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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>
1.24 ! deraadt 45: <li>Xserve <i>(currently only running on serial console with video card removed)</i>
1.1 brad 46: <li>StarMax <i>(development in progress)</i>
47: <li>others... <i>(development in progress)</i>
48: </ul>
1.13 nick 49: To help us improve the accuracy of this list, <b>PLEASE</b>
50: <a href="faq/faq4.html#SendDmesg">send your dmesg</a> after installation
51: to <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@OpenBSD.org</a>.
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1.22 drahn 53: <a name="multiboot"></a>
1.11 drahn 54: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
55: <p>
1.13 nick 56: Having OpenBSD multiboot, or share, a disk with OS X/MacOS 9
57: is possible as long as the disk is first partitioned with the
58: macOS utility, <i>Drive Setup</i> (MacOS9) or <i>System Disk
59: Utility</i> (Mac OS X). Unallocated space or a
60: no longer desired partition must be left for OpenBSD's use.
61: Since OpenBSD is only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
62: the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS, to be able to boot
1.11 drahn 63: OpenBSD.
64: <p>
65: See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
66: <p>
1.13 nick 67: Stand-alone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
1.11 drahn 68:
1.22 drahn 69: <a name="root"></a>
1.11 drahn 70: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
71: <p>
1.13 nick 72: Modern MacPPC systems have two IDE interfaces (called Ultra and IDE), each of
73: which can have two devices on them (ultra0, ultra1, ide0, ide1).
74: When multiple drives are present in the system, there are limitations
75: of which drives can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive.
76: Invalid configurations will not be able to properly
77: detect which drive is the root drive, so any attempt will either
78: prompt for a root drive or fail.
79: <p>
80: <ul>
81: <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always a valid root drive.
82: <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is valid as a root disk, as long as <tt>ultra0</tt>
83: is a hard drive, not a non-hard disk ATAPI device).
84: <li><tt>ide1</tt> (Zip drive bay) is valid as a root disk if no hard drive is
85: located at <tt>ultra1</tt>,
86: <li><tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) is valid as a root drive <b>only</b> if no hard
87: drives are connected to the Ultra bus.
1.11 drahn 88: </ul>
89:
1.22 drahn 90: <a name="X11"></a>
1.11 drahn 91: <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
92: <p>
1.13 nick 93: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all MacPPC systems, however
94: only the ATI graphics adapters are supported by an <i>accelerated</i>
95: X server at the current time.
96: The nVidia accelerated X server does not currently work, however nVidia
97: (and ATI) cards can be used by X in framebuffer (unaccelerated) mode,
98: at the boot resolution and color depth using the wsfb driver (installed by
99: default).
100: <p>
101: Directions on enabling the accelerated X server is
102: in the <tt>/usr/X11R6/README</tt> file on the installed system.
1.11 drahn 103: <p>
104:
1.22 drahn 105: <a name="problems"></a>
1.11 drahn 106: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
107: <ul>
1.13 nick 108: <li>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if the lid is closed
109: while running from battery.
110: <li>Older iMacs can have a problem with the USB keyboard driver where
111: the first key pressed after boot will repeat endlessly. The workaround
112: is to press <SHIFT> first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse
113: after the problem has occurred.
114: </ul>
115:
116: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Other Features</font></h3>
117: <ul>
118: <li> <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB (not USB) keyboards
119: will reset the computer.
