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14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
15: powerpc64
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20: <p>
21: OpenBSD/powerpc64 runs on PowerNV machines using the IBM POWER9 processors.
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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!
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38: <hr>
39:
40: <h3 id="history"><strong>History:</strong></h3>
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42: <p>
1.2 ! landry 43: OpenBSD 6.8 will be the first official release of OpenBSD/powerpc64.
1.1 kettenis 44:
45: <p>
46: And since there are always little bits missing, work is continuing...
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48: <hr>
49:
50: <h3 id="status"><strong>Current status:</strong></h3>
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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.
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65: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></h3>
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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