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18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k</font></h2>
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22: <p>
1.87 ! miod 23: OpenBSD/mac68k used to run on many of the Motorola 680x0-based Apple Macintosh
1.47 henning 24: computers.
1.87 ! miod 25: It used to require a Motorola 68020 or better processor, with an external
! 26: Motorola 68851 PMMU in case of a 68020.
1.42 miod 27: </p>
28:
29: <p>
1.87 ! miod 30: <strong><font color="#e00000">The OpenBSD/mac68k port has been
! 31: discontinued</font></strong> after the 5.1 release.
! 32: </p>
! 33:
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! 35: <p>
1.42 miod 36: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/mac68k port is available at
37: <u><font color="#23238e">mac68k@openbsd.org</font></u>.
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39: mac68k"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
40: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
41: subscribing.
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1.42 miod 44:
45: <p>
1.87 ! miod 46: There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life.
! 47: The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in
! 48: NetBSD as well.
1.11 briggs 49: </p>
50:
1.79 nick 51: <a name="toc"></a>
1.42 miod 52: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
53: <p>
54: <ul>
1.46 jufi 55: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.56 nick 56: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.42 miod 57: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/mac68k</a>
58: </ul>
59:
60: <hr>
61: <a name="history"></a>
62: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 63:
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1.11 briggs 65: The mac68k port of OpenBSD was derived from NetBSD/mac68k, and it
1.42 miod 66: used to support most of the same hardware as NetBSD.
1.87 ! miod 67: </p>
1.84 nick 68:
69: <p>
70: Active building and testing of OpenBSD/mac68k was discontinued after
71: OpenBSD 4.6 due to lack of interest with developers and builder.
1.87 ! miod 72: </p>
1.42 miod 73:
74: <p>
1.87 ! miod 75: Eventually the lack of a proper firmware interface, requiring the use of a
! 76: MacOS application as the bootloader, with little or no possibility of updating
! 77: this application to match progress in OpenBSD (let alone rebuild it with a
! 78: free software toolchain) convinced the developers to give up supporting this
! 79: port, and remove the code from the tree.
! 80: </p>
1.62 martin 81:
1.42 miod 82: <hr>
83: <a name="hardware"></a>
84: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
85:
86: <p>
1.62 martin 87: <h4>Supported models</h4>
1.42 miod 88:
89: <p>
1.87 ! miod 90: OpenBSD/mac68k used to run on a large part of the 680x0-based Macintosh
1.42 miod 91: computers.
1.87 ! miod 92: The kernel itself had support for the following processor combinations:
1.15 johns 93: <ul>
1.42 miod 94: <li>68020 with 68851 PMMU and 68881 FPU
95: <li>68030 with 68882 FPU
96: <li>68040 (<b>not</b> including the 68LC040)
1.15 johns 97: </ul>
98:
99: <p>
1.87 ! miod 100: The following Macintosh models used to be supported and tested.
1.62 martin 101: This means that at least the SCSI controller, serial console and on-board
1.87 ! miod 102: ethernet would function on these models.
! 103: On some of these machines, a full 68040 CPU was required to replace the
1.62 martin 104: default 68LC040 CPU.
1.15 johns 105: <ul>
1.75 martin 106: <li>Classic family: SE30
1.73 martin 107: <li>LC family: LC, LC II, LC III, LC III+, LC475, Performa 400-430, Performa 450, Performa 460, Performa 475, Performa 476
1.62 martin 108: <li>Centris family: 610, 650
1.66 martin 109: <li>Quadra family: 605, 610, 630, 650, 660AV, 700, 800, 840AV, 900, 950
1.15 johns 110: </ul>
111:
1.42 miod 112: <p>
113: <h4>Supported devices</h4>
114:
115: <p>
1.15 johns 116: <ul>
1.58 martin 117: <li>Internal SCSI controllers and peripherals:
118: <ul>
119: <li>Quadra/Centris series' onboard NCR 53c96 SCSI controller
120: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esp&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">esp</a>).
121: <li>Macintosh II-series', Performa, and LC-series' onboard NCR 5380 SCSI controller
122: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ncrscsi&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">ncrscsi</a>,
123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sbc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">sbc</a>).
124: </ul>
125: <ul>
126: <li>SCSI disk drives
127: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sd&sektion=4">sd</a>).
128: <li>SCSI cdrom drives
129: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cd&sektion=4">cd</a>).
130: <li>Autochangers
131: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ch&sektion=4">ch</a>).
132: <li>Tape drives
133: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st</a>).
134: </ul>
135: <li>Internal sound
136: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=asc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">asc</a>).
1.60 martin 137: <li>NuBus internal expansion bus
1.68 martin 138: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nubus&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">nubus</a>).
1.74 martin 139: <li>Internal video and most NuBus video cards
140: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=macfb&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">macfb</a>).
1.58 martin 141: <li>Both internal serial ports
142: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zsc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">zsc</a>).
1.42 miod 143: <li>ADB keyboards and mice
1.62 martin 144: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adb&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">adb</a>) (except on the IIfx, Quadra 900 and 950).
1.42 miod 145: <li>Ethernet cards based on the Natl. Semiconductor 8390 (Asante, Apple, and a few others)
146: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ae&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">ae</a>).
1.58 martin 147: <li>Quadra/Centris AV series' onboard MACE ethernet
1.42 miod 148: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">mc</a>).
1.67 martin 149: <li>Some ethernet cards based on the SONIC chip including internal Ethernet on many of Apple's non-AV Quadras/Centrises
1.42 miod 150: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sn&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">sn</a>).
1.15 johns 151: </ul>
152:
153: <p>
1.62 martin 154: <h4>Untested systems</h4>
1.87 ! miod 155: The following Macintosh models used to be untested, and/or lacked support for
! 156: major subsystems.
1.15 johns 157: <ul>
1.62 martin 158: <li>Classic family: Color Classic, Classic II
159: <li>Macintosh II family: Mac II, IIx, IIcx, IIci, IIsi, IIfx, IIvi, IIvx, Performa 600
160: <li>500 family: 520, 550, 575, 580, Mac TV
1.15 johns 161: </ul>
162:
1.35 miod 163: <p>
1.62 martin 164: <h4>Unsupported systems</h4>
1.42 miod 165: <ul>
166: <li>PowerPC-based Macs. Some of these are supported in the
167: <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> port.
1.62 martin 168: <li>Powerbook family. Hardware capabilities limit the usability of these
169: systems.
1.42 miod 170: <li>Machines based on the 68LC040 processor.
171: Unfortunately, the chip itself contains a major bug for which there is
1.43 miod 172: no software workaround available in OpenBSD.
1.42 miod 173: </ul>
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175: <p>
1.42 miod 176: <h4>Unsupported devices</h4>
1.1 deraadt 177:
1.13 gene 178: <p>
1.42 miod 179: <ul>
180: <li>Apple Communication Slot (CS) ethernet cards.
1.48 nick 181: <li>Any other NuBus card not listed above.
1.59 martin 182: <li>Floppy drive.
1.62 martin 183: <li>IOP ADB subsystem on the IIfx, Quadra 900 and 950.
184: <li>IDE drives.
1.42 miod 185: </ul>
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189: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
190: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/mac68k:</strong>
191: </font></h3>
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1.87 ! miod 194: The last supported OpenBSD/mac68k release was
! 195: <a href="51.html">OpenBSD 5.1</a>.
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