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Supported Hardware:
-Currently only New World machines are supported.
-To improve the list below, please mail your dmesg after
-installation to dmesg@openbsd.org,
-as detailed in the FAQ.
-
-
-Machines
+PowerPC-based Macintosh systems are divided into "Old World" and "New World"
+systems, the difference being
+the design
+of the system ROM. Only "New World" machines are supported.
+Known compatible systems include the following:
+To help us improve the accuracy of this list, PLEASE
+send your dmesg after installation
+to dmesg@OpenBSD.org.
+
Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:
-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
+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, Drive Setup (MacOS9) or System Disk
+Utility (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.
See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
-Standalone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
+Stand-alone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
Root Drive:
-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.
+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.
-- ultra0 is always fine to use as an root drive.
-
- ultra1 is fine to use as a root disk (as long as ultra0
-is a hard drive, not ATAPI).
-
- If no hard drive is located at ultra1, it is possible to use a
-hard drive configured as ide1 (zip bay) as root drive.
-
- It is not possible to use ide0 (CD-ROM) as a root drive unless
-no drives are connected to the Ultra IDE bus.
+
- ultra0 is always a valid root drive.
+
- ultra1 is valid as a root disk, as long as ultra0
+ is a hard drive, not a non-hard disk ATAPI device).
+
- ide1 (Zip drive bay) is valid as a root disk if no hard drive is
+ located at ultra1,
+
- ide0 (CD-ROM) is valid as a root drive only if no hard
+ drives are connected to the Ultra bus.
X Window System:
-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.
+XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all MacPPC systems, however
+only the ATI graphics adapters are supported by an accelerated
+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).
-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 /usr/X11R6/README file on the installed system.
+Directions on enabling the accelerated X server is
+in the /usr/X11R6/README file on the installed system.
Known Problems
-- gm0 driver does not support 1000Mb operation, only 10/100Mb.
-
- Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if running off battery and the lid is closed.
-
- Feature: <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB will reset
-
- 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.
+
- gm0
+ ethernet driver does not support 1000Mbps operation, only 10/100Mbps.
+
- Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if the lid is closed
+ while running from battery.
+
- 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 <SHIFT> first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse
+ after the problem has occurred.
-
+Other Features
+
+- <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB (not USB) keyboards
+will reset the computer.
+
+
Supported Hardware:
@@ -113,7 +126,8 @@
-PCI-Bridges (pchb)
+PCI-Bridges
+(pchb)
- Apple Uni-North
- Apple Uni-North AGP
@@ -147,9 +161,12 @@
-
SCSI Host Adapters
+
SCSI and IDE Host Adapters
- Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (siop)
+
- All PCI IDE
+(pciide)
+adapters supported by the i386 platform
RAID Controllers
@@ -181,6 +198,14 @@
USB Zip Drives (umass)
+Other Devices
+
+- 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.
+
+
Cryptography Devices
- Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (hifn)
@@ -191,38 +216,29 @@
Unsupported Hardware:
--
-Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor or lack OpenFirmware
-will likely never be supported.
-
-
-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.
-
- On the device side, the following are recognized, but not supported:
-
-- Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 FireWire
+
- Older Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor and those that
+ lack OpenFirmware are not supported.
+
- Older OpenFirmware machines are not currently supported.
+ This is mostly due to lack of developer resources and limited
+ availability of hardware.
+
- Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 FireWire is recognized, but not supported.
+
- 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.
+
- Newer PowerBooks have an internal modem attached as a USB device, these
+ are not supported.
+
- The new 'digital audio' subsystem on iBooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
+ is not supported.
+
- The built-in Cardbus slot in PowerBook systems is not supported.
+
- Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
+
- Turning off the backlight and screen blanking is not supported.
- -
-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.
-
-
-The new 'digital audio' subsystem on ibooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
-is not supported.
-
-
-Built-in Cardbus slot in PowerBook systems is not supported.
-
-
-Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
-
-
-Turning off the backlight/screen blanking is not supported.
-
-
-If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
-try one of the snapshots.
-For the macppc architecture, snapshots are made available from time to time.
+
If you are looking for or are willing to test new pre-release
+features, you can try using a
+snapshot which are made available
+on the FTP
+sites from time to time.
@@ -246,7 +262,7 @@
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-$OpenBSD: macppc.html,v 1.12 2002/04/08 13:47:41 drahn Exp $
+$OpenBSD: macppc.html,v 1.13 2002/04/13 21:35:43 nick Exp $