OpenBSD/octeon

OpenBSD/octeon is a port intended to run on systems based upon the Cavium Octeon and Octeon PLUS MIPS64 CPUs.

Table of contents

• History of the port
• Supported hardware
• Current status
• Project list
• Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon

History:

OpenBSD/octeon began in 2010 with an SDK created by IIJ and donated to OpenBSD. Early work targeted the Portwell CAM-0100.

Due to the lack of available hardware, the port lay dormant for a few years. This changed in January 2013 with the release of the Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter LITE. Several developers obtained these new machines, and work began immediately.

Kernel work is progressing nicely.

And work continues...

Supported hardware:

OpenBSD/octeon initially aims to provide support for the following machines:

• Portwell CAM-0100
• Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter LITE

Current status:

Currently it's possible to install OpenBSD/octeon on the Portwell CAM-0100 machines as they have a working storage driver. However there is still some manual intervention needed to boot the newly installed kernel. Documentation on how to do this, as well a bootloader are forthcoming.

Projects (in no particular order):

• Support for more on-board devices (USB, crypto).
• Multiprocessor (SMP) support.
• Debug pmap which prevents using more than 256MB of RAM.
• Improve the Octeon-specific Compact Flash driver.
• Support more hardware as our developers get their hands on more Octeon-based systems.

Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon

Snapshots will be available soon.