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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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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>
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38: <a name="history"></a>
39: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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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.
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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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63: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.10 bcallah 65: OpenBSD/octeon supports the following machines:
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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>
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77: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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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.
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86: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
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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.
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1.6 jasper 102: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon:</strong>
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107: The latest supported OpenBSD/octeon release is
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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
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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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