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        !             5: <title>OpenBSD/powerpc64</title>
        !             6: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD/powerpc64 page">
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        !            12: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
        !            13: <a href="index.html">
        !            14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
        !            15: powerpc64
        !            16: </h2>
        !            17: <hr>
        !            18:
        !            19: <table><tr><td>
        !            20: <p>
        !            21: OpenBSD/powerpc64 runs on PowerNV machines using the IBM POWER9 processors.
        !            22:
        !            23: <p>
        !            24: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/macppc and OpenBSD/powerpc64 ports is
        !            25: available at <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
        !            26: To join the OpenBSD/macppc and OpenBSD/powerpc64 mailing list, send a message
        !            27: body of <b>"subscribe ppc"</b> to
        !            28: <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
        !            29: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
        !            30: subscribing.
        !            31:
        !            32: <p>
        !            33: The current port maintainer is Mark Kettenis
        !            34: (<a href="mailto:kettenis@openbsd.org">kettenis@openbsd.org</a>).
        !            35: Others are definitely welcome to contribute!
        !            36: </table>
        !            37:
        !            38: <hr>
        !            39:
        !            40: <h3 id="history"><strong>History:</strong></h3>
        !            41:
        !            42: <p>
        !            43: OpenBSD 6.8 will be the first official release of OpenBSD/powerpcc64.
        !            44:
        !            45: <p>
        !            46: And since there are always little bits missing, work is continuing...
        !            47:
        !            48: <hr>
        !            49:
        !            50: <h3 id="status"><strong>Current status:</strong></h3>
        !            51:
        !            52: <p>
        !            53: Currently OpenBSD/powerpc64 only supports POWER9 processors and runs
        !            54: stably on PowerNV machines based on the Raptor Computing Systems Talos
        !            55: II and Blackbird boards.  SMP is not yet supported.  Support for
        !            56: POWER8 processors is planned but won't happen unless someone provides
        !            57: us access to suitable hardware.
        !            58:
        !            59: <p>
        !            60: OpenBSD/powerpc64 does not run under a hypervisor such as PowerVM or
        !            61: PowerKVM.
        !            62:
        !            63: <hr>
        !            64:
        !            65: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></h3>
        !            66:
        !            67: <p>
        !            68: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
        !            69:
        !            70: <p>
        !            71: OpenBSD/powerpc64 is known to work on the following machines:
        !            72: <ul style="column-count: 1">
        !            73:  <li>Raptor Talos II
        !            74:  <li>Raptor Blackbird
        !            75: </ul>
        !            76:
        !            77: <p>
        !            78: OpenBSD/powerpc64 is expected to run on IBM PowerNV systems as well.
        !            79: Please give it a try if you have access to such hardware.
        !            80:
        !            81: <hr>
        !            82:
        !            83: <h3 id="install">
        !            84: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/sparc64:</strong>
        !            85: </h3>
        !            86:
        !            87: <p>
        !            88: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
        !            89: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/powerpc64">this location</a>
        !            90: as well as on a few
        !            91: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
        !            92: Here are the
        !            93: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64">
        !            94: OpenBSD/powerpc64 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
        !            95:
        !            96: <p>
        !            97: There are several installation media provided, so that
        !            98: OpenBSD/powerpc64 can be installed or upgraded via miniroot images as
        !            99: well as network installs.
        !           100:
        !           101: <ul>
        !           102:   <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (minirootXX.img)
        !           103:   <p>
        !           104:   The miniroot provides an easy installation environment.
        !           105:   Just dump the miniroot to a USB flash drive with dd and insert it
        !           106:   into a USB slot of the machine.
        !           107:   After powering on the machine an OpenBSD install option should
        !           108:   appear in the petitboot bootloader menu.
        !           109:   <p>
        !           110:   <li><strong>Network boot</strong> (bsd.rd)
        !           111:   <p>
        !           112:   It is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/powerpc64
        !           113:   install environment directly from a HTTP or TFTP server.
        !           114: </ul>