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OpenBSD/palm is an experimental port of OpenBSD to the PDAs made by Palm with an

OpenBSD/palm was an experimental port of OpenBSD that used to run on PDAs made

ARM PXA2xx processor.

by Palm with an ARM PXA2xx processor.

<p>

A mailing list for ARM-based ports is available at

There was never an official release of the OpenBSD/palm port.

<u><font color="#23238e">arm@openbsd.org</font></u>.

</p>

To join the OpenBSD/arm mailing list, send a message body of

<b>"subscribe arm"</b> to

<a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.

Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before

subscribing.

<p>

<strong><font color="#e00000">The OpenBSD/palm port has been discontinued

</font></strong> after the 5.3 release.

</p>

<p>

There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life.

The source code is still available in the CVS Attic.

</p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>

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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>

<p>

The Palm port started as a fork of the Zaurus port in March 2009 with the

The Palm port was started as a fork of the Zaurus port in March 2009 with the

intention to make the system run on Palm Tungsten|T5. The project was later

approved as a semestral work at the <a href="http://www.ksi.mff.cuni.cz/en/">

Department of Software Engineering</a>, <a

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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>

<p>

OpenBSD/palm has been tested and is known to be working on the following

OpenBSD/palm had been tested and was known to be working on the following

models, Tungsten|T5, T|X, LifeDrive and the Zire72. There is also an initial

models: Tungsten|T5, T|X, LifeDrive and the Zire72. There was also initial

support for Palm Tungsten|C.</p>

support for the Palm Tungsten|C.</p>

<p>

Currently supported are the LCD, buttons, USB host (through a hub with external

Support included the LCD, buttons, USB host (through a hub with external

power supply), PXA SD/MMC controller and UART (not available on Zire72).

On Palm LifeDrive there is also a driver for the builtin hard drive.</p>

<p>Additional patches that have not yet been merged into the mainline tree are

available <a href="http://marex.hackndev.com/OpenBSD/">here</a>.</p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>

<ul>

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<li>Most USB devices, see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">usb(4)</a> for a list.

</ul>

<strong>Getting and installing</strong>

</font></h3>

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<p>

The latest supported OpenBSD/palm release is

<a href="47.html">OpenBSD 4.7</a>.

Here are the

OpenBSD/palm 4.7 installation instructions

</a>.

-->

<p>

Snapshots will be made available from time to time, in

<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/palm">this location</a>

as well as in a few

<a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.

<p>

Here are the

OpenBSD/palm snapshot installation instructions

</a> as well.

<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects & bugs left to fix</strong></font></h3>

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<li>Port to more models (e.g. Palm Centro).

<li>Support DMA on PXAMCI (not Palm specific)

</ul>

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