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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>
1.1       deraadt    19:
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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
1.17      todd       23: there are standards committees trying to resolve the problem, there are
1.11      deraadt    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.
1.12      deraadt    27:
                     28: <p>
                     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.
1.1       deraadt    38:
                     39: <p>
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.
1.8       rahnds     44: </p>
                     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: </ul>
                     60:
                     61: <p>
                     62: <strong>Untested hardware (MAY work -- please mail with results):</strong>
1.8       rahnds     63: <ul>
1.9       rahnds     64: <li> Firepower machines
                     65: <li> Motorola Net4000
                     66: <li> Motorola Net6000
1.11      deraadt    67: <li> V-I
                     68: <ul>
                     69: <li> None known to work.
1.8       rahnds     70: </ul>
1.11      deraadt    71: </ul>
                     72:
                     73: <p>
                     74: <strong>Machines that DO NOT WORK</strong>.
1.8       rahnds     75: <ul>
1.14      deraadt    76: <li>IBM machines.
1.11      deraadt    77: <li>PPCP class machines.
1.13      deraadt    78: <li>Apple PowerMac systems with a 601 processor or lack OpenFirmware
                     79: will never work.
1.11      deraadt    80: <li>Apple PowerMac systems with at least a 603 processor and OpenFirmware.
                     81: The Apple implementation of OpenFirmware does not support loading of ELF
                     82: executables (like the boot-blocks for this port).  This needs a workaround.
1.8       rahnds     83: </ul>
                     84: </p>
                     85:
                     86: <h3><strong>History:</strong></h3>
                     87:
                     88: <p>
                     89: The powerpc specific portions of the kernel came from the NetBSD port
                     90: by Wolfgang Solfrank. The userland and build tools came from an
1.17      todd       91: independent and incomplete port by Dale Rahn. Hopefully pieces
1.8       rahnds     92: from that other port will be merged, device driver support for
                     93: interrupts and some real driver support.
                     94: The conversion to the Wolfgang port was done because it was running
                     95: multiuser and the other port was still single user out of memory ramdisk
                     96: (no fully working device drivers).
                     97: </p>
                     98:
                     99: <p>
                    100: Contact
                    101: <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com>Theo de Raadt</a> or
1.10      briggs    102: <a href=mailto:rahnds@openbsd.org>Dale Rahn</a> or
1.11      deraadt   103: <a href=mailto:briggs@openbsd.org>Allen Briggs (for Apple hardware)</a>
1.8       rahnds    104: if you are interested in working with other people on this, or need more
1.1       deraadt   105: information.
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