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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>.
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1.22 ! drahn 52: <a name="multiboot"></a>
1.11 drahn 53: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
54: <p>
1.13 nick 55: Having OpenBSD multiboot, or share, a disk with OS X/MacOS 9
56: is possible as long as the disk is first partitioned with the
57: macOS utility, <i>Drive Setup</i> (MacOS9) or <i>System Disk
58: Utility</i> (Mac OS X). Unallocated space or a
59: no longer desired partition must be left for OpenBSD's use.
60: Since OpenBSD is only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
61: the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS, to be able to boot
1.11 drahn 62: OpenBSD.
63: <p>
64: See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
65: <p>
1.13 nick 66: Stand-alone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
1.11 drahn 67:
1.22 ! drahn 68: <a name="root"></a>
1.11 drahn 69: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
70: <p>
1.13 nick 71: Modern MacPPC systems have two IDE interfaces (called Ultra and IDE), each of
72: which can have two devices on them (ultra0, ultra1, ide0, ide1).
73: When multiple drives are present in the system, there are limitations
74: of which drives can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive.
75: Invalid configurations will not be able to properly
76: detect which drive is the root drive, so any attempt will either
77: prompt for a root drive or fail.
78: <p>
79: <ul>
80: <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always a valid root drive.
81: <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is valid as a root disk, as long as <tt>ultra0</tt>
82: is a hard drive, not a non-hard disk ATAPI device).
83: <li><tt>ide1</tt> (Zip drive bay) is valid as a root disk if no hard drive is
84: located at <tt>ultra1</tt>,
85: <li><tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) is valid as a root drive <b>only</b> if no hard
86: drives are connected to the Ultra bus.
1.11 drahn 87: </ul>
88:
1.22 ! drahn 89: <a name="X11"></a>
1.11 drahn 90: <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
91: <p>
1.13 nick 92: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all MacPPC systems, however
93: only the ATI graphics adapters are supported by an <i>accelerated</i>
94: X server at the current time.
95: The nVidia accelerated X server does not currently work, however nVidia
96: (and ATI) cards can be used by X in framebuffer (unaccelerated) mode,
97: at the boot resolution and color depth using the wsfb driver (installed by
98: default).
99: <p>
100: Directions on enabling the accelerated X server is
101: in the <tt>/usr/X11R6/README</tt> file on the installed system.
1.11 drahn 102: <p>
103:
1.22 ! drahn 104: <a name="problems"></a>
1.11 drahn 105: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
106: <ul>
1.13 nick 107: <li>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if the lid is closed
108: while running from battery.
109: <li>Older iMacs can have a problem with the USB keyboard driver where
110: the first key pressed after boot will repeat endlessly. The workaround
111: is to press <SHIFT> first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse
112: after the problem has occurred.
113: </ul>
114:
115: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Other Features</font></h3>
116: <ul>
117: <li> <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB (not USB) keyboards
118: will reset the computer.
1.11 drahn 119: </ul>
120:
1.22 ! drahn 121: <a name="supported"></a>
1.11 drahn 122: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 123:
1.15 deraadt 124: <h4>Supported peripherals:</h4>
125: <ul>
126: <li><strong>Onboard I/O modules</strong> (obio)
1.1 brad 127: <ul>
128: <li>Apple Paddington
129: <li>Apple Keylargo
130: </ul>
131:
1.15 deraadt 132: <li><strong>PCI-Bridges</strong>
1.13 nick 133: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
1.1 brad 134: <ul>
135: <li>Apple Uni-North
136: <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
137: <li>Apple Uni-North Eth
138: <li>Motorola MPC106 Host-PCI
139: </ul>
140:
1.15 deraadt 141: <li><strong>Video Cards</strong>
1.1 brad 142: <ul>
143: <li>ATI Mach64 GP
144: <li>ATI Mach64 GV
145: <li>ATI Mach64 128 PK
146: <li>ATI Mach64 128 VR AGP
147: <li>ATI Mobility M3
148: <li>ATI Rage Fury AGP4x
149: </ul>
150:
1.15 deraadt 151: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
1.1 brad 152: <ul>
1.11 drahn 153: <li>DEC DECchip 21040 (Tulip) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de</a>)
154: <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 155: <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 156: <li>Apple GMAC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
1.1 brad 157: </ul>
158:
1.15 deraadt 159: <li><strong>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 160: <ul>
1.14 drahn 161: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an</a>)
1.22 ! drahn 162: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS onboard airport slot, PCI and CardBus (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
