1 MByte. Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000... -
Page 13: Configuring Sxdram
Memory Bank Layout on the SPARCstation 10SX There are two memory banks on a SPARCstation 10SX. Bank 0 is comprised of slots 0, 1, 2, and 3. Bank 1 is comprised of slots 4, 5, 6, and 7. These 8 slots are available for configuring memory on the SPARCstation 10SX. - Page 14 16 MByte DSIMM 0x8000000 Slot 5 16 MByte DSIMM 0x14000000 Slot 1 16 MByte DSIMM 0x4000000 Slot 4 16 MByte DSIMM 0x10000000 Slot 0 16 MByte DSIMM Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
- Page 15 TABLE 2-2 4 MByte VSIMM installed in slot 4 and 16 MByte DSIMMs in the remaining slots. SPARCstation 10SX System Memory Layout TABLE 2-2 One 4 MByte VSIMM, Seven 16 MByte DSIMMs...
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Page 16: Memory Bank Layout On The Sparcstation 20
Memory Bank Layout on the SPARCstation 20 On the SPARCstation 20, the physical sequence of slots is different from that slots on the SPARCstation 10SX. The slots that can be used for VSIMMs differ as well. The different layouts are compared in... -
Page 17: System Software Constraints For Sxdram Configuration
Recommended DSIMM/VSIMM Configuration for the SPARCstation 10SX 1. The VSIMM can only be installed in slots 4 or 5 on the SPARCstation 10SX. If there is only one VSIMM, it can be installed in either slot 4 or 5. To install the VSIMM in slot 5, an AVB (Auxiliary Video Board) card is required. -
Page 18: Sxdram Configuration
32 MBytes of memory is reserved for system use. To display the current configuration parameters in the driver configuration file, enter: # sxconfig -c Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000... - Page 19 If the system was not booted after the last time the configuration parameters were changed, then the displayed values will not reflect the actual system set-up. For more information about using sxconfig, refer to the on-line man page. The sxconfig command resides in the directory /platform/ SUNW,SPARCstation-10,SX/sbin;...
- Page 20 Refer to Appendix “” for a listing of the messages that will be displayed. After the system is rebooted, log in, start OpenWindows, and start the application of your choice. Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
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Page 21: Running Openwindows On The Sparcstation 10Sx And Sparcstation 20
SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 This chapter discusses the visuals that are present when running OpenWindows on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20. CG14 Pixel Modes for Running the Window System The cgfourteen frame buffer is configurable to scan out either 8-bit pixels or 32-bit pixels. -
Page 22: Visuals Supported By Openwindows 3.3
When the server is started with the following option: /usr/openwin/bin/openwin -dev /dev/fbs/cgfourteen0 defdepth 8 the default visual, in which the root window is created, is an 8-bit PseudoColor visual. Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000... -
Page 23: False Color Effects
In 32-bit mode the StaticGray visual has its own dedicated hardware color lookup table (actually a linear ramp). Hence StaticGray windows in 32-bit mode will never cause other 8-bit windows to appear incorrectly. Chapter 3 Running OpenWindows on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20... - Page 24 Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
- Page 25 Typical Boot Messages Following SXDRAM Configuration TABLE A-1 SunOS Release 5.3 Version alpha2.3 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0] Copyright (c) 1983-1993, Sun Microsystems, Inc. pac: enabled - SuperSPARC/SuperCache cpu 0: TI,TMS390Z55 (mid 8 impl 0x0 ver 0x0 clock 40 MHz)
- Page 26 SUNW,DBRIe0 at sbus0: SBus slot e 0x10000 SBus level 5 sparc ipl 9 SUNW,DBRIe0 is /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/SUNW,DBRIe@e, 10000 MMCODEC: Manufacturer id 1, Revision 1 pseudo-device: vol0 vol0 is /pseudo/vol@0 Unable to install/attach driver 'xbox' Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
- Page 27 Typical Boot Messages Following SXDRAM Configuration TABLE A-1 Unable to install/attach driver 'vme' Unable to install/attach driver 'mcp' Unable to install/attach driver 'vme' Unable to install/attach driver 'mcp' Unable to install/attach driver 'mcpzsa' Unable to install/attach driver 'vme' Unable to install/attach driver 'mcp' Unable to install/attach driver 'mcpp' SUNW,sx0 at root: obio 0x80000000 and obio 0x80001000 SUNW,sx0 is /SUNW,sx@f,80000000...
- Page 28 Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • February 2000...
- Page 29 15 Z-buffering, 4 Scalable Memory Controller (SMC), 1 SMC (Scalable Memory Controller), 1, 3 SPARCstation 10, 1 SPARCstation 10SX, 1 SPARCstation 20, 1 SX imaging and graphics accelerator, 1, 3 SXDRAM, 3 to 12 calculating amount to reserve, 4 configuring, 5 to 12...
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