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<h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/palm</font></h2>
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OpenBSD/palm is an experimental port of OpenBSD to the PDAs made by Palm with an
ARM PXA2xx processor.
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A mailing list for ARM-based ports is available at
<u><font color="#23238e">arm@openbsd.org</font></u>.
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.
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The current port maintainer is
Marek Vasut (<a href="mailto:marex@openbsd.org">marex@openbsd.org</a>).
Others are definitely welcome to contribute!
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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>
<li><a href="#projects">Projects & bugs left to fix</a><br>
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
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The Palm port 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>
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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>
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OpenBSD/palm has been tested and is known to be working on the following
models, Tungsten|T5, T|X, LifeDrive and the Zire72. There is also an initial
support for Palm Tungsten|C.</p>
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Currently supported are 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>
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<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://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=intro&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://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> standard, infrared and bluetooth serial ports.
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lcd&arch=palm&sektion=4">lcd(4)</a> display panel, supporting <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&arch=zaurus&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wskbd&arch=palm&sektion=4">wskbd(4)</a> keyboard.
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wd&sektion=4">wd(4)</a> on-board microdrive.
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci(4)</a>
USB controller supporting most <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">usb(4)</a> devices.
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<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxagpio&sektion=4&arch=palm">pxagpio(4)</a> GPIO controller.
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<li>Devices that can be connected:
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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.
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<strong>Getting and installing</strong>
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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>.
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Here are the
<a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/palm/INSTALL.palm">
OpenBSD/palm snapshot installation instructions
</a> as well.
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<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)
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