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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>
1.4     ! kettenis   53: Currently OpenBSD/powerpc64 supports POWER9 processors and runs stably
        !            54: on PowerNV machines based on the Raptor Computing Systems Talos II and
        !            55: Blackbird boards.  Support for POWER8 processors is included but
        !            56: untested.
1.1       kettenis   57:
                     58: <p>
                     59: OpenBSD/powerpc64 does not run under a hypervisor such as PowerVM or
                     60: PowerKVM.
                     61:
                     62: <hr>
                     63:
                     64: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></h3>
                     65:
                     66: <p>
                     67: <h4>Supported machines</h4>
                     68:
                     69: <p>
                     70: OpenBSD/powerpc64 is known to work on the following machines:
                     71: <ul style="column-count: 1">
                     72:  <li>Raptor Talos II
                     73:  <li>Raptor Blackbird
                     74: </ul>
                     75:
                     76: <p>
                     77: OpenBSD/powerpc64 is expected to run on IBM PowerNV systems as well.
                     78: Please give it a try if you have access to such hardware.
                     79:
                     80: <hr>
                     81:
                     82: <h3 id="install">
1.3       tj         83: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/powerpc64:</strong>
1.1       kettenis   84: </h3>
                     85:
1.3       tj         86: <!-- XXXrelease
                     87: <p>
                     88: The latest supported OpenBSD/powerpc64 release is
                     89: <a href="68.html">OpenBSD 6.8</a>.
                     90: Here are the
                     91: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64">
                     92: OpenBSD/powerpc64 installation instructions</a>.
                     93: -->
                     94:
1.1       kettenis   95: <p>
                     96: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
                     97: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/powerpc64">this location</a>
                     98: as well as on a few
                     99: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
                    100: Here are the
                    101: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64">
                    102: OpenBSD/powerpc64 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
                    103:
                    104: <p>
1.3       tj        105: There are several types of installation media provided, so that
1.1       kettenis  106: OpenBSD/powerpc64 can be installed or upgraded via miniroot images as
                    107: well as network installs.
                    108:
                    109: <ul>
                    110:   <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (minirootXX.img)
                    111:   <p>
                    112:   The miniroot provides an easy installation environment.
                    113:   Just dump the miniroot to a USB flash drive with dd and insert it
                    114:   into a USB slot of the machine.
                    115:   After powering on the machine an OpenBSD install option should
                    116:   appear in the petitboot bootloader menu.
                    117:   <p>
                    118:   <li><strong>Network boot</strong> (bsd.rd)
                    119:   <p>
                    120:   It is also possible to boot the OpenBSD/powerpc64
                    121:   install environment directly from a HTTP or TFTP server.
                    122: </ul>