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1.280 bentley 14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
15: amd64
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1.260 tb 20: <p>
1.113 nick 21: OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
1.182 deraadt 22: It also runs on processors made by other manufacturers which have cloned
1.266 naddy 23: the AMD64 extensions.
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1.5 deraadt 25: <p>
1.113 nick 26: Note that <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> also runs on these
27: processors, but in 32-bit mode.
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1.259 deraadt 29: <p>
1.211 deraadt 30: X Window System support is available for most graphics cards, using
31: the X.Org server. As with other free operating systems it is highly recommended
1.214 deraadt 32: that Nvidia cards are avoided since this vendor continues to show tremendous
1.212 deraadt 33: resistance towards releasing information that would allow X.Org to support their
1.213 jasper 34: hardware properly.
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1.280 bentley 39: <h3 id="status"><strong>Current status:</strong></h3>
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1.113 nick 42: The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
1.280 bentley 43: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/ddb.4">ddb</a>
1.113 nick 44: is somewhat poor.
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1.280 bentley 48: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></h3>
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1.113 nick 50: <h4>Processors</h4>
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1.113 nick 53: All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are
54: supported.
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1.272 tedu 56: <h4>Graphics Support</h4>
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1.272 tedu 59: Basic graphics support should support most hardware, but some features like
60: video or 3D acceleration require additional driver support. Unsupported devices
61: will typically still work in VESA or EFIFB mode.
62: <p>
63: AMD devices use a confusing mix of code names and rebadging. Some devices
64: expected to work:
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1.279 tj 66: <li>Products using "Northern Islands," "Southern Islands," or "Sea Islands"
67: graphics cores.
1.272 tedu 68: <li>AMD Radeon 5000 series
69: <li>Earlier AMD and ATI models are expected to work as well.
70: </ul>
71: <p>
72: Intel devices can be confusing as well. Some devices expected to work:
73: <ul>
1.275 tedu 74: <li>Intel Kaby Lake (found on i-7xxx CPU)
1.273 tj 75: <li>Intel Skylake (found on i-6xxx CPU)
1.272 tedu 76: <li>Intel Broadwell (found on i-5xxx CPU)
1.279 tj 77: <li>Intel Broxton/Apollo Lake
78: <li>Intel Amber Lake
79: <li>Intel Gemini Lake
80: <li>Intel Coffee Lake
81: <li>Intel Whiskey Lake
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83: <li>Intel Cannon Lake
84: <li>Intel Ice Lake
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1.272 tedu 86: <li>Earlier Intel models and revisions are expected to work as well.
87: <li>The PowerVR graphics found on some Atom CPUs are not supported.
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1.280 bentley 90: <h3>Unsupported Hardware:</h3>
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1.281 deraadt 93: New hardware is constantly being released, some of which may lack support.
1.244 tedu 94: Your <a href="donations.html">donation of time, hardware, or documentation</a>
95: can accelerate this support!
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1.280 bentley 99: <h3 id="install">
1.113 nick 100: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
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1.113 nick 104: The latest supported OpenBSD/amd64 release is
1.283 ! tj 105: <a href="67.html">OpenBSD 6.7</a>.
1.113 nick 106: Here are the
1.283 ! tj 107: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.273 tj 108: OpenBSD/amd64 installation instructions</a>.
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1.113 nick 111: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.278 tj 112: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
113: as well as on a few
1.113 nick 114: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
115: Here are the
1.278 tj 116: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.268 tb 117: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
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1.113 nick 120: There are several installation media provided:
1.4 deraadt 121: <ul>
1.268 tb 122: <li><strong>CD image</strong> (installXX.iso)
1.17 deraadt 123: <br>
1.268 tb 124: The CD ISO provides an <i>El Torito</i> no-emulation boot image
1.157 tom 125: that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers.
1.113 nick 126: This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
127: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.277 bentley 128: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
1.113 nick 129: kernel configuration file.
1.268 tb 130: <li><strong>Disk image</strong> (minirootXX.fs)
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1.268 tb 132: The same installer as the CD ISO, but in a form suitable for creating bootable
1.254 tedu 133: hard drives or USB flash drives.
1.268 tb 134: <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppyXX.fs)
1.17 deraadt 135: <br>
1.113 nick 136: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
137: It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
138: find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
139: such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
140: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.277 bentley 141: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.113 nick 142: kernel configuration file.
1.4 deraadt 143: </ul>
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