NetBSD/next68k

About NetBSD/next68k

NetBSD/next68k is a port of NetBSD to the 'black' 68k NeXT hardware.

It currently only runs on 68040 NeXT systems using non-ADB keyboard and mouse. There is experimental support for turbo NeXT machines (33Mhz).

Darrin B. Jewell is the maintainer of NetBSD/next68k.

The NetBSD/next68k mailing list, covering NetBSD's port to next68k machine: [ subscribe | archive ]

Only non-ADB keyboards and mice are supported.

NeXTcube (NeXT_X15 - 25 Mhz 68040)
NeXTstation, a.k.a. slab (NeXT_WARP9 - 25 Mhz 68040)
NeXTstation Color, a.k.a. color slab (NeXT_WARP9C - 25 Mhz 68040)
NeXTcube Turbo (NeXT_TURBO_MONO - 33 Mhz 68040 )
NeXTstation Turbo, a.k.a. turbo slab (NeXT_TURBO_MONO - 33 Mhz 68040)
NeXTstation Color Turbo, a.k.a. color turbo slab (NeXT_TURBO_COLOR
- 33 Mhz 68040)

Serial interfaces
- zs; Zilog 8530 serial ports, which can be used as the system console if desired
Framebuffers
- nextdisplay; 2 bpp mono (NeXTcube, NeXTstation, and NeXTstation Turbo)
- nextdisplay; 16 bpp color (NeXTstation Color and NeXTstation Color Turbo)
Network interfaces
- xe; On-board 10 Mbps ethernet
SCSI interfaces
- esp; On-board ESP100A SCSI controller
Input devices
- nextkbd; non-ADB keyboard
Miscellaneous
- Battery-backed real-time clock

Anyone else interested is more than welcome to lend a hand - particular projects of interest include:

Better installation tools, now that SCSI works
ADB keyboard and mouse support
Support for non-512 byte sector disks since NeXTSTEP disks are typically formatted this way
Bring der Mouse's X server into the tree
68030 support in locore.s
Floppy driver & support for floppy install
NeXT/OPENSTEP binary compatibility (using COMPAT_DARWIN as a starting point)
Optical drive support (Canon MO drive)
NeXTprinter support
NeXTdimension support
sound support
DSP support
Bug database summary for m68k cpu specific and NetBSD/next68k specific problem reports.
The NetBSD Diskless HOWTO

Tags: tier2port

Links: ports

Last edited Wednesday night, January 15th, 2025