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! 14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
! 15: powerpc64
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! 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>