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@@ -20,14 +20,19 @@-OpenBSD/mac68k runs on many of the Motorola 680x0-based Apple Macintosh +OpenBSD/mac68k used to run on many of the Motorola 680x0-based Apple Macintosh computers. -It requires a Motorola 68020, 68030, or a 68040 processor. If you have a -68020, it will also need a Motorola 68851 PMMU (note that this is -different from the 68881, which is an FPU). +It used to require a Motorola 68020 or better processor, with an external +Motorola 68851 PMMU in case of a 68020.
+The OpenBSD/mac68k port has been +discontinued after the 5.1 release. +
+ +-There is currently no maintainer for the mac68k port, although -others are definitely welcome to contribute! +There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life. +The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in +NetBSD as well.
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The mac68k port of OpenBSD was derived from NetBSD/mac68k, and it used to support most of the same hardware as NetBSD. +
Active building and testing of OpenBSD/mac68k was discontinued after OpenBSD 4.6 due to lack of interest with developers and builder. +
--All hardware listed in the -supported hardware section below should boot -multi-user, and support enough of the on-board devices to be generally -usable. +Eventually the lack of a proper firmware interface, requiring the use of a +MacOS application as the bootloader, with little or no possibility of updating +this application to match progress in OpenBSD (let alone rebuild it with a +free software toolchain) convinced the developers to give up supporting this +port, and remove the code from the tree. +
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-OpenBSD/mac68k runs on a large part of the 680x0-based Macintosh +OpenBSD/mac68k used to run on a large part of the 680x0-based Macintosh computers. -The kernel itself has support for the following processor combinations: +The kernel itself had support for the following processor combinations:
-The following Macintosh models are supported and tested. +The following Macintosh models used to be supported and tested. This means that at least the SCSI controller, serial console and on-board -ethernet will function on these models. -On some of these machines, a full 68040 CPU is required to replace the +ethernet would function on these models. +On some of these machines, a full 68040 CPU was required to replace the default 68LC040 CPU.
-The latest supported OpenBSD/mac68k release is -OpenBSD 4.6. -Here are the - -OpenBSD/mac68k 4.6 installation instructions -. +The last supported OpenBSD/mac68k release was +OpenBSD 5.1. +
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