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1.1       kettenis    1: <!doctype html>
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                      5: <title>OpenBSD/powerpc64</title>
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                     11: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
                     12: <a href="index.html">
                     13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
                     14: powerpc64
                     15: </h2>
                     16: <hr>
                     17:
                     18: <table><tr><td>
                     19: <p>
                     20: OpenBSD/powerpc64 runs on PowerNV machines using the IBM POWER9 processors.
                     21:
                     22: <p>
                     23: A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/macppc and OpenBSD/powerpc64 ports is
                     24: available at <a href="mailto:ppc@openbsd.org">ppc@openbsd.org</a>.
                     25: To join the OpenBSD/macppc and OpenBSD/powerpc64 mailing list, send a message
1.3     ! tj         26: body of "<b>subscribe ppc</b>" to
1.1       kettenis   27: <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
                     28: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
                     29: subscribing.
                     30:
                     31: <p>
                     32: The current port maintainer is Mark Kettenis
                     33: (<a href="mailto:kettenis@openbsd.org">kettenis@openbsd.org</a>).
                     34: Others are definitely welcome to contribute!
                     35: </table>
                     36:
                     37: <hr>
                     38:
                     39: <h3 id="history"><strong>History:</strong></h3>
                     40:
                     41: <p>
1.3     ! tj         42: <!-- XXXrelease reword -->
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...
                     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">
1.3     ! tj         84: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/powerpc64:</strong>
1.1       kettenis   85: </h3>
                     86:
1.3     ! tj         87: <!-- XXXrelease
        !            88: <p>
        !            89: The latest supported OpenBSD/powerpc64 release is
        !            90: <a href="68.html">OpenBSD 6.8</a>.
        !            91: Here are the
        !            92: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64">
        !            93: OpenBSD/powerpc64 installation instructions</a>.
        !            94: -->
        !            95:
1.1       kettenis   96: <p>
                     97: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
                     98: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/powerpc64">this location</a>
                     99: as well as on a few
                    100: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
                    101: Here are the
                    102: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64">
                    103: OpenBSD/powerpc64 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
                    104:
                    105: <p>
1.3     ! tj        106: There are several types of installation media provided, so that
1.1       kettenis  107: OpenBSD/powerpc64 can be installed or upgraded via miniroot images as
                    108: well as network installs.
                    109:
                    110: <ul>
                    111:   <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (minirootXX.img)
                    112:   <p>
                    113:   The miniroot provides an easy installation environment.
                    114:   Just dump the miniroot to a USB flash drive with dd and insert it
                    115:   into a USB slot of the machine.
                    116:   After powering on the machine an OpenBSD install option should
                    117:   appear in the petitboot bootloader menu.
                    118:   <p>
                    119:   <li><strong>Network boot</strong> (bsd.rd)
                    120:   <p>
                    121:   It is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/powerpc64
                    122:   install environment directly from a HTTP or TFTP server.
                    123: </ul>