[BACK]Return to socppc.html CVS log [TXT][DIR] Up to [local] / www
File: [local] / www / socppc.html (download) (as text)

Revision 1.43, Wed Oct 6 02:30:33 2021 UTC (2 years, 7 months ago) by tj
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: HEAD
Changes since 1.42: +1 -1 lines 

unbreak html and use consistent wording about discontinuation

<!doctype html>
<html lang=en id=platform>
<meta charset=utf-8>

<title>OpenBSD/socppc</title>
<meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD/socppc page">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="openbsd.css">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.openbsd.org/socppc.html">


<h2 id=OpenBSD>
<a href="index.html">
<i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
socppc
</h2>
<hr>

<table><tr><td>
<p>
OpenBSD/socppc runs on machines based on the <a
href="http://www.freescale.com">Freescale</a> MPC8349E System-on-Chip
(SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot or RouterBOOT as a boot loader.  So
far this platform supports the <a href="http://www.thecus.com">Thecus</a>
N1200 and the <a href="http://www.mikrotik.com">MikroTik</a>
<a href="http://www.routerboard.com">RouterBOARD</a> RB600A.

<p>
The Thecus N1200 is a one-disk NAS box based on an MPC8347 running at
266MHz.  It has 128MB of memory, one 1000baseT Ethernet port, an
integrated 100baseTX Ethernet switch, two USB 2.0 ports and an eSATA
port as well as room for one SATA disk.

<p>
The RouterBOARD RB600A is based on an MPC8343 running at 266MHz or
400MHz.  It has 128MB of memory, three 1000baseT Ethernet ports, two
CF slots and four mini-PCI slots.  Support for the RB600A has been added
in OpenBSD 4.7.

<p>
OpenBSD/socppc is binary compatible with OpenBSD/macppc; all existing
OpenBSD/powerpc packages will run fine on OpenBSD/socppc.

<p>
<strong>The OpenBSD/socppc port was discontinued after the 5.8 release.</strong>

<td>
<img src="images/n1200.jpg" width="240" height="342" alt="n1200">
</table>

<hr>

<h3 id="history"><strong>History</strong></h3>

<p>
OpenBSD/socppc is heavily based on OpenBSD/macppc.  The e300 core
found on the MPC8349E is a derivative of the MPC603e processor used in
early PowerPC-based Apple Macintosh systems, so most of the low-level
code is identical.

<h3 id="status"><strong>Current status</strong></h3>

<p>
Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.  USB 1 devices
are only supported behind a USB 2.0 hub, and support for the
integrated switch on the Thecus N1200 is still missing.

<h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></h3>

<p>
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>.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/cpu.4">cpu(4)</a> Freescale MPC8347 processor.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/ipic.4">ipic(4)</a> integrated programmable interrupt controller (IPIC).
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/sociic.4">sociic(4)</a> I2C controller.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/fintek.4">fintek(4)</a> Fintek F75375 temperature sensor.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/ricohrtc.4">ricohrtc(4)</a> Ricoh RS5C372 real time clock.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/com.4">com(4)</a> serial port console at 115200 baud.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/tsec.4">tsec(4)</a> three-speed Ethernet controller (TSEC).
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.8/socppc/socpcic.4">socpcic(4)</a> PCI controller.
<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>.
<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.
</ul>

<h3 id="install">
<strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/socppc</strong>
</h3>

<p>
The last supported OpenBSD/socppc release was
<a href="58.html">OpenBSD 5.8</a>.
Here are the
<a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
OpenBSD/socppc 5.8 installation instructions</a>.