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octeon
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OpenBSD/octeon is a port intended to run on MIPS64-based systems that utilize
the Cavium OCTEON, OCTEON Plus, OCTEON II, and OCTEON III system on chips.
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<h3 id="history"><strong>History:</strong></h3>

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OpenBSD/octeon began in 2010 with an SDK created by
<a href="https://www.iij.ad.jp/en/">IIJ</a> and donated to OpenBSD.
Early work targeted the Portwell CAM-0100.

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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. Due to issues with USB support, the port to the Portwell
CAM-0100 matured first because it allowed CF cards to be used as a storage
medium.

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Development has been rapid, with the port to the Portwell CAM-0100 becoming
self-hosting in April 2013.
In August 2013 the DSR-500 model reached userland and could host OpenBSD
via NFS.
Support for EdgeRouter LITE Ethernet was added in
September 2013, allowing the EdgeRouter LITE to be usable by NFS booting.

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In June 2015 USB support was added which finally allowed installing to
local disk on machines lacking a CF slot.

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

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OpenBSD/octeon supports the following machines:

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<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180202202403/http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.php?CUSTCHAR1=CAM-0100">
Portwell CAM-0100</a>
<li>D-Link
	<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140803060102/http://www.dlink.com/us/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-500-the-d-link-services-router"> DSR-500</a>,
	<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170422065451/http://us.dlink.com/us/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-500n-wireless-n-unified-services-router.html"> DSR-500N</a>

<li><a href="https://www.netgear.com/support/product/UTM25.aspx">Netgear ProSecure UTM25</a>
    <ul>
        <li>Ports LAN1-4 and WAN1 are connected to the same internal switch,
            but U-Boot puts these LAN and WAN segments in two separate
            port-based VLANs.
            Port WAN2 does not work yet.
    </ul>
<li><a href="http://www.rhinolabsinc.com/sdna-shasta/">Rhino Labs Inc. SDNA Shasta</a>
<li><a href="http://www.rhinolabsinc.com/sdna-7130/">Rhino Labs Inc. SDNA-7130</a>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190116230436/https://www.ui.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/">Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter LITE</a>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190317112518/https://www.ui.com/edgemax/edgerouter-poe/">Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter PoE</a><br>
    <ul>
        <li>Switch ports are not supported yet.
    </ul>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190317112541/https://www.ui.com/edgemax/edgerouter/">Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter</a>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190317112541/https://www.ui.com/edgemax/edgerouter-pro/">Ubiquiti Networks
EdgeRouter PRO</a><br>
    <ul>
        <li>SFP slots are not supported yet.
    </ul>
<li><a href="https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/wired-edge-max-routing/products/er-4">Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 4</a>
<li><a href="https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/wired-edge-max-routing/products/er-6p">Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 6P</a>
<li><a href="https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/wired-edge-max-routing/products/er-12">Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 12</a>
    <ul>
        <li>Switch ports are not supported yet.
    </ul>
<li><a href="https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/wired-edge-max-routing/products/er-8-xg">Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter Infinity</a>
    <ul>
        <li>10G SFP+ ports are not supported yet.
    </ul>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190317112713/https://www.ui.com/unifi-routing/usg/">Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Security Gateway</a>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190317112704mp_/https://www.ui.com/unifi-routing/unifi-security-gateway-pro-4/">Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Security Gateway PRO-4</a><br>
    <ul>
        <li>SFP slots are not supported yet.
    </ul>
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<h3 id="status"><strong>Current status:</strong></h3>

<p>
OpenBSD/octeon can be installed on all machines which have local
Compact Flash or USB storage.

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<h3 id="install">
<strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/octeon:</strong>
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The latest supported OpenBSD/octeon release is
<a href="77.html">OpenBSD 7.7</a>.
Here are the
<a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.7/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
OpenBSD/octeon installation instructions</a>.

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Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
<a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon">this location</a>
as well as on a few
<a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
Here are the
<a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
OpenBSD/octeon snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.