1.11 drahn 120: </ul>
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1.22 drahn 122: <a name="supported"></a>
1.11 drahn 123: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 124:
1.15 deraadt 125: <h4>Supported peripherals:</h4>
126: <ul>
127: <li><strong>Onboard I/O modules</strong> (obio)
1.1 brad 128: <ul>
129: <li>Apple Paddington
130: <li>Apple Keylargo
131: </ul>
132:
1.15 deraadt 133: <li><strong>PCI-Bridges</strong>
1.13 nick 134: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
1.1 brad 135: <ul>
136: <li>Apple Uni-North
137: <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
138: <li>Apple Uni-North Eth
139: <li>Motorola MPC106 Host-PCI
140: </ul>
141:
1.15 deraadt 142: <li><strong>Video Cards</strong>
1.1 brad 143: <ul>
144: <li>ATI Mach64 GP
145: <li>ATI Mach64 GV
146: <li>ATI Mach64 128 PK
147: <li>ATI Mach64 128 VR AGP
148: <li>ATI Mobility M3
149: <li>ATI Rage Fury AGP4x
150: </ul>
151:
1.15 deraadt 152: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
1.1 brad 153: <ul>
1.11 drahn 154: <li>DEC DECchip 21040 (Tulip) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de</a>)
155: <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 156: <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 157: <li>Apple GMAC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
1.1 brad 158: </ul>
159:
1.15 deraadt 160: <li><strong>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 161: <ul>
1.14 drahn 162: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an</a>)
1.22 drahn 163: <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>)
164: <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 165: </ul>
1.15 deraadt 166:
167: <li><strong>SCSI and IDE Host Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 168: <ul>
169: <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
1.13 nick 170: <li>All PCI IDE
171: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide</a>)
172: adapters supported by the <a href="i386.html">i386</a> platform
1.1 brad 173: </ul>
174:
1.15 deraadt 175: <li><strong>RAID Controllers</strong>
1.1 brad 176: <ul>
177: <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>)
178: </ul>
179:
1.15 deraadt 180: <li><strong>Drives</strong>
1.1 brad 181: <ul>
182: <li>All IDE devices supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
183: <li>All ATAPI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
184: <li>All SCSI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
185: </ul>
186:
1.15 deraadt 187: <li><strong>USB Controllers/Hubs</strong>
1.1 brad 188: <ul>
189: <li>Apple USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
190: <li>OHCI root hub (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
191: <li>Opti RM861HA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
192: <li>Alps Electric Hub in Apple USB Keyboard
193: </ul>
194:
1.15 deraadt 195: <li><strong>USB Devices</strong>
1.1 brad 196: <ul>
197: <li>Alps Electric Apple USB Keyboard (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>)
198: <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>)
199: <li>Logitech M4848 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
200: <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 201: <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
1.1 brad 202: </ul>
203:
1.19 drahn 204: <li><strong>Cardbus/PCMCIA bridges (new with 3.1-current)</strong>
205: <ul>
206: <li>PBG4 onboard cardbus bridge is now supported, as are PCI CardBus bridges.
207: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cbb&sektion=4">cbb</a>)
208: <li>Orinoco/Prism cards are only current supported cards
209: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
210: </ul>
1.21 drahn 211: <li><strong>Cryptography Devices</strong>
212: <ul>
213: <li>Hifn 7751/7811/7951 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>)
1.23 jason 214: <li>Bluesteelnet 5501/5601, Broadcom 5801/5802/5805/5820/5821/5822 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec</a>)
1.21 drahn 215: </ul>
1.19 drahn 216:
1.15 deraadt 217: <li><strong>Other Devices</strong>
1.13 nick 218: <ul>
219: <li>Serial Ports: While the modern PowerMacintosh series has no external
220: standard serial ports, many have an on-board modem which can be
221: removed and replaced with an adapter (several manufacturers of these exist)
222: which will produce a standard (and supported) serial port.
1.21 drahn 223: <li>Firewire device now probes and is configured, but no devices will attach
224: on the firewire bus, yet.
1.13 nick 225: </ul>
1.21 drahn 226: <li>Backlight on lcd devices can be controlled thru the brightness control
227: keys on ADB (laptop) keyboards, or thru 'wsconsctl -w display.brightness=xx'
228: (0 - 100) and 'wsconsctl -w display.backlight=xx' (0 or 100)
1.15 deraadt 229: </ul>
230:
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232: <p>
1.22 drahn 233: <a name="unsup"></a>
234: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 235: <ul>
1.13 nick 236: <li>Older Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor and those that
237: lack OpenFirmware are not supported.
238: <li>Older OpenFirmware machines are not currently supported.
239: This is mostly due to lack of developer resources and limited
240: availability of hardware.
241: <li>Built-in modems on most machines are not supported. In many systems,
242: the serial port the modem is attached to is supported, but the modem
243: itself is not supported.
244: <li>Newer PowerBooks have an internal modem attached as a USB device, these
245: are not supported.
246: <li>The new 'digital audio' subsystem on iBooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
247: is not supported.
248: <li>Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
1.1 brad 249: </ul>
250: <hr>
1.13 nick 251: <p>If you are looking for or are willing to test new pre-release
252: features, you can try using a
253: <a href="faq/upgrade-minifaq.html#1.1">snapshot</a> which are made available
254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/macppc">on the FTP
255: sites</a> from time to time.
1.1 brad 256: <p>
257:
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1.5 miod 259: <p>
1.1 brad 260: Contact
261: <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or
262: <a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">Dale Rahn</a>
263: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
264: information.
265:
1.5 miod 266: <p>
267: A mailing list for users and developers exists at
268: <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
269: To join the OpenBSD/macppc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
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271: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
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