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1.32 ! jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">macppc</font></h2>
! 18: <hr>
1.1 brad 19:
20: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
21: <p>
1.13 nick 22: PowerPC-based Macintosh systems are divided into "Old World" and "New World"
23: systems, the difference being
24: <a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1167.html">the design
25: of the system ROM</a>. Only "New World" machines are supported.
26: Known compatible systems include the following:
1.1 brad 27: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 28: <li>PowerMac G3 (B&W)
1.12 drahn 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>
1.24 deraadt 47: <li>Xserve <i>(currently only running on serial console with video card removed)</i>
1.1 brad 48: <li>StarMax <i>(development in progress)</i>
49: <li>others... <i>(development in progress)</i>
50: </ul>
1.13 nick 51: To help us improve the accuracy of this list, <b>PLEASE</b>
52: <a href="faq/faq4.html#SendDmesg">send your dmesg</a> after installation
53: to <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@OpenBSD.org</a>.
54:
1.22 drahn 55: <a name="multiboot"></a>
1.11 drahn 56: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Multiboot/Shared HFS disks:</font></h3>
57: <p>
1.13 nick 58: Having OpenBSD multiboot, or share, a disk with OS X/MacOS 9
59: is possible as long as the disk is first partitioned with the
60: macOS utility, <i>Drive Setup</i> (MacOS9) or <i>System Disk
61: Utility</i> (Mac OS X). Unallocated space or a
62: no longer desired partition must be left for OpenBSD's use.
63: Since OpenBSD is only able to boot from HFS (not MacOS X UFS) partitions
64: the first partition must formated HFS(+), not UFS, to be able to boot
1.11 drahn 65: OpenBSD.
66: <p>
67: See INSTALL.macppc for more details on how to install a shared disk.
68: <p>
1.13 nick 69: Stand-alone (no MacOS present) installation is also supported.
1.11 drahn 70:
1.22 drahn 71: <a name="root"></a>
1.11 drahn 72: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Root Drive:</font></h3>
73: <p>
1.13 nick 74: Modern MacPPC systems have two IDE interfaces (called Ultra and IDE), each of
75: which can have two devices on them (ultra0, ultra1, ide0, ide1).
76: When multiple drives are present in the system, there are limitations
77: of which drives can be configured as the OpenBSD root drive.
78: Invalid configurations will not be able to properly
79: detect which drive is the root drive, so any attempt will either
80: prompt for a root drive or fail.
81: <p>
82: <ul>
83: <li><tt>ultra0</tt> is always a valid root drive.
84: <li><tt>ultra1</tt> is valid as a root disk, as long as <tt>ultra0</tt>
85: is a hard drive, not a non-hard disk ATAPI device).
86: <li><tt>ide1</tt> (Zip drive bay) is valid as a root disk if no hard drive is
87: located at <tt>ultra1</tt>,
88: <li><tt>ide0</tt> (CD-ROM) is valid as a root drive <b>only</b> if no hard
89: drives are connected to the Ultra bus.
1.11 drahn 90: </ul>
91:
1.22 drahn 92: <a name="X11"></a>
1.11 drahn 93: <h3><font color="#0000e0">X Window System:</font></h3>
94: <p>
1.13 nick 95: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 is supported on all MacPPC systems, however
96: only the ATI graphics adapters are supported by an <i>accelerated</i>
97: X server at the current time.
98: The nVidia accelerated X server does not currently work, however nVidia
99: (and ATI) cards can be used by X in framebuffer (unaccelerated) mode,
100: at the boot resolution and color depth using the wsfb driver (installed by
101: default).
102: <p>
103: Directions on enabling the accelerated X server is
104: in the <tt>/usr/X11R6/README</tt> file on the installed system.
1.11 drahn 105: <p>
106:
1.22 drahn 107: <a name="problems"></a>
1.11 drahn 108: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Known Problems</font></h3>
109: <ul>
1.13 nick 110: <li>Laptop systems may power off within 2-5 minutes if the lid is closed
111: while running from battery.
112: <li>Older iMacs can have a problem with the USB keyboard driver where
113: the first key pressed after boot will repeat endlessly. The workaround
114: is to press <SHIFT> first or to disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse
115: after the problem has occurred.
116: </ul>
1.28 henning 117: <p>
118: <a name="other"></a>
1.13 nick 119: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Other Features</font></h3>
120: <ul>
121: <li> <CTRL><CMD><POWER> on ADB (not USB) keyboards
122: will reset the computer.
