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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="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon</a>
                     34: </ul>
                     35:
                     36: <hr>
                     37: <a name="history"></a>
                     38: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
                     39: <p>
                     40: OpenBSD/octeon began in 2010 with an SDK created by
                     41: <a href="http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/index.html">IIJ</a> and donated to OpenBSD.
                     42: Early work targeted the Portwell CAM-0100.
                     43: <p>
                     44: Due to the lack of available hardware, the port lay dormant for a few years.
                     45: This changed in January 2013 with the release of the Ubiquiti Networks
                     46: EdgeRouter LITE. Several developers obtained these new machines, and work
1.8       bcallah    47: began immediately. Due to issues with USB support, the port to the Portwell
                     48: CAM-0100 matured first because it allowed CF cards to be used as a storage
                     49: medium.
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1.8       bcallah    51: Development has been rapid, with the port to the Portwell CAM-0100 becoming
1.12      pirofti    52: self-hosting in April 2013.
                     53: In August 2013 the DSR-500 model reached userland and could host OpenBSD
                     54: via NFS.
                     55: Support for EdgeRouter LITE Ethernet was added in
1.10      bcallah    56: September 2013, allowing the EdgeRouter LITE to be usable by NFS booting.
1.1       bcallah    57: <p>
                     58: And work continues...
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                     61: <a name="hardware"></a>
                     62: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
                     63: <p>
1.10      bcallah    64: OpenBSD/octeon supports the following machines:
1.1       bcallah    65: <ul>
                     66: <li><a href="http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=CAM-0100">
                     67: Portwell CAM-0100</a>
1.12      pirofti    68: <li><a href="http://www.dlink.com/us/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-500-the-d-link-services-router">
                     69:        D-Link DSR-500</a>
1.17      jasper     70: <li><a href="http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/">Ubiquiti Networks
1.1       bcallah    71: EdgeRouter LITE</a>
1.17      jasper     72: <li><a href="http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-poe/">Ubiquiti Networks
1.16      reyk       73: EdgeRouter PoE</a>
1.1       bcallah    74: </ul>
                     75:
                     76: <hr>
                     77: <a name="status"></a>
                     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.
1.1       bcallah    84:
                     85: <hr>
                     86: <a name="install"></a>
                     87: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.6       jasper     88: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon:</strong>
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                     92:
                     93: The latest supported OpenBSD/octeon release is
1.18    ! miod       94: <a href="56.html">OpenBSD 5.6</a>.
1.1       bcallah    95: Here are the
1.18    ! miod       96: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.6/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
        !            97: OpenBSD/octeon 5.6 installation instructions
1.1       bcallah    98: </a>.
1.11      sthen      99:
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                    101: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.9       sthen     102: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon">this location</a>
1.1       bcallah   103: as well as in a few
                    104: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
                    105: Here are the
1.9       sthen     106: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1       bcallah   107: OpenBSD/octeon snapshot installation instructions
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