I think the relevant part of Erik's email was "correct and 
	complete". AFAIK the OpenFirmware on Apple machines has
	'interesting' breakage such as opening a tftp session anytime
	you try to access a network device.

	This means that an OS relying on OpenFirmware for anything other
	than the most basic of booting facilities will have no luck on
	Apple machines. Hence NetBSD/macppc is a distinct port from 
	NetBSD/ofppc, though they both share common code from
	/sys/arch/powerpc, (as does NetBSD/bebox).

		David/absolute

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On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Nathan Raymond wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Erik E. Fair wrote:
> 
> > The "ofpcc" is for systems with correct and complete OpenFirmware (IEEE
> > 1275), a category that, alas, does not include any Apple products. After
> > all, that sort of thing might make it easier to boot an OS other than
> > MacOS...
> > 
> > 	Erik <fair@clock.org>
> 
> PCI PowerMacs *do* have OpenFirmware - Apple had to impliment OF for PCI
> support.
> 
> OF is how LinuxPPC works - MkLinux uses a booter like NetBSD, but LinuxPPC
> does NOT need the MacOS at all to boot (and it only works on PCI PowerMacs
> of course).  You have to break into OF early at startup and change some
> variables at the command line to boot into LinuxPPC.  No reason why NetBSD
> PPC couldn't do the same.
> 
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> Nathan Raymond
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