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1.64 bentley 14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
15: loongson
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21: OpenBSD/loongson is a port intended to run on systems based upon the
22: Loongson (also known as <i>Godson</i>) 2E and 2F MIPS-compatible processors,
23: using the
1.68 ! visa 24: <a href="http://cgit.loongnix.org/cgit/pmon-loongson3/">PMON</a> firmware and boot loader.
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1.64 bentley 33: <h3 id="history"><strong>History:</strong></h3>
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1.1 miod 35: <p>
36: The idea of an OpenBSD/loongson started when the EMTEC Gdium Liberty netbook
37: was announced. Unfortunately, the general availability of these machines kept
1.2 miod 38: being delayed. Because of this, focus switched to the Lemote Yeeloong netbook
1.16 deraadt 39: instead. After procrastinating for months, serious work started in August 2009,
1.11 jsg 40: and the kernel work was completed by the end of November 2009.
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1.1 miod 42: <p>
43: Unfortunately, most of the Loongson 2F-based hardware available at that time
44: suffers from serious problems in the processor's branch prediction logic,
1.20 miod 45: causing the system to freeze, for which <b>errata information only exists
1.37 bcallah 46: in the Chinese documentation</b> (chapter 15, missing from the English
47: translation), the only English language information being an
1.50 mmcc 48: <a href="http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-11/msg00387.html">email</a>
1.1 miod 49: on a toolchain mailing-list.
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1.1 miod 51: <p>
52: After a rush of adding silicon problems workarounds, the port to the Lemote
1.11 jsg 53: Yeeloong was completed and self hosting by the end of January 2010.
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1.10 miod 55: <p>
56: This solid foundation allowed for support for other designs to be added
57: pretty quickly, over the next couple of weeks.
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1.10 miod 59: <p>
60: And work continues...
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1.64 bentley 64: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></h3>
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1.1 miod 66: <p>
1.10 miod 67: The OpenBSD/loongson kernel has generic support for systems built with either
68: Loongson 2E processors and Algorithmics Bonito64 PCI and memory controller,
69: or Loongson 2F processors with their integrated PCI/PCI-X and memory controller.
1.1 miod 70: Specific hardware support is then written on a design-by-design basis.
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1.1 miod 72: <p>
73: At the moment, the following machines are supported:
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1.1 miod 75: <ul>
1.51 tj 76: <li><a href="http://zkml.lemote.com/en/products/mini-computer/2010/0310/111.html">Lemote Fuloong 2F
1.10 miod 77: mini-PC</a>
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1.22 miod 79: All on-board devices are supported, but the framebuffer is currently limited
80: to the 640x400x8 video mode set up by the firmware.
1.51 tj 81: <li><a href="http://zkml.lemote.com/en/products/all-in-one/2010/0311/122.html">Lemote Lynloong all-in-one-PC</a>
1.24 miod 82: <br>
83: All on-board devices are supported, but the framebuffer is currently limited
84: to the 1360x768x16 video mode set up by the firmware.
1.51 tj 85: <li><a href="http://zkml.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html">Lemote Yeeloong
1.10 miod 86: netbook</a>
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88: Both the 8.9" and 10.1" models are supported.
1.18 miod 89: All on-board devices are supported.
1.51 tj 90: <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130401064451/http://www.gdium.com/en/product/liberty1000">EMTEC Gdium Liberty 1000 netbook</a>
1.6 miod 91: <br>
1.13 miod 92: All on-board devices but the audio controller are supported.
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1.64 bentley 97: <h3 id="status"><strong>Current status:</strong></h3>
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100: All supported systems run multiuser, and a currently unaccelerated
1.22 miod 101: X server is available.
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1.64 bentley 105: <h3 id="install">
1.38 bcallah 106: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/loongson:</strong>
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110: The latest supported OpenBSD/loongson release is
1.67 tj 111: <a href="68.html">OpenBSD 6.8</a>.
1.1 miod 112: Here are the
1.67 tj 113: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.60 tj 114: OpenBSD/loongson installation instructions</a>.
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117: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.62 tj 118: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/loongson">this location</a>
119: as well as on a few
1.1 miod 120: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
121: Here are the
1.62 tj 122: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.58 tb 123: OpenBSD/loongson snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
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