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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>
1.13 nick 20: PowerPC-based Macintosh systems are divided into "Old World" and "New World"
21: systems, the difference being
22: <a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1167.html">the design
23: of the system ROM</a>. Only "New World" machines are supported.
24: Known compatible systems include the following:
1.1 brad 25: <ul>
1.12 drahn 26: <li>PowerMac G3 (B&W)
27: <li><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418">PowerMac G4
28: </a> (PCI Graphics? - untested but should work)
29: <li>PowerMac G4 (AGP Graphics)
30: <li>PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio)
31: <li>PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver)
32: <li>PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver 2002)
1.1 brad 33: <li>PowerMac Dual G4
34: <li>PowerMac G4 Cube
35: <li>iMac Rev A
36: <li>iMac Rev B
37: <li>iMac Rev C
38: <li>iMac DV
39: <li>iMac DV+
1.11 drahn 40: <li>LCD iMac <i>(new with 3.1)</i>
1.1 brad 41: <li>PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
42: <li>PowerBook G4
1.3 miod 43: <li>iBook
1.11 drahn 44: <li>iBook2 <i>(problems with Combo drive thought to be fixed in 3.1)</i>
1.1 brad 45: <li>StarMax <i>(development in progress)</i>
46: <li>others... <i>(development in progress)</i>
47: </ul>
1.13 nick 48: To help us improve the accuracy of this list, <b>PLEASE</b>
49: <a href="faq/faq4.html#SendDmesg">send your dmesg</a> after installation
50: to <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@OpenBSD.org</a>.
51:
1.11 drahn 52: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
53: <p>
1.13 nick 54: Having OpenBSD multiboot, or share, a disk with OS X/MacOS 9
55: is possible as long as the disk is first partitioned with the
56: macOS utility, <i>Drive Setup</i> (MacOS9) or <i>System Disk
57: Utility</i> (Mac OS X). Unallocated space or a
58: no longer desired partition must be left for OpenBSD's use.
59: Since OpenBSD is only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
60: the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS, to be able to boot
1.11 drahn 61: OpenBSD.
62: <p>
63: See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
64: <p>
1.13 nick 65: Stand-alone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
1.11 drahn 66:
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
68: <p>
1.13 nick 69: Modern MacPPC systems have two IDE interfaces (called Ultra and IDE), each of
70: which can have two devices on them (ultra0, ultra1, ide0, ide1).
71: When multiple drives are present in the system, there are limitations
72: of which drives can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive.
73: Invalid configurations will not be able to properly
74: detect which drive is the root drive, so any attempt will either
75: prompt for a root drive or fail.
76: <p>
77: <ul>
78: <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always a valid root drive.
79: <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is valid as a root disk, as long as <tt>ultra0</tt>
80: is a hard drive, not a non-hard disk ATAPI device).
81: <li><tt>ide1</tt> (Zip drive bay) is valid as a root disk if no hard drive is
82: located at <tt>ultra1</tt>,
83: <li><tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) is valid as a root drive <b>only</b> if no hard
84: drives are connected to the Ultra bus.
1.11 drahn 85: </ul>
86:
87: <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
88: <p>
1.13 nick 89: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all MacPPC systems, however
90: only the ATI graphics adapters are supported by an <i>accelerated</i>
91: X server at the current time.
92: The nVidia accelerated X server does not currently work, however nVidia
93: (and ATI) cards can be used by X in framebuffer (unaccelerated) mode,
94: at the boot resolution and color depth using the wsfb driver (installed by
95: default).
96: <p>
97: Directions on enabling the accelerated X server is
98: in the <tt>/usr/X11R6/README</tt> file on the installed system.
1.11 drahn 99: <p>
100:
101: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
102: <ul>
1.13 nick 103: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gm&sektion=4&arch=powerpc">gm0</a>
104: ethernet driver does not support 1000Mbps operation, only 10/100Mbps.
105: <li>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if the lid is closed
106: while running from battery.
107: <li>Older iMacs can have a problem with the USB keyboard driver where
108: the first key pressed after boot will repeat endlessly. The workaround
109: is to press <SHIFT> first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse
110: after the problem has occurred.
111: </ul>
112:
113: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Other Features</font></h3>
114: <ul>
115: <li> <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB (not USB) keyboards
116: will reset the computer.
