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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,
1.30 jasper 25: using the Redboot bootloader (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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37: The current port maintainer is Dale Rahn
38: (<a href="mailto:drahn@openbsd.org">drahn@openbsd.org</a>).
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1.1 matthieu 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="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</a>
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51: <a name="history"></a>
52: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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54: OpenBSD/armish is the 3rd OpenBSD port to ARM based machines, after
55: <a href="cats.html">cats</a> and <a href="zaurus.html">zaurus</a>.
1.3 deraadt 56: It is intended to support a variety of rather similar ARM-based
57: machines:
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1.4 deraadt 60: <li><a href="http://www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport/SoftwareandDocumentationDownloads/DPA/Index.aspx">
61: Certance CP3100</a>
1.29 jasper 62: <li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/product.php?PROD_ID=1">
1.5 jsg 63: Thecus N2100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6500, Evesham SilverSTOR M-Box)
1.29 jasper 64: <li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/product.php?PROD_ID=2">
1.5 jsg 65: Thecus N4100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6400, Evesham SilverSTOR XS)
1.23 deraadt 66: <li>IO-DATA HDL-Gxxx, HDL-GWxxx, and HDL-GZxxx series
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1.12 deraadt 68: <li>These models are a subset of the "Giga-landisk" product line, but the
1.26 jasper 69: HDL-GXxxx models are not compatible (use Marvell CPUs).
1.12 deraadt 70: <li>The standard "landisk" (100mbit) machines are instead supported by the
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77: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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1.6 deraadt 80: Development is currently pretty active.
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1.10 jsg 83: <li>The Thecus N2100 runs multiuser and boots from disk using its own
84: bootloader, or from the network using built-in Redboot.
1.12 deraadt 85: <li>The IO-DATA HDL-G series is multiuser and will soon be able to
1.6 deraadt 86: boot from disk as well.
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91: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
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1.3 deraadt 95: <li>Finish the Certance CP3100 support
96: <li>Support more devices
1.6 deraadt 97: <li>Better support for i2c devices on the Thecus
1.3 deraadt 98: <li>Redboot flash configuration support
1.12 deraadt 99: <li>Put the bootloader into IO-DATA HDL flash, to permit native booting.
1.9 deraadt 100: <li>Support other similar machines
1.1 matthieu 101: </ul>
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104: <a name="install"></a>
105: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
106: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</strong>
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1.13 miod 110: The latest supported OpenBSD/armish release is
1.33 ! sthen 111: <a href="51.html">OpenBSD 5.1</a>.
1.13 miod 112: Here are the
1.33 ! sthen 113: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.1/armish/INSTALL.armish">
! 114: OpenBSD/armish 5.1 installation instructions
1.13 miod 115: </a>.
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1.1 matthieu 118: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
119: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armish">this location</a>
120: as well as in a few
121: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
122: Here are the
123: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armish/INSTALL.armish">
124: OpenBSD/armish snapshot installation instructions
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