1.11 drahn 123: </ul>
124:
1.22 drahn 125: <a name="supported"></a>
1.11 drahn 126: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 127:
1.15 deraadt 128: <h4>Supported peripherals:</h4>
129: <ul>
130: <li><strong>Onboard I/O modules</strong> (obio)
1.1 brad 131: <ul>
132: <li>Apple Paddington
133: <li>Apple Keylargo
134: </ul>
135:
1.15 deraadt 136: <li><strong>PCI-Bridges</strong>
1.32 ! jufi 137: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb</a>)
1.1 brad 138: <ul>
139: <li>Apple Uni-North
140: <li>Apple Uni-North AGP
141: <li>Apple Uni-North Eth
142: <li>Motorola MPC106 Host-PCI
143: </ul>
144:
1.15 deraadt 145: <li><strong>Video Cards</strong>
1.1 brad 146: <ul>
147: <li>ATI Mach64 GP
148: <li>ATI Mach64 GV
149: <li>ATI Mach64 128 PK
150: <li>ATI Mach64 128 VR AGP
151: <li>ATI Mobility M3
152: <li>ATI Rage Fury AGP4x
153: </ul>
154:
1.15 deraadt 155: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
1.1 brad 156: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 157: <li>DEC DECchip 21040 (Tulip) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de</a>)
! 158: <li>DEC DECchip 21143 (Tulip clones) (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc</a>)
! 159: <li>Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp</a>), including:
1.26 pvalchev 160: <ul>
161: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
162: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
163: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
164: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
165: <li>Intel PRO/100 VE, PRO/100 VM, and PRO/100 S
166: </ul>
1.27 henning 167: <li>Intel 21145-based PCI adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc</a>)
1.32 ! jufi 168: <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>)
! 169: <li>Apple GMAC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&sektion=4">gem</a>)
! 170: <li>Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&sektion=4">ti</a>), including:
1.30 nate 171: <ul>
172: <li>3Com 3c985 and 3c985B
173: <li>Alteon ACEnic V (fiber and copper)
174: <li>Digital EtherWORKS 1000SX
175: <li>Farallon PN9000SX
176: <li>Netgear GA620 and GA620T
177: <li>SGI Tigon
178: </ul>
179:
1.31 margarid 180: <li>Intel i82540, i82542, i82543, i82544, i82545, and i82546 based adapters
1.32 ! jufi 181: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em</a>),
1.25 nate 182: including:
183: <ul>
184: <li> Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490)
185: <li> Intel PRO/1000F Gigabit Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490SX)
186: <li> Intel PRO/1000T Server Adapter (PWLA8490T)
187: <li> Intel PRO/1000XT Server Adapter (PWLA8490XT)
188: <li> Intel PRO/1000XS Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490XF)
189: <li> Intel PRO/1000T Desktop Adapter (PWLA8390T)
190: <li> Intel PRO/1000XTL Lo Profile PCI Server (PWLA8490XTL)
191: <li> Intel PRO/1000MT Desktop Adapter (PWLA8390MT)
192: <li> Intel PRO/1000MT Server Adapter (PWLA8490MT)
193: <li> Intel PRO/1000MT Dual Port Server Adapter (PWLA8492MT)
194: <li> Intel PRO/1000MF Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490MF)
195: <li> Intel PRO/1000MF Dual Port Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8492MF)
196: <li> Intel PRO/1000MF Server Adapter (LX Fiber) (PWLA8490LX)
197: </ul>
1.1 brad 198: </ul>
199:
1.15 deraadt 200: <li><strong>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 201: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 202: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCI (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an</a>)
! 203: <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>)
! 204: <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 205: </ul>
1.15 deraadt 206:
207: <li><strong>SCSI and IDE Host Adapters</strong>
1.1 brad 208: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 209: <li>Symbios Logic 53c810, 53c825 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop</a>)
1.13 nick 210: <li>All PCI IDE
1.32 ! jufi 211: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide</a>)
1.13 nick 212: adapters supported by the <a href="i386.html">i386</a> platform
1.1 brad 213: </ul>
214:
1.15 deraadt 215: <li><strong>RAID Controllers</strong>
1.1 brad 216: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 217: <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>)
1.1 brad 218: </ul>
219:
1.15 deraadt 220: <li><strong>Drives</strong>
1.1 brad 221: <ul>
222: <li>All IDE devices supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
223: <li>All ATAPI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
224: <li>All SCSI drives supported on the <a href="i386.html">i386</a>.
