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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
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1.1 matthieu 37: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
38: <ul>
39: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
40: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
41: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
42: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</a>
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46: <a name="history"></a>
47: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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49: OpenBSD/armish is the 3rd OpenBSD port to ARM based machines, after
50: <a href="cats.html">cats</a> and <a href="zaurus.html">zaurus</a>.
1.3 deraadt 51: It is intended to support a variety of rather similar ARM-based
52: machines:
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1.4 deraadt 55: <li><a href="http://www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport/SoftwareandDocumentationDownloads/DPA/Index.aspx">
56: Certance CP3100</a>
1.29 jasper 57: <li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/product.php?PROD_ID=1">
1.5 jsg 58: Thecus N2100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6500, Evesham SilverSTOR M-Box)
1.29 jasper 59: <li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/product.php?PROD_ID=2">
1.5 jsg 60: Thecus N4100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6400, Evesham SilverSTOR XS)
1.23 deraadt 61: <li>IO-DATA HDL-Gxxx, HDL-GWxxx, and HDL-GZxxx series
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1.12 deraadt 63: <li>These models are a subset of the "Giga-landisk" product line, but the
1.26 jasper 64: HDL-GXxxx models are not compatible (use Marvell CPUs).
1.12 deraadt 65: <li>The standard "landisk" (100mbit) machines are instead supported by the
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72: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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1.6 deraadt 75: Development is currently pretty active.
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1.10 jsg 78: <li>The Thecus N2100 runs multiuser and boots from disk using its own
79: bootloader, or from the network using built-in Redboot.
1.12 deraadt 80: <li>The IO-DATA HDL-G series is multiuser and will soon be able to
1.6 deraadt 81: boot from disk as well.
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86: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
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1.3 deraadt 90: <li>Finish the Certance CP3100 support
91: <li>Support more devices
1.6 deraadt 92: <li>Better support for i2c devices on the Thecus
1.3 deraadt 93: <li>Redboot flash configuration support
1.12 deraadt 94: <li>Put the bootloader into IO-DATA HDL flash, to permit native booting.
1.9 deraadt 95: <li>Support other similar machines
1.1 matthieu 96: </ul>
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99: <a name="install"></a>
100: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
101: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</strong>
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1.13 miod 105: The latest supported OpenBSD/armish release is
1.37 ! sthen 106: <a href="54.html">OpenBSD 5.4</a>.
1.13 miod 107: Here are the
1.37 ! sthen 108: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/armish/INSTALL.armish">
! 109: OpenBSD/armish 5.4 installation instructions
1.13 miod 110: </a>.
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1.1 matthieu 113: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.36 sthen 114: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armish">this location</a>
1.1 matthieu 115: as well as in a few
116: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
117: Here are the
1.36 sthen 118: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armish/INSTALL.armish">
1.1 matthieu 119: OpenBSD/armish snapshot installation instructions
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