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  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
  <p>
! Currently only New World machines are supported.
! To improve the list below, <b>please</b> mail your dmesg after 
! installation to <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@openbsd.org</a>,
! as detailed <a href="faq/faq4.html#4.5">in the FAQ</a>.
! 
! <p>
! <b>Machines</b>
  <ul>
  <li>PowerMac G3 (B&W)
  <li><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418">PowerMac G4
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  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
  <p>
! PowerPC-based Macintosh systems are divided into "Old World" and "New World"
! systems, the difference being
! <a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1167.html">the design
! of the system ROM</a>.  Only "New World" machines are supported. 
! Known compatible systems include the following:
  <ul>
  <li>PowerMac G3 (B&W)
  <li><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418">PowerMac G4
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  <li>StarMax <i>(development in progress)</i>
  <li>others... <i>(development in progress)</i>
  </ul>
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
  <p>
! Multiboot/sharing a disk with OS X/MacOS 9 is possible as long as the
! disk is first partitioned with the MacOS utility. An "Unused" or other
! available partition must be left for OpenBSD's use. 
! Since the machines are only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
! the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS to be able to boot
  OpenBSD.
  <p>
  See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
  <p>
! Standalone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
  
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
  <p>
! When multiple drives are present in the system, only certain drives
! can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive. 
! Any other configurations than those below will not be able to properly
! detect which drive is the root drive, and so any attempt with either
! prompt for a root drive, or fail.
  <p>
  <ul>
! <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always fine to use as an root drive.
! <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is fine to use as a root disk (as long as <tt>ultra0</tt> 
! is a hard drive, not ATAPI).
! <li>If no hard drive is located at <tt>ultra1</tt>, it is possible to use a 
! hard drive configured as <tt>ide1</tt> (zip bay) as root drive. 
! <li>It is not possible to use <tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) as a root drive unless 
! no drives are connected to the Ultra IDE bus.
  </ul>
  
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
  <p>
! XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all systems.
! Only the ATI graphics adapters are supported with the accelerated X server
! at the current time.
! The Nvidia driver does not currently work.
! It is possible to use X in framebuffer mode with either the nvidia cards
! or ATI at the boot resolution/depth using the wsfb driver.
  <p>
! The wsfb driver (installed by default) will allow either the Nvidia cards
! or the ATI cards to run X in framebuffer mode at the boot resolution/depth.
! The directions on how to enable the accelerated X server is present
! in the <tty>/usr/X11R6/README</tty> file on the installed system.
  <p>
  
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
  <ul>
! <li>gm0 driver does not support 1000Mb operation, only 10/100Mb.
! <li>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if running off battery and the lid is closed.
! <li>Feature: &lt;CTRL&gt;&lt;CMD&gt;&lt;POWER&gt; on ADB will reset
! <li>Older iMacs can have a USB key repeat of the first key pressed after boot.
! Workaround is to press shift first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse after the problem has occurred.
  </ul>
- </p>
  
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
  
  <p>
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  <li>StarMax <i>(development in progress)</i>
  <li>others... <i>(development in progress)</i>
  </ul>
+ To help us improve the accuracy of this list, <b>PLEASE</b> 
+ <a href="faq/faq4.html#SendDmesg">send your dmesg</a> after installation
+ to <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@OpenBSD.org</a>.
+ 
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
  <p>
! Having OpenBSD multiboot, or share, a disk with OS X/MacOS 9 
! is possible as long as the disk is first partitioned with the 
! macOS utility, <i>Drive Setup</i> (MacOS9) or <i>System Disk 
! Utility</i> (Mac OS X). Unallocated space or a
! no longer desired partition must be left for OpenBSD's use. 
! Since OpenBSD is only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
! the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS, to be able to boot
  OpenBSD.
  <p>
  See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
  <p>
! Stand-alone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
  
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
  <p>
! Modern MacPPC systems have two IDE interfaces (called Ultra and IDE), each of 
! which can have two devices on them (ultra0, ultra1, ide0, ide1).
! When multiple drives are present in the system, there are limitations
! of which drives can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive. 
! Invalid configurations will not be able to properly
! detect which drive is the root drive, so any attempt will either
! prompt for a root drive or fail.
  <p>
  <ul>
! <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always a valid root drive.
! <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is valid as a root disk, as long as <tt>ultra0</tt> 
!   is a hard drive, not a non-hard disk ATAPI device).
! <li><tt>ide1</tt> (Zip drive bay) is valid as a root disk if no hard drive is 
!   located at <tt>ultra1</tt>, 
! <li><tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) is valid as a root drive <b>only</b> if no hard
!   drives are connected to the Ultra bus.
  </ul>
  
