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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>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if the lid is closed
                    104:   while running from battery.
                    105: <li>Older iMacs can have a problem with the USB keyboard driver where
                    106:   the first key pressed after boot will repeat endlessly.  The workaround
                    107:   is to press &lt;SHIFT&gt; first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse
                    108:   after the problem has occurred.
                    109: </ul>
                    110:
                    111: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Other Features</font></h3>
                    112: <ul>
                    113: <li> &lt;CTRL&gt;&lt;CMD&gt;&lt;POWER&gt; on ADB (not USB) keyboards
                    114: will reset the computer.
1.11      drahn     115: </ul>
                    116:
                    117: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1       brad      118:
1.15      deraadt   119: <h4>Supported peripherals:</h4>
                    120: <ul>
                    121: <li><strong>Onboard I/O modules</strong> (obio)
1.1       brad      122: <ul>
                    123: <li>Apple Paddington
                    124: <li>Apple Keylargo
                    125: </ul>
                    126:
1.15      deraadt   127: <li><strong>PCI-Bridges</strong>
1.13      nick      128: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
1.1       brad      129: <ul>
                    130: <li>Apple Uni-North
                    131: <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
                    132: <li>Apple Uni-North Eth
                    133: <li>Motorola MPC106 Host-PCI
                    134: </ul>
                    135:
1.15      deraadt   136: <li><strong>Video Cards</strong>
1.1       brad      137: <ul>
                    138: <li>ATI Mach64 GP
                    139: <li>ATI Mach64 GV
                    140: <li>ATI Mach64 128 PK
                    141: <li>ATI Mach64 128 VR AGP
                    142: <li>ATI Mobility M3
                    143: <li>ATI Rage Fury AGP4x
                    144: </ul>
                    145:
1.15      deraadt   146: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
1.1       brad      147: <ul>
1.11      drahn     148: <li>DEC DECchip 21040 (Tulip) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de</a>)
                    149: <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      150: <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>)
1.17      drahn     151: <li>Apple GMAC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
1.1       brad      152: </ul>
                    153:
1.15      deraadt   154: <li><strong>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</strong>
1.1       brad      155: <ul>
1.14      drahn     156: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an</a>)
1.16      deraadt   157: <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>)
                    158: <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      159: </ul>
1.15      deraadt   160:
                    161: <li><strong>SCSI and IDE Host Adapters</strong>
1.1       brad      162: <ul>
                    163: <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
1.13      nick      164: <li>All PCI IDE
                    165: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide</a>)
                    166: adapters supported by the <a href="i386.html">i386</a> platform
1.1       brad      167: </ul>
                    168:
1.15      deraadt   169: <li><strong>RAID Controllers</strong>
1.1       brad      170: <ul>
                    171: <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>)
                    172: </ul>
                    173:
1.15      deraadt   174: <li><strong>Drives</strong>
1.1       brad      175: <ul>
                    176: <li>All IDE devices supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
                    177: <li>All ATAPI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
                    178: <li>All SCSI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
                    179: </ul>
                    180:
1.15      deraadt   181: <li><strong>USB Controllers/Hubs</strong>
1.1       brad      182: <ul>
                    183: <li>Apple USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
                    184: <li>OHCI root hub (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
                    185: <li>Opti RM861HA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
                    186: <li>Alps Electric Hub in Apple USB Keyboard
                    187: </ul>
                    188:
1.15      deraadt   189: <li><strong>USB Devices</strong>
1.1       brad      190: <ul>
                    191: <li>Alps Electric Apple USB Keyboard (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>)
                    192: <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>)
                    193: <li>Logitech M4848 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
                    194: <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      195: <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
1.1       brad      196: </ul>
                    197:
1.19      drahn     198: <li><strong>Cardbus/PCMCIA bridges (new with 3.1-current)</strong>
                    199: <ul>
                    200: <li>PBG4 onboard cardbus bridge is now supported, as are PCI CardBus bridges.
                    201: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cbb&sektion=4">cbb</a>)
                    202: <li>Orinoco/Prism cards are only current supported cards
                    203: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
                    204: </ul>
1.21    ! drahn     205: <li><strong>Cryptography Devices</strong>
        !           206: <ul>
        !           207: <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
        !           208: <li>Bluesteelnet 5501/5601, Broadcom 5805/5820/5821 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec</a>)
        !           209: </ul>
1.19      drahn     210:
1.15      deraadt   211: <li><strong>Other Devices</strong>
1.13      nick      212: <ul>
                    213: <li>Serial Ports: While the modern PowerMacintosh series has no external
                    214:   standard serial ports, many have an on-board modem which can be
                    215:   removed and replaced with an adapter (several manufacturers of these exist)
                    216:   which will produce a standard (and supported) serial port.
1.21    ! drahn     217: <li>Firewire device now probes and is configured, but no devices will attach
        !           218:   on the firewire bus, yet.
1.13      nick      219: </ul>
1.21    ! drahn     220: <li>Backlight on lcd devices can be controlled thru the brightness control
        !           221: keys on ADB (laptop) keyboards, or thru 'wsconsctl -w display.brightness=xx'
        !           222: (0 - 100) and 'wsconsctl -w display.backlight=xx' (0 or 100)
1.15      deraadt   223: </ul>
                    224:
1.1       brad      225: <hr>
                    226: <p>
                    227: <a name="#unsup"><h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3></a>
                    228: <ul>
1.13      nick      229: <li>Older Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor and those that
                    230:   lack OpenFirmware are not supported.
                    231: <li>Older OpenFirmware machines are not currently supported.
                    232:   This is mostly due to lack of developer resources and limited
                    233:   availability of hardware.
                    234: <li>Built-in modems on most machines are not supported.  In many systems,
                    235:   the serial port the modem is attached to is supported, but the modem
                    236:   itself is not supported.
                    237: <li>Newer PowerBooks have an internal modem attached as a USB device, these
                    238:   are not supported.
                    239: <li>The new 'digital audio' subsystem on iBooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
                    240:   is not supported.
                    241: <li>Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
1.1       brad      242: </ul>
                    243: <hr>
1.13      nick      244: <p>If you are looking for or are willing to test new pre-release
                    245: features, you can try using a
                    246: <a href="faq/upgrade-minifaq.html#1.1">snapshot</a> which are made available
                    247: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/macppc">on the FTP
                    248: sites</a> from time to time.
1.1       brad      249: <p>
                    250:
                    251: <hr>
1.5       miod      252: <p>
1.1       brad      253: Contact
                    254: <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or
                    255: <a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">Dale Rahn</a>
                    256: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
                    257: information.
                    258:
1.5       miod      259: <p>
                    260: A mailing list for users and developers exists at
                    261: <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
                    262: To join the OpenBSD/macppc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
                    263: ppc"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
                    264: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
                    265: subscribing.
                    266: </p>
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