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1.2 brad 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">macppc</font><hr></h2>
1.1 brad 17:
18: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
19: <p>
20: Currently only New World machines are supported.
21: To improve the list below, <b>please</b> mail your dmesg after
22: installation to <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@openbsd.org</a>,
23: as detailed <a href="faq/faq4.html#4.5">in the FAQ</a>.
24:
25: <p>
26: <b>Machines</b>
27: <ul>
28: <li>PowerMac G4
29: <li>PowerMac Dual G4
30: <li>PowerMac G4 Cube
31: <li>iMac Rev A
32: <li>iMac Rev B
33: <li>iMac Rev C
34: <li>iMac DV
35: <li>iMac DV+
1.11 ! drahn 36: <li>LCD iMac <i>(new with 3.1)</i>
1.1 brad 37: <li>PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
38: <li>PowerBook G4
1.3 miod 39: <li>iBook
1.11 ! drahn 40: <li>iBook2 <i>(problems with Combo drive thought to be fixed in 3.1)</i>
1.1 brad 41: <li>StarMax <i>(development in progress)</i>
42: <li>others... <i>(development in progress)</i>
43: </ul>
1.11 ! drahn 44: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
! 45: <p>
! 46: Multiboot/sharing a disk with OS X/MacOS 9 is possible as long as the
! 47: disk is first partitioned with the MacOS utility. An "Unused" or other
! 48: available partition must be left for OpenBSD's use.
! 49: Since the machines are only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
! 50: the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS to be able to boot
! 51: OpenBSD.
! 52: <p>
! 53: See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
! 54: <p>
! 55: Standalone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
! 56:
! 57: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
! 58: <p>
! 59: When multiple drives are present in the system, only certain drives
! 60: can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive.
! 61: Any other configurations than those below will not be able to properly
! 62: detect which drive is the root drive, and so any attempt with either
! 63: prompt for a root drive, or fail.
! 64: <p>
! 65: <ul>
! 66: <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always fine to use as an root drive.
! 67: <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is fine to use as a root disk (as long as <tt>ultra0</tt>
! 68: is a hard drive, not ATAPI).
! 69: <li>If no hard drive is located at <tt>ultra1</tt>, it is possible to use a
! 70: hard drive configured as <tt>ide1</tt> (zip bay) as root drive.
! 71: <li>It is not possible to use <tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) as a root drive unless
! 72: no drives are connected to the Ultra IDE bus.
! 73: </ul>
! 74:
! 75: <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
! 76: <p>
! 77: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all systems.
! 78: Only the ATI graphics adapters are supported with the accelerated X server
! 79: at the current time.
! 80: The Nvidia driver does not currently work.
! 81: It is possible to use X in framebuffer mode with either the nvidia cards
! 82: or ATI at the boot resolution/depth using the wsfb driver.
! 83: <p>
! 84: The wsfb driver (installed by default) will allow either the Nvidia cards
! 85: or the ATI cards to run X in framebuffer mode at the boot resolution/depth.
! 86: The directions on how to enable the accelerated X server is present
! 87: in the <tty>/usr/X11R6/README</tty> file on the installed system.
! 88: <p>
! 89:
! 90: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
! 91: <ul>
! 92: <li>Sleep/suspend is not supported.
! 93: <li>Turning off the backlight/screen blanking is not supported.
! 94: <li>gm0 driver does not support 1000Mb operation, only 10/100Mb.
! 95: <li>Feature that <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB will reset
! 96: the machine.
! 97: </ul>
! 98: </p>
! 99:
! 100: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 101:
102: <p>
103: <b>Onboard I/O modules</b> (obio)
104: <ul>
105: <li>Apple Paddington
106: <li>Apple Keylargo
107: </ul>
108:
109: <p>
110: <b>PCI-Bridges</b> (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
111: <ul>
112: <li>Apple Uni-North
113: <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
114: <li>Apple Uni-North Eth
115: <li>Motorola MPC106 Host-PCI
116: </ul>
117:
118: <p>
119: <b>Video Cards</b>
120: <ul>
121: <li>ATI Mach64 GP
122: <li>ATI Mach64 GV
123: <li>ATI Mach64 128 PK
124: <li>ATI Mach64 128 VR AGP
125: <li>ATI Mobility M3
126: <li>ATI Rage Fury AGP4x
127: </ul>
128:
129: <p><b>Ethernet</b>
130: <ul>
1.11 ! drahn 131: <li>DEC DECchip 21040 (Tulip) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de</a>)
! 132: <li>DEC DECchip 21143 (Tulip clones) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc</a>)
1.1 brad 133: <li>Apple iMac Rev. A-C Ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bm&sektion=4&arch=powerpc">bm</a>)
134: <li>Apple GMAC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gm&sektion=4&arch=powerpc">gm</a>)
135: </ul>
136:
137: <b>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
138: <ul>
139: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCMCIA and PCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an</a>)
140: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS PCMCIA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
141: </ul>
142: <p>
143:
144: <p><b>SCSI Host Adapters</b>
145: <ul>
146: <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
147: </ul>
148:
149: <p><b>RAID Controllers</b>
150: <ul>
151: <li>Adaptec SCSI RAID (<a href="http://www.intelligent-io.com/">I2O</a>) controllers (ASR-2100S, ASR-3200S, etc.) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iop&sektion=4">iop</a>)
152: </ul>
153:
154: <p><b>Drives</b>
155: <ul>
156: <li>All IDE devices supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
157: <li>All ATAPI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
158: <li>All SCSI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
159: </ul>
160:
161: <p><b>USB Controllers/Hubs</b>
162: <ul>
163: <li>Apple USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
164: <li>OHCI root hub (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
165: <li>Opti RM861HA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
166: <li>Alps Electric Hub in Apple USB Keyboard
167: </ul>
168:
169: <p><b>USB Devices</b>
170: <ul>
171: <li>Alps Electric Apple USB Keyboard (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>)
172: <li>Solid Year Keyboard and Mouse (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
173: <li>Logitech M4848 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
174: <li>Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
1.3 miod 175: <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
1.1 brad 176: </ul>
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1.6 jason 178: <p><b>Cryptography Devices</b>
179: <ul>
1.9 jason 180: <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
181: <li>Bluesteelnet 5501/5601, Broadcom 5805/5820/5821 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec</a>)
1.6 jason 182: </ul>
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1.1 brad 184: <hr>
185: <p>
186: <a name="#unsup"><h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3></a>
187: <ul>
188: <li>
189: Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor or lack OpenFirmware
190: will likely never be supported.
191: <li>
192: At the current time, older OpenFirmware machines are not supported.
193: This is mostly due to lack of developer resources to work on the support
194: in addition to limited availability of hardware.
195: <li>On the device side, the following are recognized, but not supported:
196: <ul>
197: <li>Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 FireWire
198: </ul>
1.11 ! drahn 199: <li>
! 200: Built-in modems on most machines are not supported. iMac/G4 tower/older
1.10 drahn 201: PowerBook has support for the serial port which the modem is connected,
202: but the modem is not enabled. USB modems on newer PowerBooks are not supported.
203: </ul>
1.1 brad 204: </ul>
205: <hr>
206: <p>If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
1.2 brad 207: try one of the snapshots.
208: For the macppc architecture, <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/macppc">snapshots</a> are made available from time to time.
1.1 brad 209:
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1.5 miod 213: <p>
1.1 brad 214: Contact
215: <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or
216: <a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">Dale Rahn</a>
217: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
218: information.
219:
1.5 miod 220: <p>
221: A mailing list for users and developers exists at
222: <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
223: To join the OpenBSD/macppc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
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