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About NetBSD/hpcarm

NetBSD/hpcarm brings the NetBSD operating system to Intel StrongARM based Windows CE PDA machines. Currently, the SA-1110 processor is supported.

The port name “hpcarm” was coined from hardwares NetBSD/hpcarm runs: StrongARM based systems in Microsoft's H/PC (Handheld PC) form factor. A H/PC machine contains a keyboard and a touch screen, equipped with 8MB or more RAM. The port supports the HPC form factor, as well as the H/PC Pro and PsPC (Palmsized PC). (Many PsPC machines are used by the developers for active development.)

NetBSD/hpcarm is an ideal platform for mobile computing applications because of hardware sizes. And, of course, NetBSD/hpcarm supports all the standard features you expect NetBSD, such as IPv6 and IPsec.

NetBSD/hpcarm News

2007-12-19:   NetBSD 4.0 released
NetBSD 4.0 released with support for 54 architectures. More information is available in the 4.0 release announcement.
2006-11-04:   NetBSD 3.1 released
NetBSD 3.1, the first maintenance release of the netbsd-3 release branch, has been released with binary distributions for 53 architectures. More information is available in the 3.1 release announcement.
2005-12-23:   NetBSD 3.0 released
NetBSD 3.0 has been released with support for 57 architectures. More information is available in the 3.0 release announcement.
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.

Archive of NetBSD/hpcarm news items

Supported System Models

Many kinds of H/PC, H/PC Pro, and PsPC systems are supported by NetBSD/hpcarm. View the supported system table to see if your system is supported.

Supported Processors

StrongARM processors are supported by NetBSD/hpcarm. View the processor comparison table to see if your processor is supported.

Processor Comparison

CPU Features
SA-1100  
SA-1110  

Support Status

Sold in Model CPU Video RAM Ports Boot PCMCIA Controller Keymap Xserver
Hewlett-Packard Models
World (disc) Jornada 710 SA-1110 206MHz 640x240 64K color 32MB Serial, (IrDA) Y Y Y Y
World (disc) Jornada 720 SA-1110 206MHz 640x240 64K color 32MB Serial, (IrDA, modem) Y Y Y Y
World (disc) Jornada 728 SA-1110 206MHz 640x240 64K color 64MB Serial, (IrDA, modem) Y Y Y Y
World (disc) Jornada 820 SA-1100 190MHz 640x480 256 color 16MB Serial, (IrDA, modem) Y (root=md)      
Compaq Models
World (disc) iPAQ H3600 SA-1110 206MHz 240x320 4K color 32MB Serial, (IrDA, modem) Y (root=md) Y    

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