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1.41      bentley     1: <!doctype html>
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1.1       kettenis    5: <title>OpenBSD/socppc</title>
                      6: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD/socppc page">
1.34      tb          7: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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1.36      tb          9: <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.openbsd.org/socppc.html">
1.1       kettenis   10:
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1.41      bentley    12: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
1.34      tb         13: <a href="index.html">
1.41      bentley    14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
                     15: socppc
1.34      tb         16: </h2>
1.1       kettenis   17: <hr>
1.41      bentley    18:
                     19: <table><tr><td>
1.34      tb         20: <p>
1.7       kettenis   21: OpenBSD/socppc runs on machines based on the <a
                     22: href="http://www.freescale.com">Freescale</a> MPC8349E System-on-Chip
1.11      kettenis   23: (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot or RouterBOOT as a boot loader.  So
                     24: far this platform supports the <a href="http://www.thecus.com">Thecus</a>
1.35      tb         25: N1200 and the <a href="http://www.mikrotik.com">MikroTik</a>
1.11      kettenis   26: <a href="http://www.routerboard.com">RouterBOARD</a> RB600A.
1.41      bentley    27:
1.33      deraadt    28: <p>
1.11      kettenis   29: The Thecus N1200 is a one-disk NAS box based on an MPC8347 running at
1.7       kettenis   30: 266MHz.  It has 128MB of memory, one 1000baseT Ethernet port, an
                     31: integrated 100baseTX Ethernet switch, two USB 2.0 ports and an eSATA
                     32: port as well as room for one SATA disk.
1.41      bentley    33:
1.33      deraadt    34: <p>
1.11      kettenis   35: The RouterBOARD RB600A is based on an MPC8343 running at 266MHz or
1.7       kettenis   36: 400MHz.  It has 128MB of memory, three 1000baseT Ethernet ports, two
1.12      jasper     37: CF slots and four mini-PCI slots.  Support for the RB600A has been added
                     38: in OpenBSD 4.7.
1.41      bentley    39:
1.33      deraadt    40: <p>
1.1       kettenis   41: OpenBSD/socppc is binary compatible with OpenBSD/macppc; all existing
                     42: OpenBSD/powerpc packages will run fine on OpenBSD/socppc.
1.41      bentley    43:
1.33      deraadt    44: <p>
1.41      bentley    45: <strong>The OpenBSD/socppc port was discontinued after the 5.8 release.</strong>
1.1       kettenis   46:
1.41      bentley    47: <td>
                     48: <img src="images/n1200.jpg" width="240" height="342" alt="n1200">
                     49: </table>
1.1       kettenis   50:
                     51: <hr>
                     52:
1.41      bentley    53: <h3 id="history"><strong>History</strong></h3>
                     54:
1.1       kettenis   55: <p>
                     56: OpenBSD/socppc is heavily based on OpenBSD/macppc.  The e300 core
                     57: found on the MPC8349E is a derivative of the MPC603e processor used in
1.2       deraadt    58: early PowerPC-based Apple Macintosh systems, so most of the low-level
1.1       kettenis   59: code is identical.
                     60:
1.41      bentley    61: <h3 id="status"><strong>Current status</strong></h3>
1.1       kettenis   62:
                     63: <p>
                     64: Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.  USB 1 devices
                     65: are only supported behind a USB 2.0 hub, and support for the
                     66: integrated switch on the Thecus N1200 is still missing.
                     67:
1.41      bentley    68: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></h3>
1.1       kettenis   69:
1.20      rapha      70: <p>
1.42      tj         71: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/intro.4">intro(4/socppc)</a>.
1.41      bentley    72:
1.1       kettenis   73: <ul>
1.42      tj         74: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/cpu.4">cpu(4)</a> Freescale MPC8347 processor.
                     75: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/ipic.4">ipic(4)</a> integrated programmable interrupt controller (IPIC).
                     76: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/sociic.4">sociic(4)</a> I2C controller.
                     77: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/fintek.4">fintek(4)</a> Fintek F75375 temperature sensor.
                     78: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/ricohrtc.4">ricohrtc(4)</a> Ricoh RS5C372 real time clock.
                     79: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/com.4">com(4)</a> serial port console at 115200 baud.
                     80: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/tsec.4">tsec(4)</a> three-speed Ethernet controller (TSEC).
                     81: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/socpcic.4">socpcic(4)</a> PCI controller.
                     82: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/pciide.4">pciide(4)</a> SATA controller supporting <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/wd.4">wd(4)</a>.
                     83: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/ehci.4">ehci(4)</a> USB controller supporting most <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/usb.4">usb(4)</a> devices.
1.1       kettenis   84: </ul>
                     85:
1.41      bentley    86: <h3 id="install">
1.5       miod       87: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/socppc</strong>
1.41      bentley    88: </h3>
1.1       kettenis   89:
                     90: <p>
1.43    ! tj         91: The last supported OpenBSD/socppc release was
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>.