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1.8       rahnds     15: <h2>OpenBSD/powerpc</h2>
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1.8       rahnds     18: <h3><strong>Status:</strong></h3>
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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.
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        !            29: To work, a machine MUST have some variety of OpenBoot firmware!
1.11      deraadt    30: <p>
                     31:
                     32: As such, this is still rather preliminary and should not be considered
1.12    ! deraadt    33: finished.  However, if you have PowerPC hardware we would like to know
1.11      deraadt    34: if it at least boots the install floppy.
                     35:
                     36: <p>
                     37: The following processors are supported: 603, 603e, 604, 604ev.
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1.11      deraadt    40: The port does not yet use real device drivers. It uses OpenFirmware
                     41: for all device driver needs: console, disk, ethernet. It can be
                     42: installed from floppy and network or cdrom.  Netboot and netroot
                     43: support exists, but is untested.
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                     45:
                     46: <p>
1.11      deraadt    47: <strong>Known working hardware:</strong>
                     48: <ul>
                     49: <li> Motorola machines
                     50: with OpenFirmware (PPC1bug firmware is known not to work):
1.8       rahnds     51: <ul>
                     52: <li>Series E
                     53: <li>RiscPC
                     54: <li>Pro2000
                     55: <li>Pro3000
                     56: <li>Pro4000
                     57: <li>Pro6000
                     58: </ul>
1.11      deraadt    59: <li>XXX What else?
                     60: </ul>
                     61:
                     62: <p>
                     63: <strong>Untested hardware (MAY work -- please mail with results):</strong>
1.8       rahnds     64: <ul>
1.9       rahnds     65: <li> Firepower machines
                     66: <li> Motorola Net4000
                     67: <li> Motorola Net6000
1.11      deraadt    68: <li> V-I
                     69: <ul>
                     70: <li> None known to work.
1.8       rahnds     71: </ul>
1.11      deraadt    72: </ul>
                     73:
                     74: <p>
                     75: <strong>Machines that DO NOT WORK</strong>.
1.8       rahnds     76: <ul>
1.11      deraadt    77: <li>PPCP class machines.
                     78: <li>Apple PowerMac systems with at least a 603 processor and OpenFirmware.
                     79: The Apple implementation of OpenFirmware does not support loading of ELF
                     80: executables (like the boot-blocks for this port).  This needs a workaround.
1.8       rahnds     81: </ul>
                     82: </p>
                     83:
                     84: <h3><strong>History:</strong></h3>
                     85:
                     86: <p>
                     87: The powerpc specific portions of the kernel came from the NetBSD port
                     88: by Wolfgang Solfrank. The userland and build tools came from an
                     89: independant and incomplete port by Dale Rahn. Hopefully pieces
                     90: from that other port will be merged, device driver support for
                     91: interrupts and some real driver support.
                     92: The conversion to the Wolfgang port was done because it was running
                     93: multiuser and the other port was still single user out of memory ramdisk
                     94: (no fully working device drivers).
                     95: </p>
                     96:
                     97: <p>
                     98: Contact
                     99: <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com>Theo de Raadt</a> or
1.10      briggs    100: <a href=mailto:rahnds@openbsd.org>Dale Rahn</a> or
1.11      deraadt   101: <a href=mailto:briggs@openbsd.org>Allen Briggs (for Apple hardware)</a>
1.8       rahnds    102: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
1.1       deraadt   103: information.
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