! 163: <li>Prism II and Prism 2.5 PCI and Cardbus (<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 164: </ul>
1.15 deraadt 165:
166: <li><strong>SCSI and IDE Host Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 167: <ul>
168: <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
1.13 nick 169: <li>All PCI IDE
170: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide</a>)
171: adapters supported by the <a href="i386.html">i386</a> platform
1.1 brad 172: </ul>
173:
1.15 deraadt 174: <li><strong>RAID Controllers</strong>
1.1 brad 175: <ul>
176: <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>)
177: </ul>
178:
1.15 deraadt 179: <li><strong>Drives</strong>
1.1 brad 180: <ul>
181: <li>All IDE devices supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
182: <li>All ATAPI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
183: <li>All SCSI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
184: </ul>
185:
1.15 deraadt 186: <li><strong>USB Controllers/Hubs</strong>
1.1 brad 187: <ul>
188: <li>Apple USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
189: <li>OHCI root hub (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
190: <li>Opti RM861HA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
191: <li>Alps Electric Hub in Apple USB Keyboard
192: </ul>
193:
1.15 deraadt 194: <li><strong>USB Devices</strong>
1.1 brad 195: <ul>
196: <li>Alps Electric Apple USB Keyboard (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>)
197: <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>)
198: <li>Logitech M4848 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
199: <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 200: <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
1.1 brad 201: </ul>
202:
1.19 drahn 203: <li><strong>Cardbus/PCMCIA bridges (new with 3.1-current)</strong>
204: <ul>
205: <li>PBG4 onboard cardbus bridge is now supported, as are PCI CardBus bridges.
206: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cbb&sektion=4">cbb</a>)
207: <li>Orinoco/Prism cards are only current supported cards
208: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
209: </ul>
1.21 drahn 210: <li><strong>Cryptography Devices</strong>
211: <ul>
212: <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
213: <li>Bluesteelnet 5501/5601, Broadcom 5805/5820/5821 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec</a>)
214: </ul>
1.19 drahn 215:
1.15 deraadt 216: <li><strong>Other Devices</strong>
1.13 nick 217: <ul>
218: <li>Serial Ports: While the modern PowerMacintosh series has no external
219: standard serial ports, many have an on-board modem which can be
220: removed and replaced with an adapter (several manufacturers of these exist)
221: which will produce a standard (and supported) serial port.
1.21 drahn 222: <li>Firewire device now probes and is configured, but no devices will attach
223: on the firewire bus, yet.
1.13 nick 224: </ul>
1.21 drahn 225: <li>Backlight on lcd devices can be controlled thru the brightness control
226: keys on ADB (laptop) keyboards, or thru 'wsconsctl -w display.brightness=xx'
227: (0 - 100) and 'wsconsctl -w display.backlight=xx' (0 or 100)
1.15 deraadt 228: </ul>
229:
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231: <p>
1.22 ! drahn 232: <a name="unsup"></a>
! 233: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 234: <ul>
1.13 nick 235: <li>Older Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor and those that
236: lack OpenFirmware are not supported.
237: <li>Older OpenFirmware machines are not currently supported.
238: This is mostly due to lack of developer resources and limited
239: availability of hardware.
240: <li>Built-in modems on most machines are not supported. In many systems,
241: the serial port the modem is attached to is supported, but the modem
242: itself is not supported.
243: <li>Newer PowerBooks have an internal modem attached as a USB device, these
244: are not supported.
245: <li>The new 'digital audio' subsystem on iBooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
246: is not supported.
247: <li>Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
1.1 brad 248: </ul>
249: <hr>
1.13 nick 250: <p>If you are looking for or are willing to test new pre-release
251: features, you can try using a
252: <a href="faq/upgrade-minifaq.html#1.1">snapshot</a> which are made available
253: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/macppc">on the FTP
254: sites</a> from time to time.
1.1 brad 255: <p>
256:
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1.5 miod 258: <p>
1.1 brad 259: Contact
260: <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or
261: <a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">Dale Rahn</a>
262: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
263: information.
264:
1.5 miod 265: <p>
266: A mailing list for users and developers exists at
267: <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
268: To join the OpenBSD/macppc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
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270: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
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