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                     18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon</font></h2>
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                     24: OpenBSD/octeon is a port intended to run on systems based upon the
                     25: Cavium Octeon and Octeon PLUS MIPS64 CPUs.
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                     27: <a name="toc"></a>
                     28: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
                     29: <ul>
                     30:   <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
                     31:   <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
                     32:   <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
                     33:   <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
                     34:   <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon</a>
                     35: </ul>
                     36:
                     37: <hr>
                     38: <a name="history"></a>
                     39: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
                     40: <p>
                     41: OpenBSD/octeon began in 2010 with an SDK created by
                     42: <a href="http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/index.html">IIJ</a> and donated to OpenBSD.
                     43: Early work targeted the Portwell CAM-0100.
                     44: <p>
                     45: Due to the lack of available hardware, the port lay dormant for a few years.
                     46: This changed in January 2013 with the release of the Ubiquiti Networks
                     47: EdgeRouter LITE. Several developers obtained these new machines, and work
1.8       bcallah    48: began immediately. Due to issues with USB support, the port to the Portwell
                     49: CAM-0100 matured first because it allowed CF cards to be used as a storage
                     50: medium.
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1.8       bcallah    52: Development has been rapid, with the port to the Portwell CAM-0100 becoming
1.12      pirofti    53: self-hosting in April 2013.
                     54: In August 2013 the DSR-500 model reached userland and could host OpenBSD
                     55: via NFS.
                     56: Support for EdgeRouter LITE Ethernet was added in
1.10      bcallah    57: September 2013, allowing the EdgeRouter LITE to be usable by NFS booting.
1.1       bcallah    58: <p>
                     59: And work continues...
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                     62: <a name="hardware"></a>
                     63: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
                     64: <p>
1.10      bcallah    65: OpenBSD/octeon supports the following machines:
1.1       bcallah    66: <ul>
                     67: <li><a href="http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=CAM-0100">
                     68: Portwell CAM-0100</a>
1.12      pirofti    69: <li><a href="http://www.dlink.com/us/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-500-the-d-link-services-router">
                     70:        D-Link DSR-500</a>
1.1       bcallah    71: <li><a href="http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax#edge-router-lite">Ubiquiti Networks
                     72: EdgeRouter LITE</a>
                     73: </ul>
                     74:
                     75: <hr>
                     76: <a name="status"></a>
                     77: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
                     78:
                     79: <p>
1.8       bcallah    80: Currently it is possible to install OpenBSD/octeon on the Portwell
1.12      pirofti    81: CAM-0100 machines, as they have a working storage driver.
                     82: The DSR-500 and EdgeRouter LITE may also be used by booting over NFS.
1.1       bcallah    83:
                     84: <hr>
                     85: <a name="projects"></a>
                     86: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
                     87: </strong></font></h3>
                     88:
                     89: <ul>
                     90: <li>Support for more on-board devices (USB, crypto).
                     91: <li>Multiprocessor (SMP) support.
1.3       jasper     92: <li>Allow MIPS64 pmap to address > 256MB of memory on the OCTEON.
1.1       bcallah    93: <li>Improve the Octeon-specific Compact Flash driver.
                     94: <li>Support more hardware as our developers get their hands on more
1.2       jasper     95:   Octeon-based systems.
1.5       jasper     96: <li>Standalone bootloader.
1.1       bcallah    97: </ul>
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                    100: <a name="install"></a>
                    101: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.6       jasper    102: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon:</strong>
1.1       bcallah   103: </font></h3>
                    104:
                    105: <p>
                    106:
                    107: The latest supported OpenBSD/octeon release is
                    108: <a href="54.html">OpenBSD 5.4</a>.
                    109: Here are the
1.9       sthen     110: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1       bcallah   111: OpenBSD/octeon 5.4 installation instructions
                    112: </a>.
1.11      sthen     113:
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                    115: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.9       sthen     116: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon">this location</a>
1.1       bcallah   117: as well as in a few
                    118: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
                    119: Here are the
1.9       sthen     120: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1       bcallah   121: OpenBSD/octeon snapshot installation instructions
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