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

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OpenBSD/palm was an experimental port of OpenBSD that used to run on PDAs made
by Palm with an ARM PXA2xx processor.

<p>
There was never an official release of the OpenBSD/palm port.
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<p>
<strong>The OpenBSD/palm port was discontinued after the 5.3 release.</strong>
</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.
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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><br>
  <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>

  <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
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  <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>

<p>
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
href="http://www.mff.cuni.cz/toISO-8859-2.en/">Faculty
of Mathematics and Physics</a>, <a href="http://www.cuni.cz/UKENG-1.html">
Charles University in Prague</a> mentored by <a
href="http://www.egothor.org/~galambos/">Leo Galambos</a>.</p>
<p>
As the project advanced, support for more Palm devices was added as well as
support for various peripherals and the project outgrew the initial agreement
for the semestral project.</p>
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>

<p>
OpenBSD/palm had been tested and was known to be working on the following
models: Tungsten|T5, T|X, LifeDrive and the Zire72. There was also initial
support for the Palm Tungsten|C.</p>
<p>
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>
<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>

<ul>
For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture,
see <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=intro&amp;arch=zaurus&sektion=4">intro(4/zaurus)</a>.
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<li><strong>Tungsten|T5 / T|X / LifeDrive / Zire 72</strong>
<li>Intel PXA27x ARM CPU.
<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=com&amp;sektion=4">com(4)</a> standard, infrared and bluetooth serial ports.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=lcd&amp;arch=palm&amp;sektion=4">lcd(4)</a> display panel, supporting <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=wscons&amp;arch=zaurus&amp;sektion=4">wscons(4)</a>.
<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=wskbd&amp;arch=palm&amp;sektion=4">wskbd(4)</a> keyboard.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=wd&amp;sektion=4">wd(4)</a> on-board microdrive.
<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ohci&amp;sektion=4">ohci(4)</a>
USB controller supporting most <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=usb&amp;sektion=4">usb(4)</a> devices.
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<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pxammc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=palm">pxammc(4)</a> MMC/SD/SDIO controller.
<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pxagpio&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=palm">pxagpio(4)</a> GPIO controller.

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<p>
<li>Devices that can be connected:
<ul>
<li>Most USB devices, see <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=usb&amp;sektion=4">usb(4)</a> for a list.
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