1.11 drahn 117: </ul>
118:
119: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 120:
1.15 ! deraadt 121: <h4>Supported peripherals:</h4>
! 122: <ul>
! 123: <li><strong>Onboard I/O modules</strong> (obio)
1.1 brad 124: <ul>
125: <li>Apple Paddington
126: <li>Apple Keylargo
127: </ul>
128:
1.15 ! deraadt 129: <li><strong>PCI-Bridges</strong>
1.13 nick 130: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
1.1 brad 131: <ul>
132: <li>Apple Uni-North
133: <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
134: <li>Apple Uni-North Eth
135: <li>Motorola MPC106 Host-PCI
136: </ul>
137:
1.15 ! deraadt 138: <li><strong>Video Cards</strong>
1.1 brad 139: <ul>
140: <li>ATI Mach64 GP
141: <li>ATI Mach64 GV
142: <li>ATI Mach64 128 PK
143: <li>ATI Mach64 128 VR AGP
144: <li>ATI Mobility M3
145: <li>ATI Rage Fury AGP4x
146: </ul>
147:
1.15 ! deraadt 148: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
1.1 brad 149: <ul>
1.11 drahn 150: <li>DEC DECchip 21040 (Tulip) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de</a>)
151: <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 152: <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>)
153: <li>Apple GMAC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gm&sektion=4&arch=powerpc">gm</a>)
154: </ul>
155:
1.15 ! deraadt 156: <li><strong>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 157: <ul>
1.14 drahn 158: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an</a>)
159: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS onboard airport slot and PCI(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
160: <li>Prism II and Prism 2.5 PCI(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>) see <a href="i386.html">i386</a> for a complete list.
1.1 brad 161: </ul>
1.15 ! deraadt 162:
! 163: <li><strong>SCSI and IDE Host Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 164: <ul>
165: <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
1.13 nick 166: <li>All PCI IDE
167: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide</a>)
168: adapters supported by the <a href="i386.html">i386</a> platform
1.1 brad 169: </ul>
170:
1.15 ! deraadt 171: <li><strong>RAID Controllers</strong>
1.1 brad 172: <ul>
173: <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>)
174: </ul>
175:
1.15 ! deraadt 176: <li><strong>Drives</strong>
1.1 brad 177: <ul>
178: <li>All IDE devices supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
179: <li>All ATAPI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
180: <li>All SCSI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
181: </ul>
182:
1.15 ! deraadt 183: <li><strong>USB Controllers/Hubs</strong>
1.1 brad 184: <ul>
185: <li>Apple USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
186: <li>OHCI root hub (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
187: <li>Opti RM861HA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
188: <li>Alps Electric Hub in Apple USB Keyboard
189: </ul>
190:
1.15 ! deraadt 191: <li><strong>USB Devices</strong>
1.1 brad 192: <ul>
193: <li>Alps Electric Apple USB Keyboard (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>)
194: <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>)
195: <li>Logitech M4848 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
196: <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 197: <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
1.1 brad 198: </ul>
199:
1.15 ! deraadt 200: <li><strong>Other Devices</strong>
1.13 nick 201: <ul>
202: <li>Serial Ports: While the modern PowerMacintosh series has no external
203: standard serial ports, many have an on-board modem which can be
204: removed and replaced with an adapter (several manufacturers of these exist)
205: which will produce a standard (and supported) serial port.
206: </ul>
207:
1.15 ! deraadt 208: <li><strong>Cryptography Devices</strong>
1.6 jason 209: <ul>
1.9 jason 210: <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
211: <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 212: </ul>
213:
1.15 ! deraadt 214: </ul>
! 215:
1.1 brad 216: <hr>
217: <p>
218: <a name="#unsup"><h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3></a>
219: <ul>
1.13 nick 220: <li>Older Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor and those that
221: lack OpenFirmware are not supported.
222: <li>Older OpenFirmware machines are not currently supported.
223: This is mostly due to lack of developer resources and limited
224: availability of hardware.
225: <li>Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 FireWire is recognized, but not supported.
226: <li>Built-in modems on most machines are not supported. In many systems,
227: the serial port the modem is attached to is supported, but the modem
228: itself is not supported.
229: <li>Newer PowerBooks have an internal modem attached as a USB device, these
230: are not supported.
231: <li>The new 'digital audio' subsystem on iBooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
232: is not supported.
233: <li>The built-in Cardbus slot in PowerBook systems is not supported.
234: <li>Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
235: <li>Turning off the backlight and screen blanking is not supported.
1.1 brad 236: </ul>
237: <hr>
1.13 nick 238: <p>If you are looking for or are willing to test new pre-release
239: features, you can try using a
240: <a href="faq/upgrade-minifaq.html#1.1">snapshot</a> which are made available
241: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/macppc">on the FTP
242: sites</a> from time to time.
1.1 brad 243: <p>
244:
245: <hr>
1.5 miod 246: <p>
1.1 brad 247: Contact
248: <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or
249: <a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">Dale Rahn</a>
250: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
251: information.
252:
1.5 miod 253: <p>
254: A mailing list for users and developers exists at
255: <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
256: To join the OpenBSD/macppc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
257: ppc"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
258: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
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