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<font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
<font color="#e00000">armv7</font>
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OpenBSD/armv7 is a port of OpenBSD to various ARMv7 based systems.
<p>

A mailing list for ARM-based ports is available at
<u><font color="#23238e">arm@openbsd.org</font></u>.
To join the OpenBSD/arm mailing list, send a message body of
<b>"subscribe arm"</b> to
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Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
subscribing.

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<a name="status"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>

The current target platforms are Allwinner A10/A20/A80/H3
(<tt>sunxi</tt>), Freescale i.MX6 (<tt>imx</tt>) and TI OMAP3/4
(<tt>am335x</tt>/<tt>beagle</tt>/<tt>panda</tt>). We try to support
most of the boards based on those SoCs. A list of supported boards is
in the <a href="#hardware">supported hardware</a> section.
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<p>
There are still a fair number of things to do on each of these boards,
however OpenBSD is generally considered to be usable on them.  The
platform is now self hosting, however there is no SMP support.
Networking is working on <tt>am335x</tt>, <tt>imx</tt>, <tt>panda</tt>
and Allwinner A10/A20/H3.
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<a name="hardware"></a>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>

A note on the platforms and the associated boards: OpenBSD/armv7
bundles various platforms sharing the ARM v7 architecture. Due to the
fact that there are many System on a Chips (SoC) around, OpenBSD/armv7
differentiates between various SoCs and may have a different level of
support between them. All devices based on the i.MX6 are referred to
as <tt>imx</tt>, all devices based on A10/A20/A80/H3 are referred to
as <tt>sunxi</tt>. The boards with an OMAP 3/4 SoC are subdivided into
<tt>am335x</tt> (for BeagleBone), <tt>beagle</tt> (for BeagleBoard)
and <tt>panda</tt> (for PandaBoard).
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<ul>
  	<li>Allwinner A10/A20
	<ul>
		<li>Cubieboard</li>
		<li>LinkSprite pcDuino</li>
		<li>Banana Pi</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Allwinner A80
	<ul>
		<li>Cubieboard4</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Allwinner H3
	<ul>
		<li>Banana Pi M2+</li>
		<li>Orange Pi One</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Freescale/NXP i.MX6
	<ul>
		<li>Boundary Devices SABRE Lite/BD-SL-i.MX6</li>
		<li>Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X</li>
		<li>Wandboard</li>
		<li>SolidRun CuBox-i4Pro</li>
		<li>CompuLab Utilite</li>
		<li>Kosagi Novena</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>TI OMAP3/4
	<ul>
		<li>BeagleBoard C4 / xM</li>
		<li>BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black</li>
		<li>PandaBoard and PandaBoard ES</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ul>

<h4>Ethernet</h4>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cpsw&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">cpsw(4)</a>
	  CPSW Ethernet device on <tt>am335x</tt></li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fec&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">fec(4)</a>
	  i.MX Ethernet device on <tt>imx</tt></li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smsc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">smsc(4)</a>
	  integrated SMSC LAN95xx 10/100 USB Ethernet on <tt>panda</tt></li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sxie&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">sxie(4)</a>
	  sunxi EMAC 10/100 Ethernet device on Allwinner A10</li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dwge&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">dwge(4)</a>
	  sunxi GMAC 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device on Allwinner A20</li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dwxe&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">dwxe(4)</a>
	  sunxi EMAC 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device on Allwinner H3</li>
</ul>

<h4>Storage</h4>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahci&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">ahci(4)</a>
	  on <tt>imx</tt> and <tt>sunxi</tt></li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=imxesdhc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">imxesdhc(4)</a>
	  SD/MMC controller on i.MX6</li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ommmc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">ommmc(4)</a>
	  SD/MMC controller on OMAP, including BeagleBone Black's built-in flash</li>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sximmc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">sximmc(4)</a>
	  SD/MMC controller on <tt>sunxi</tt></li>
</ul>

<h4>USB</h4>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ehci&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=armv7">ehci(4)</a>
	  on <tt>imx</tt>, <tt>panda</tt> and <tt>sunxi</tt></li>
</ul>

<b>No real time clock:</b> Many of the armv7 devices do not have a
battery-backed real time clock. For this reason, using the <tt>-s</tt>
option of <a href="faq/faq8.html#OpenNTPD">OpenNTPD</a> may be desirable.

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<h3><font color="#0000e0">
<strong>Getting and installing</strong>
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<p>
The latest supported OpenBSD/armv7 release is
<a href="63.html">OpenBSD 6.3</a>.
Here are the
<a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
OpenBSD/armv7 installation instructions</a>.

<p>
Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
<a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armv7">this location</a>
as well as in a few
<a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
Here are the
<a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
OpenBSD/armv7 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.

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