[BACK]Return to powerpc.html CVS log [TXT][DIR] Up to [local] / www

Annotation of www/powerpc.html, Revision 1.11

1.3       fn          1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC  "-//IETF//DTD HTML Strict//EN">
                      2: <html>
1.1       deraadt     3: <head>
                      4: <title>OpenBSD/ppc</title>
1.3       fn          5: <link rev=made href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>
                      6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
                      7: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD/ppc page">
1.8       rahnds      8: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,ppc,powerpc">
1.3       fn          9: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.8       rahnds     10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1996,1997 by OpenBSD, Inc.">
1.3       fn         11: </head>
                     12:
                     13: <body>
                     14:
1.8       rahnds     15: <h2>OpenBSD/powerpc</h2>
1.1       deraadt    16:
1.3       fn         17: <hr>
1.8       rahnds     18: <h3><strong>Status:</strong></h3>
1.1       deraadt    19:
1.3       fn         20: <p>
1.11    ! deraadt    21: This is a rather new port.  It supports some types of machines with
        !            22: PowerPC processors in them -- <strong>but not all</strong>.  Even though
        !            23: there are standards commitees trying to resolve the problem, there are
        !            24: significant differences between various PowerPC computers, even when made
        !            25: by the same vendor!  This port will run on some machines, but not on others.
        !            26: Check the list below.
        !            27: <p>
        !            28:
        !            29: As such, this is still rather preliminary and should not be considered
        !            30: finished.  However, if you have powerpc hardware we would like to know
        !            31: if it at least boots the install floppy.
        !            32:
        !            33: <p>
        !            34: The following processors are supported: 603, 603e, 604, 604ev.
1.1       deraadt    35:
                     36: <p>
1.11    ! deraadt    37: The port does not yet use real device drivers. It uses OpenFirmware
        !            38: for all device driver needs: console, disk, ethernet. It can be
        !            39: installed from floppy and network or cdrom.  Netboot and netroot
        !            40: support exists, but is untested.
1.8       rahnds     41: </p>
                     42:
                     43: <p>
1.11    ! deraadt    44: <strong>Known working hardware:</strong>
        !            45: <ul>
        !            46: <li> Motorola machines
        !            47: with OpenFirmware (PPC1bug firmware is known not to work):
1.8       rahnds     48: <ul>
                     49: <li>Series E
                     50: <li>RiscPC
                     51: <li>Pro2000
                     52: <li>Pro3000
                     53: <li>Pro4000
                     54: <li>Pro6000
                     55: </ul>
1.11    ! deraadt    56: <li>XXX What else?
        !            57: </ul>
        !            58:
        !            59: <p>
        !            60: <strong>Untested hardware (MAY work -- please mail with results):</strong>
1.8       rahnds     61: <ul>
1.9       rahnds     62: <li> Firepower machines
                     63: <li> Motorola Net4000
                     64: <li> Motorola Net6000
1.11    ! deraadt    65: <li> V-I
        !            66: <ul>
        !            67: <li> None known to work.
1.8       rahnds     68: </ul>
1.11    ! deraadt    69: </ul>
        !            70:
        !            71: <p>
        !            72: <strong>Machines that DO NOT WORK</strong>.
1.8       rahnds     73: <ul>
1.11    ! deraadt    74: <li>PPCP class machines.
        !            75: <li>Apple PowerMac systems with at least a 603 processor and OpenFirmware.
        !            76: The Apple implementation of OpenFirmware does not support loading of ELF
        !            77: executables (like the boot-blocks for this port).  This needs a workaround.
1.8       rahnds     78: </ul>
                     79: </p>
                     80:
                     81: <h3><strong>History:</strong></h3>
                     82:
                     83: <p>
                     84: The powerpc specific portions of the kernel came from the NetBSD port
                     85: by Wolfgang Solfrank. The userland and build tools came from an
                     86: independant and incomplete port by Dale Rahn. Hopefully pieces
                     87: from that other port will be merged, device driver support for
                     88: interrupts and some real driver support.
                     89: The conversion to the Wolfgang port was done because it was running
                     90: multiuser and the other port was still single user out of memory ramdisk
                     91: (no fully working device drivers).
                     92: </p>
                     93:
                     94: <p>
                     95: Contact
                     96: <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com>Theo de Raadt</a> or
1.10      briggs     97: <a href=mailto:rahnds@openbsd.org>Dale Rahn</a> or
1.11    ! deraadt    98: <a href=mailto:briggs@openbsd.org>Allen Briggs (for Apple hardware)</a>
1.8       rahnds     99: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
1.1       deraadt   100: information.
1.3       fn        101: </p>
1.1       deraadt   102:
1.3       fn        103: <hr>
1.7       deraadt   104: <a href=plat.html><img src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.1       deraadt   105: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.3       fn        106: <br>
1.11    ! deraadt   107: <small>$OpenBSD: powerpc.html,v 1.10 1997/02/02 06:30:15 briggs Exp $</small>
1.3       fn        108:
                    109: </body>
                    110: </html>