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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="#projects">Project list</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.
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Kernel work is progressing nicely.
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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 initially aims to provide support for 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.ubnt.com/edgemax#edge-router-lite">Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter LITE</a>
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>

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Currently it's possible to install OpenBSD/octeon on the Portwell
CAM-0100 machines as they have a working storage driver.

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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
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<li>Support for more on-board devices (USB, crypto).
<li>Multiprocessor (SMP) support.
<li>Allow MIPS64 pmap to address > 256MB of memory on the OCTEON.
<li>Improve the Octeon-specific Compact Flash driver.
<li>Support more hardware as our developers get their hands on more
  Octeon-based systems.
<li>Standalone bootloader.
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<strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon:</strong>
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Snapshots will be available soon.
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Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
<a href="ftp://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="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
OpenBSD/octeon snapshot installation instructions
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