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  <link rev=made href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>
  <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
  <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD/ppc page">
- <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,ppc">
+ <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,ppc,powerpc">
  <meta name="distribution" content="global">
- <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1996 by OpenBSD, Inc.">
+ <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1996,1997 by OpenBSD, Inc.">
  </head>
  <body>
- <h2>OpenBSD/ppc</h2>
+ <h2>OpenBSD/powerpc</h2>
  <hr>
- <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>
+ <h3><strong>Status:</strong></h3>
  <p>
- There is someone working on a ppc port.
+ A snapshot for the powerpc has been made available.
+ This is still rather preliminary and should not be considered
+ finished, it is currently about beta level.
  </p>
  <p>
- Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com>Theo de Raadt</a> if you
+ The port does not yet contain real device drivers. It currently uses
- are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
+ openfirmware for all device driver needs, console, disk, ethernet.
+ It can be installed from floppy and network or cdrom. Netboot and netroot
+ support is there but untested.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Currently known working hardware include the following Motorola machines
+ with OpenFirmware, PPC1bug firmware is known not to work:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Series E
+ <li>RiscPC
+ <li>Pro2000
+ <li>Pro3000
+ <li>Pro4000
+ <li>Pro6000
+ </ul>
+ Other machines that should work but are untested:
+ <ul>
+ <il> Firepower machines
+ <il> Motorola Net4000
+ <il> Motorola Net6000
+ </ul>
+ Machines that might work but are unlikely,
+ Macs with Openfirmware(PCI machines), and PPCP class machines.
+ Supported processors:
+ <ul>
+ <il>603
+ <il>603e
+ <il>604
+ <il>604ev
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+ <h3><strong>History:</strong></h3>
+ <p>
+ The powerpc specific portions of the kernel came from the NetBSD port
+ by Wolfgang Solfrank. The userland and build tools came from an
+ independant and incomplete port by Dale Rahn. Hopefully pieces
+ from that other port will be merged, device driver support for
+ interrupts and some real driver support.
+ The conversion to the Wolfgang port was done because it was running
+ multiuser and the other port was still single user out of memory ramdisk
+ (no fully working device drivers).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Contact
+ <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com>Theo de Raadt</a> or
+ <a href=mailto:rahnds@openbsd.org>Dale Rahn</a>
+ if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
  information.
  </p>