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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>
1.12 ! drahn 28: <li>PowerMac G3 (B&W)
! 29: <li><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418">PowerMac G4
! 30: </a> (PCI Graphics? - untested but should work)
! 31: <li>PowerMac G4 (AGP Graphics)
! 32: <li>PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio)
! 33: <li>PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver)
! 34: <li>PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver 2002)
1.1 brad 35: <li>PowerMac Dual G4
36: <li>PowerMac G4 Cube
37: <li>iMac Rev A
38: <li>iMac Rev B
39: <li>iMac Rev C
40: <li>iMac DV
41: <li>iMac DV+
1.11 drahn 42: <li>LCD iMac <i>(new with 3.1)</i>
1.1 brad 43: <li>PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
44: <li>PowerBook G4
1.3 miod 45: <li>iBook
1.11 drahn 46: <li>iBook2 <i>(problems with Combo drive thought to be fixed in 3.1)</i>
1.1 brad 47: <li>StarMax <i>(development in progress)</i>
48: <li>others... <i>(development in progress)</i>
49: </ul>
1.11 drahn 50: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
51: <p>
52: Multiboot/sharing a disk with OS X/MacOS 9 is possible as long as the
53: disk is first partitioned with the MacOS utility. An "Unused" or other
54: available partition must be left for OpenBSD's use.
55: Since the machines are only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
56: the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS to be able to boot
57: OpenBSD.
58: <p>
59: See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
60: <p>
61: Standalone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
62:
63: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
64: <p>
65: When multiple drives are present in the system, only certain drives
66: can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive.
67: Any other configurations than those below will not be able to properly
68: detect which drive is the root drive, and so any attempt with either
69: prompt for a root drive, or fail.
70: <p>
71: <ul>
72: <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always fine to use as an root drive.
73: <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is fine to use as a root disk (as long as <tt>ultra0</tt>
74: is a hard drive, not ATAPI).
75: <li>If no hard drive is located at <tt>ultra1</tt>, it is possible to use a
76: hard drive configured as <tt>ide1</tt> (zip bay) as root drive.
77: <li>It is not possible to use <tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) as a root drive unless
78: no drives are connected to the Ultra IDE bus.
79: </ul>
80:
81: <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
82: <p>
83: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all systems.
84: Only the ATI graphics adapters are supported with the accelerated X server
85: at the current time.
86: The Nvidia driver does not currently work.
87: It is possible to use X in framebuffer mode with either the nvidia cards
88: or ATI at the boot resolution/depth using the wsfb driver.
89: <p>
90: The wsfb driver (installed by default) will allow either the Nvidia cards
91: or the ATI cards to run X in framebuffer mode at the boot resolution/depth.
92: The directions on how to enable the accelerated X server is present
93: in the <tty>/usr/X11R6/README</tty> file on the installed system.
94: <p>
95:
96: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
97: <ul>
98: <li>gm0 driver does not support 1000Mb operation, only 10/100Mb.
1.12 ! drahn 99: <li>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if running off battery and the lid is closed.
! 100: <li>Feature: <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB will reset
! 101: <li>Older iMacs can have a USB key repeat of the first key pressed after boot.
! 102: Workaround is to press shift first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse after the problem has occurred.
1.11 drahn 103: </ul>
104: </p>
105:
106: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 107:
108: <p>
109: <b>Onboard I/O modules</b> (obio)
110: <ul>
111: <li>Apple Paddington
112: <li>Apple Keylargo
113: </ul>
114:
115: <p>
116: <b>PCI-Bridges</b> (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
117: <ul>
118: <li>Apple Uni-North
119: <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
120: <li>Apple Uni-North Eth
121: <li>Motorola MPC106 Host-PCI
122: </ul>
123:
124: <p>
125: <b>Video Cards</b>
126: <ul>
127: <li>ATI Mach64 GP
128: <li>ATI Mach64 GV
129: <li>ATI Mach64 128 PK
130: <li>ATI Mach64 128 VR AGP
131: <li>ATI Mobility M3
132: <li>ATI Rage Fury AGP4x
133: </ul>
134:
135: <p><b>Ethernet</b>
136: <ul>
1.11 drahn 137: <li>DEC DECchip 21040 (Tulip) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de</a>)
138: <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 139: <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>)
140: <li>Apple GMAC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gm&sektion=4&arch=powerpc">gm</a>)
141: </ul>
142:
143: <b>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
144: <ul>
145: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCMCIA and PCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an</a>)
146: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS PCMCIA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
147: </ul>
148: <p>
149:
150: <p><b>SCSI Host Adapters</b>
151: <ul>
152: <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
153: </ul>
154:
155: <p><b>RAID Controllers</b>
156: <ul>
157: <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>)
158: </ul>
159:
160: <p><b>Drives</b>
161: <ul>
162: <li>All IDE devices supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
163: <li>All ATAPI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
164: <li>All SCSI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
165: </ul>
166:
167: <p><b>USB Controllers/Hubs</b>
168: <ul>
169: <li>Apple USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
170: <li>OHCI root hub (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
171: <li>Opti RM861HA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
172: <li>Alps Electric Hub in Apple USB Keyboard
173: </ul>
174:
175: <p><b>USB Devices</b>
176: <ul>
177: <li>Alps Electric Apple USB Keyboard (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>)
178: <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>)
179: <li>Logitech M4848 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
180: <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 181: <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
1.1 brad 182: </ul>
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1.6 jason 184: <p><b>Cryptography Devices</b>
185: <ul>
1.9 jason 186: <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
187: <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 188: </ul>
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1.1 brad 190: <hr>
191: <p>
192: <a name="#unsup"><h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3></a>
193: <ul>
194: <li>
195: Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor or lack OpenFirmware
196: will likely never be supported.
197: <li>
198: At the current time, older OpenFirmware machines are not supported.
199: This is mostly due to lack of developer resources to work on the support
200: in addition to limited availability of hardware.
201: <li>On the device side, the following are recognized, but not supported:
202: <ul>
203: <li>Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 FireWire
204: </ul>
1.11 drahn 205: <li>
206: Built-in modems on most machines are not supported. iMac/G4 tower/older
1.10 drahn 207: PowerBook has support for the serial port which the modem is connected,
1.12 ! drahn 208: but the modem is not enabled. On most PowerMac G4 systems it is possible
! 209: to purchase a serial port converter which replaces the modem which will
! 210: function normally. USB modems on newer PowerBooks are not supported.
! 211: <li>
! 212: The new 'digital audio' subsystem on ibooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
! 213: is not supported.
! 214: <li>
! 215: Built-in Cardbus slot in PowerBook systems is not supported.
! 216: <li>
! 217: Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
! 218: <li>
! 219: Turning off the backlight/screen blanking is not supported.
1.10 drahn 220: </ul>
1.1 brad 221: </ul>
222: <hr>
223: <p>If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
1.2 brad 224: try one of the snapshots.
225: 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 226: <p>
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1.5 miod 229: <p>
1.1 brad 230: Contact
231: <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or
232: <a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">Dale Rahn</a>
233: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
234: information.
235:
1.5 miod 236: <p>
237: A mailing list for users and developers exists at
238: <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
239: To join the OpenBSD/macppc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
240: ppc"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
241: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
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