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1.34      tb         16: <h2>
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                     18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
                     19: <font color="#e00000">socppc</font>
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1.20      rapha      23: <img src="images/n1200.jpg" width="240" height="342" align="right" alt="n1200">
1.1       kettenis   24:
1.7       kettenis   25: OpenBSD/socppc runs on machines based on the <a
                     26: href="http://www.freescale.com">Freescale</a> MPC8349E System-on-Chip
1.11      kettenis   27: (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot or RouterBOOT as a boot loader.  So
                     28: far this platform supports the <a href="http://www.thecus.com">Thecus</a>
1.35      tb         29: N1200 and the <a href="http://www.mikrotik.com">MikroTik</a>
1.11      kettenis   30: <a href="http://www.routerboard.com">RouterBOARD</a> RB600A.
1.33      deraadt    31: <p>
1.11      kettenis   32:
                     33: The Thecus N1200 is a one-disk NAS box based on an MPC8347 running at
1.7       kettenis   34: 266MHz.  It has 128MB of memory, one 1000baseT Ethernet port, an
                     35: integrated 100baseTX Ethernet switch, two USB 2.0 ports and an eSATA
                     36: port as well as room for one SATA disk.
1.33      deraadt    37: <p>
1.7       kettenis   38:
1.11      kettenis   39: The RouterBOARD RB600A is based on an MPC8343 running at 266MHz or
1.7       kettenis   40: 400MHz.  It has 128MB of memory, three 1000baseT Ethernet ports, two
1.12      jasper     41: CF slots and four mini-PCI slots.  Support for the RB600A has been added
                     42: in OpenBSD 4.7.
1.33      deraadt    43: <p>
1.1       kettenis   44:
                     45: OpenBSD/socppc is binary compatible with OpenBSD/macppc; all existing
                     46: OpenBSD/powerpc packages will run fine on OpenBSD/socppc.
1.33      deraadt    47: <p>
1.1       kettenis   48:
1.39      tj         49: <b>The OpenBSD/socppc port was discontinued after the 5.8 release.</b>
                     50: <p>
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                     53: <hr>
                     54:
1.26      bentley    55: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.1       kettenis   56: <p>
                     57: OpenBSD/socppc is heavily based on OpenBSD/macppc.  The e300 core
                     58: found on the MPC8349E is a derivative of the MPC603e processor used in
1.2       deraadt    59: early PowerPC-based Apple Macintosh systems, so most of the low-level
1.1       kettenis   60: code is identical.
                     61:
1.26      bentley    62: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.1       kettenis   63:
                     64: <p>
                     65: Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.  USB 1 devices
                     66: are only supported behind a USB 2.0 hub, and support for the
                     67: integrated switch on the Thecus N1200 is still missing.
                     68:
1.26      bentley    69: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.1       kettenis   70:
1.40    ! tb         71: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=intro&amp;arch=socppc&amp;sektion=4">intro(4/socppc)</a>.
1.20      rapha      72: <p>
1.1       kettenis   73: <ul>
1.40    ! tb         74: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cpu&amp;arch=socppc&amp;sektion=4">cpu(4)</a> Freescale MPC8347 processor.
        !            75: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipic&amp;arch=socppc&amp;sektion=4">ipic(4)</a> integrated programmable interrupt controller (IPIC).
        !            76: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sociic&amp;arch=socppc&amp;sektion=4">sociic(4)</a> I2C controller.
        !            77: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fintek&amp;sektion=4">fintek(4)</a> Fintek F75375 temperature sensor.
        !            78: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ricohrtc&amp;sektion=4">ricohrtc(4)</a> Ricoh RS5C372 real time clock.
        !            79: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&amp;sektion=4">com(4)</a> serial port console at 115200 baud.
        !            80: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tsec&amp;arch=socppc&amp;sektion=4">tsec(4)</a> three-speed Ethernet controller (TSEC).
        !            81: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=socpcic&amp;arch=socppc&amp;sektion=4">socpcic(4)</a> PCI controller.
        !            82: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&amp;sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> SATA controller supporting <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wd&amp;sektion=4">wd(4)</a>.
        !            83: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ehci&amp;sektion=4">ehci(4)</a> USB controller supporting most <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=usb&amp;sektion=4">usb(4)</a> devices.
1.1       kettenis   84: </ul>
                     85:
1.26      bentley    86: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.5       miod       87: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/socppc</strong>
1.1       kettenis   88: </font></h3>
                     89:
                     90: <p>
1.5       miod       91: The latest supported OpenBSD/socppc release is
1.30      sthen      92: <a href="58.html">OpenBSD 5.8</a>.
1.5       miod       93: Here are the
1.37      tb         94: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.38      tb         95: OpenBSD/socppc 5.8 installation instructions</a>.
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