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19: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon</font></h2>
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25: OpenBSD/octeon is a port intended to run on systems based upon the
26: Cavium Octeon and Octeon PLUS MIPS64 CPUs.
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29: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
30: <ul>
31: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
32: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
33: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
34: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
35: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon</a>
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38: <hr>
39: <a name="history"></a>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
41: <p>
42: OpenBSD/octeon began in 2010 with an SDK created by
43: <a href="http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/index.html">IIJ</a> and donated to OpenBSD.
44: Early work targeted the Portwell CAM-0100.
45: <p>
46: Due to the lack of available hardware, the port lay dormant for a few years.
47: This changed in January 2013 with the release of the Ubiquiti Networks
48: EdgeRouter LITE. Several developers obtained these new machines, and work
1.8 bcallah 49: began immediately. Due to issues with USB support, the port to the Portwell
50: CAM-0100 matured first because it allowed CF cards to be used as a storage
51: medium.
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1.8 bcallah 53: Development has been rapid, with the port to the Portwell CAM-0100 becoming
1.12 ! pirofti 54: self-hosting in April 2013.
! 55: In August 2013 the DSR-500 model reached userland and could host OpenBSD
! 56: via NFS.
! 57: Support for EdgeRouter LITE Ethernet was added in
1.10 bcallah 58: September 2013, allowing the EdgeRouter LITE to be usable by NFS booting.
1.1 bcallah 59: <p>
60: And work continues...
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63: <a name="hardware"></a>
64: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.10 bcallah 66: OpenBSD/octeon supports the following machines:
1.1 bcallah 67: <ul>
68: <li><a href="http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=CAM-0100">
69: Portwell CAM-0100</a>
1.12 ! pirofti 70: <li><a href="http://www.dlink.com/us/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-500-the-d-link-services-router">
! 71: D-Link DSR-500</a>
1.1 bcallah 72: <li><a href="http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax#edge-router-lite">Ubiquiti Networks
73: EdgeRouter LITE</a>
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78: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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1.8 bcallah 81: Currently it is possible to install OpenBSD/octeon on the Portwell
1.12 ! pirofti 82: CAM-0100 machines, as they have a working storage driver.
! 83: The DSR-500 and EdgeRouter LITE may also be used by booting over NFS.
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87: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
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91: <li>Support for more on-board devices (USB, crypto).
92: <li>Multiprocessor (SMP) support.
1.3 jasper 93: <li>Allow MIPS64 pmap to address > 256MB of memory on the OCTEON.
1.1 bcallah 94: <li>Improve the Octeon-specific Compact Flash driver.
95: <li>Support more hardware as our developers get their hands on more
1.2 jasper 96: Octeon-based systems.
1.5 jasper 97: <li>Standalone bootloader.
1.1 bcallah 98: </ul>
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1.6 jasper 103: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon:</strong>
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108: The latest supported OpenBSD/octeon release is
109: <a href="54.html">OpenBSD 5.4</a>.
110: Here are the
1.9 sthen 111: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1 bcallah 112: OpenBSD/octeon 5.4 installation instructions
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116: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.9 sthen 117: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon">this location</a>
1.1 bcallah 118: as well as in a few
119: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
120: Here are the
1.9 sthen 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1 bcallah 122: OpenBSD/octeon snapshot installation instructions
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