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
  <p>
! XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all MacPPC systems, however
! only the ATI graphics adapters are supported by an <i>accelerated</i> 
! X server at the current time.
! The nVidia accelerated X server does not currently work, however nVidia
! (and ATI) cards can be used by X in framebuffer (unaccelerated) mode, 
! at the boot resolution and color depth using the wsfb driver (installed by 
! default).
  <p>
! Directions on enabling the accelerated X server is
! in the <tt>/usr/X11R6/README</tt> file on the installed system.
  <p>
  
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
  <ul>
! <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gm&sektion=4&arch=powerpc">gm0</a> 
!   ethernet driver does not support 1000Mbps operation, only 10/100Mbps.
! <li>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if the lid is closed 
!   while running from battery.
! <li>Older iMacs can have a problem with the USB keyboard driver where 
!   the first key pressed after boot will repeat endlessly.  The workaround 
!   is to press &lt;SHIFT&gt; first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse 
!   after the problem has occurred.
  </ul>
  
+ <h3><font color="#0000e0">Other Features</font></h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li> &lt;CTRL&gt;&lt;CMD&gt;&lt;POWER&gt; on ADB (not USB) keyboards 
+ will reset the computer.
+ </ul>
+ 
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
  
  <p>
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  <p>
! <b>PCI-Bridges</b> (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
  <ul>
  <li>Apple Uni-North
  <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
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  </ul>
  
  <p>
! <b>PCI-Bridges</b> 
! (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
  <ul>
  <li>Apple Uni-North
  <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
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  <p>
      
! <p><b>SCSI Host Adapters</b>
  <ul>
  <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
  </ul>
  
  <p><b>RAID Controllers</b>
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  </ul>
  <p>
      
! <p><b>SCSI and IDE Host Adapters</b>
  <ul>
  <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
+ <li>All PCI IDE 
+ (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide</a>) 
+ adapters supported by the <a href="i386.html">i386</a> platform
  </ul>
  
  <p><b>RAID Controllers</b>
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  <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
  </ul> 
  
+ <p><b>Other Devices</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Serial Ports: While the modern PowerMacintosh series has no external 
+   standard serial ports, many have an on-board modem which can be 
+   removed and replaced with an adapter (several manufacturers of these exist)
+   which will produce a standard (and supported) serial port.
+ </ul>
+ 
  <p><b>Cryptography Devices</b>
  <ul>
  <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
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  <a name="#unsup"><h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3></a>
  <ul>
! <li>
! Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor or lack OpenFirmware
! will likely never be supported. 
! <li> 
! At the current time, older OpenFirmware machines are not supported.
! This is mostly due to lack of developer resources to work on the support
! in addition to limited availability of hardware.
! <li>On the device side, the following are recognized, but not supported:
! <ul>
! <li>Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 FireWire
  </ul>
- <li>
- Built-in modems on most machines are not supported. iMac/G4 tower/older
- PowerBook has support for the serial port which the modem is connected,
- but the modem is not enabled.  On most PowerMac G4 systems it is possible
- to purchase a serial port converter which replaces the modem which will
- function normally. USB modems on newer PowerBooks are not supported.
- <li>
- The new 'digital audio' subsystem on ibooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
- is not supported.
- <li>
- Built-in Cardbus slot in PowerBook systems is not supported.
- <li>
- Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
- <li>
- Turning off the backlight/screen blanking is not supported.
- </ul> 
- </ul>
  <hr>
! <p>If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can 
! try one of the snapshots.
! For the macppc architecture, <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/macppc">snapshots</a> are made available from time to time.
  <p>
  
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  <p>
  <a name="#unsup"><h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3></a>
  <ul>
! <li>Older Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor and those that 
!   lack OpenFirmware are not supported. 
! <li>Older OpenFirmware machines are not currently supported.
!   This is mostly due to lack of developer resources and limited 
!   availability of hardware.
! <li>Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 FireWire is recognized, but not supported.
! <li>Built-in modems on most machines are not supported.  In many systems,
!   the serial port the modem is attached to is supported, but the modem 
!   itself is not supported. 
! <li>Newer PowerBooks have an internal modem attached as a USB device, these
!   are not supported.
! <li>The new 'digital audio' subsystem on iBooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
!   is not supported.
! <li>The built-in Cardbus slot in PowerBook systems is not supported.
! <li>Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
! <li>Turning off the backlight and screen blanking is not supported.
  </ul>
  <hr>
! <p>If you are looking for or are willing to test new pre-release 
! features, you can try using a 
! <a href="faq/upgrade-minifaq.html#1.1">snapshot</a> which are made available 
! <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/macppc">on the FTP
! sites</a> from time to time.
  <p>
  
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