225: </ul>
226:
1.15 deraadt 227: <li><strong>USB Controllers/Hubs</strong>
1.1 brad 228: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 229: <li>Apple USB (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
! 230: <li>OHCI root hub (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
! 231: <li>Opti RM861HA (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci</a>)
1.1 brad 232: <li>Alps Electric Hub in Apple USB Keyboard
233: </ul>
234:
1.15 deraadt 235: <li><strong>USB Devices</strong>
1.1 brad 236: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 237: <li>Alps Electric Apple USB Keyboard (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ukbd&sektion=4">ukbd</a>)
! 238: <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>)
! 239: <li>Logitech M4848 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
! 240: <li>Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums</a>)
! 241: <li>USB Zip Drives (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>)
1.1 brad 242: </ul>
243:
1.19 drahn 244: <li><strong>Cardbus/PCMCIA bridges (new with 3.1-current)</strong>
245: <ul>
246: <li>PBG4 onboard cardbus bridge is now supported, as are PCI CardBus bridges.
1.32 ! jufi 247: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cbb&sektion=4">cbb</a>)
1.19 drahn 248: <li>Orinoco/Prism cards are only current supported cards
1.32 ! jufi 249: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi</a>)
1.19 drahn 250: </ul>
1.21 drahn 251: <li><strong>Cryptography Devices</strong>
252: <ul>
1.32 ! jufi 253: <li>Broadcom uBsec BCM5801, BCM5802, BCM5805, BCM5820, BCM5821, BCM5822 (and the legacy Bluesteelnet 5501 and 5601 parts)(<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec</a>)
! 254: <li>Hifn 6500-based boards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lofn&sektion=4">lofn</a>)
! 255: <li>Hifn 7751-based boards (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn</a>), including:
1.29 jason 256: <ul>
257: <li>Soekris Engineering vpn1201 and vpn1211
258: <li>GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
259: <li>NetSec 7751
260: <li>Hifn reference board
261: <li>Invertex AEON
262: </ul>
1.21 drahn 263: </ul>
1.19 drahn 264:
1.15 deraadt 265: <li><strong>Other Devices</strong>
1.13 nick 266: <ul>
267: <li>Serial Ports: While the modern PowerMacintosh series has no external
268: standard serial ports, many have an on-board modem which can be
269: removed and replaced with an adapter (several manufacturers of these exist)
270: which will produce a standard (and supported) serial port.
1.21 drahn 271: <li>Firewire device now probes and is configured, but no devices will attach
272: on the firewire bus, yet.
273: <li>Backlight on lcd devices can be controlled thru the brightness control
274: keys on ADB (laptop) keyboards, or thru 'wsconsctl -w display.brightness=xx'
275: (0 - 100) and 'wsconsctl -w display.backlight=xx' (0 or 100)
1.15 deraadt 276: </ul>
1.28 henning 277: </ul>
1.1 brad 278: <hr>
279: <p>
1.22 drahn 280: <a name="unsup"></a>
1.32 ! jufi 281: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.1 brad 282: <ul>
1.13 nick 283: <li>Older Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor and those that
284: lack OpenFirmware are not supported.
285: <li>Older OpenFirmware machines are not currently supported.
286: This is mostly due to lack of developer resources and limited
287: availability of hardware.
288: <li>Built-in modems on most machines are not supported. In many systems,
289: the serial port the modem is attached to is supported, but the modem
290: itself is not supported.
291: <li>Newer PowerBooks have an internal modem attached as a USB device, these
292: are not supported.
293: <li>The new 'digital audio' subsystem on iBooks and newer PBG4, G4 and iMacs
294: is not supported.
295: <li>Sleep/Suspend is not supported.
1.1 brad 296: </ul>
297: <hr>
1.13 nick 298: <p>If you are looking for or are willing to test new pre-release
299: features, you can try using a
300: <a href="faq/upgrade-minifaq.html#1.1">snapshot</a> which are made available
1.28 henning 301: <a href="ftp.html">on the FTP sites</a> from time to time.
1.1 brad 302: <p>
303:
304: <hr>
1.5 miod 305: <p>
1.1 brad 306: Contact
307: <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or
308: <a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">Dale Rahn</a>
309: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
310: information.
311:
1.5 miod 312: <p>
313: A mailing list for users and developers exists at
314: <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
315: To join the OpenBSD/macppc mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
316: ppc"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
317: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
318: subscribing.
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