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19: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish</font></h2>
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24: OpenBSD/armish runs on various ARM-based appliances,
25: using the Redboot boot loader (and which boot Linux by default).
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28: A mailing list for ARM-based ports is available at
29: <u><font color="#23238e">arm@openbsd.org</font></u>.
30: To join the OpenBSD/arm mailing list, send a message body of
31: <b>"subscribe arm"</b> to
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33: Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
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37: The current port maintainer is Dale Rahn
38: (<a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">drahn@openbsd.org</a>).
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41: <a href="#toc"></a>
42: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
43: <ul>
44: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
45: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
46: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
47: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
48: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</a>
49: </ul>
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51: <hr>
52: <a name="history"></a>
53: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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55: OpenBSD/armish is the 3rd OpenBSD port to ARM based machines, after
56: <a href="cats.html">cats</a> and <a href="zaurus.html">zaurus</a>.
1.3 deraadt 57: It is intended to support a variety of rather similar ARM-based
58: machines:
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1.4 deraadt 61: <li><a href="http://www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport/SoftwareandDocumentationDownloads/DPA/Index.aspx">
62: Certance CP3100</a>
1.11 steven 63: <li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=1&pid=1">
1.5 jsg 64: Thecus N2100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6500, Evesham SilverSTOR M-Box)
1.11 steven 65: <li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_spec.php?cid=1&pid=2">
1.5 jsg 66: Thecus N4100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6400, Evesham SilverSTOR XS)
1.11 steven 67: <li><a href="http://www.iodata.com/products/products.php?cat=MIJ&sc=REV&pId=HDL-G400U&ts=2&tsc=">
1.12 deraadt 68: IO-DATA HDL-Gxxx, HDL-GWxxx, and HDL-GZxxx</a> series<ul>
69: <li>These models are a subset of the "Giga-landisk" product line, but the
70: HDL-GXxxx models are not compatible (use Marvell cpus).
71: <li>The standard "landisk" (100mbit) machines are instead supported by the
72: <a href="landisk.html">landisk</a> architecture.
73: </ul>
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1.1 matthieu 75:
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78: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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1.6 deraadt 81: Development is currently pretty active.
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1.10 jsg 84: <li>The Thecus N2100 runs multiuser and boots from disk using its own
85: bootloader, or from the network using built-in Redboot.
1.12 deraadt 86: <li>The IO-DATA HDL-G series is multiuser and will soon be able to
1.6 deraadt 87: boot from disk as well.
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92: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
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1.3 deraadt 96: <li>Finish the Certance CP3100 support
97: <li>Support more devices
1.6 deraadt 98: <li>Better support for i2c devices on the Thecus
1.3 deraadt 99: <li>Redboot flash configuration support
1.12 deraadt 100: <li>Put the bootloader into IO-DATA HDL flash, to permit native booting.
1.9 deraadt 101: <li>Support other similar machines
1.1 matthieu 102: </ul>
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106: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
107: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</strong>
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1.13 ! miod 111: The latest supported OpenBSD/armish release is
! 112: <a href="40.html">OpenBSD 4.0</a>.
! 113: Here are the
! 114: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/armish/INSTALL.armish">
! 115: OpenBSD/armish 4.0 installation instructions
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1.1 matthieu 119: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
120: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armish">this location</a>
121: as well as in a few
122: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
123: Here are the
124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armish/INSTALL.armish">
125: OpenBSD/armish snapshot installation instructions
126: </a> as well.
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