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1.21 tb 18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
19: <font color="#e00000">armv7</font>
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1.21 tb 22: <p>
1.1 patrick 23:
24: OpenBSD/armv7 is a port of OpenBSD to various ARMv7 based systems.
25: <p>
1.20 deraadt 26:
1.1 patrick 27: A mailing list for ARM-based ports is available at
28: <u><font color="#23238e">arm@openbsd.org</font></u>.
29: To join the OpenBSD/arm mailing list, send a message body of
30: <b>"subscribe arm"</b> to
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37:
38: <a name="status"></a>
39: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
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1.32 kettenis 41: The current target platforms are Allwinner A10/A20 (<tt>sunxi</tt>),
1.2 jasper 42: Freescale i.MX6 (<tt>imx</tt>) and TI OMAP3/4
43: (<tt>am335x</tt>/<tt>beagle</tt>/<tt>panda</tt>). We try to support
44: most of the boards based on those SoCs. A list of supported boards
1.26 tj 45: is in the <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section.
1.2 jasper 46: </p>
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48: <p>
49: There are generally still a fair number of things to do on each of
1.8 jmc 50: these boards, however OpenBSD is generally considered to be usable on
1.2 jasper 51: them.
1.1 patrick 52: The platform is now self hosting, however there is no SMP support.
1.5 rapha 53: Networking is working on <tt>am335x</tt>, <tt>imx</tt>, <tt>panda</tt>
1.2 jasper 54: and <tt>sunxi</tt>.
1.1 patrick 55: </p>
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57: <a name="hardware"></a>
58: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
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1.26 tj 60: A note on the platforms and the associated boards: OpenBSD/armv7
1.2 jasper 61: bundles various platforms sharing the ARM v7 architecture. Due to the
1.5 rapha 62: fact that there are many System on a Chips (SoC) around,
63: OpenBSD/armv7 differentiates between various SoCs and may have a
1.2 jasper 64: different level of support between them. All devices based on the
1.32 kettenis 65: i.MX6 are referred to as <tt>imx</tt>, all devices based on A10/A20 are
1.27 tb 66: referred to as <tt>sunxi</tt>. The boards with an OMAP 3/4 SoC are
1.5 rapha 67: subdivided into <tt>am335x</tt> (for BeagleBone), <tt>beagle</tt> (for
1.2 jasper 68: BeagleBoard) and <tt>panda</tt> (for PandaBoard).
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1.1 patrick 71: <ul>
1.32 kettenis 72: <li>Allwinner A10/A20
1.2 jasper 73: <ul>
1.28 jsg 74: <li>Cubieboard</li>
1.13 jsg 75: <li>LinkSprite pcDuino</li>
1.32 kettenis 76: <li>Banana Pi</li>
1.2 jasper 77: </ul>
1.14 jasper 78: </li>
1.32 kettenis 79: <li>Freescale/NXP i.MX6
1.1 patrick 80: <ul>
1.13 jsg 81: <li>Boundary Devices SABRE Lite/BD-SL-i.MX6</li>
82: <li>Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X</li>
1.10 jsg 83: <li>Wandboard</li>
1.13 jsg 84: <li>SolidRun CuBox-i4Pro</li>
85: <li>CompuLab Utilite</li>
86: <li>Kosagi Novena</li>
1.1 patrick 87: </ul>
88: </li>
1.32 kettenis 89: <li>TI OMAP3/4
1.1 patrick 90: <ul>
91: <li>BeagleBoard C4 / xM</li>
92: <li>BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black</li>
93: <li>PandaBoard and PandaBoard ES</li>
94: </ul>
95: </li>
96: </ul>
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98: <h4>Ethernet</h4>
99: <ul>
1.19 sthen 100: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cpsw&sektion=4&arch=armv7">cpsw(4)</a>
1.2 jasper 101: CPSW Ethernet device on <tt>am335x</tt></li>
1.30 jsg 102: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=fec&sektion=4&arch=armv7">fec(4)</a>
1.2 jasper 103: i.MX Ethernet device on <tt>imx</tt></li>
1.30 jsg 104: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=smsc&sektion=4&arch=armv7">smsc(4)</a>
105: integrated SMSC LAN95xx 10/100 USB Ethernet on <tt>panda</tt></li>
1.19 sthen 106: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sxie&sektion=4&arch=armv7">sxie(4)</a>
1.29 jsg 107: sunxi EMAC 10/100 Ethernet device on <tt>sunxi</tt></li>
1.37 jsg 108: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dwge&sektion=4&arch=armv7">dwge(4)</a>
1.32 kettenis 109: sunxi GMAC 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device on <tt>sunxi</tt></li>
1.1 patrick 110: </ul>
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112: <h4>Storage</h4>
113: <ul>
1.19 sthen 114: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahci&sektion=4&arch=armv7">ahci(4)</a>
1.14 jasper 115: on <tt>imx</tt> and <tt>sunxi</tt></li>
1.31 jsg 116: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=imxesdhc&sektion=4&arch=armv7">imxesdhc(4)</a>
117: SD/MMC controller on i.MX6</li>
1.19 sthen 118: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ommmc&sektion=4&arch=armv7">ommmc(4)</a>
1.14 jasper 119: SD/MMC controller on OMAP, including BeagleBone Black's built-in flash</li>
1.1 patrick 120: </ul>
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122: <h4>USB</h4>
123: <ul>
1.19 sthen 124: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ehci&sektion=4&arch=armv7">ehci(4)</a>
1.14 jasper 125: on <tt>imx</tt>, <tt>panda</tt> and <tt>sunxi</tt></li>
1.1 patrick 126: </ul>
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1.23 tj 128: <b>No real time clock:</b> Many of the armv7 devices do not have a
1.24 tj 129: battery-backed real time clock. For this reason, using the <tt>-s</tt>
1.35 tb 130: option of <a href="faq/faq8.html#OpenNTPD">OpenNTPD</a> may be desirable.
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1.1 patrick 132: <a name="install"></a>
133: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
134: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
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138: The latest supported OpenBSD/armv7 release is
1.39 ! tj 139: <a href="61.html">OpenBSD 6.1</a>.
1.1 patrick 140: Here are the
1.39 ! tj 141: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
! 142: OpenBSD/armv7 6.1 installation instructions</a>.
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1.9 sthen 145: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.36 tb 146: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armv7">this location</a>
1.1 patrick 147: as well as in a few
148: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
149: Here are the
1.36 tb 150: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
1.38 tb 151: OpenBSD/armv7 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
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