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<h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon</font></h2>

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OpenBSD/octeon is a port intended to run on systems based upon the
Cavium Octeon and Octeon PLUS MIPS64 CPUs.

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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
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  <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
  <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
  <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
  <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon</a>
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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OpenBSD/octeon began in 2010 with an SDK created by
<a href="http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/index.html">IIJ</a> and donated to OpenBSD.
Early work targeted the Portwell CAM-0100.
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Due to the lack of available hardware, the port lay dormant for a few years.
This changed in January 2013 with the release of the Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter LITE. Several developers obtained these new machines, and work
began immediately. Due to issues with USB support, the port to the Portwell
CAM-0100 matured first because it allowed CF cards to be used as a storage
medium.
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Development has been rapid, with the port to the Portwell CAM-0100 becoming
self-hosting in April 2013.
In August 2013 the DSR-500 model reached userland and could host OpenBSD
via NFS.
Support for EdgeRouter LITE Ethernet was added in
September 2013, allowing the EdgeRouter LITE to be usable by NFS booting.
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And work continues...

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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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OpenBSD/octeon supports the following machines:
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<li><a href="http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=CAM-0100">
Portwell CAM-0100</a>
<li><a href="http://www.dlink.com/us/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-500-the-d-link-services-router">
	D-Link DSR-500</a>
<li><a href="http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/">Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter LITE</a>
<li><a href="http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-poe/">Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter PoE</a>
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>

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Currently it is possible to install OpenBSD/octeon on the Portwell
CAM-0100 machines, as they have a working storage driver.
The DSR-500 and EdgeRouter LITE may also be used by booting over NFS.

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<strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon:</strong>
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The latest supported OpenBSD/octeon release is
<a href="55.html">OpenBSD 5.5</a>.
Here are the
<a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
OpenBSD/octeon 5.5 installation instructions
</a>.

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Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
<a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon">this location</a>
as well as in a few
<a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
Here are the
<a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
OpenBSD/octeon snapshot installation instructions
</a> as well.

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