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<h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish</font></h2>

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OpenBSD/armish runs on various ARM-based appliances,
using the Redboot bootloader (and which boot Linux by default).

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A mailing list for ARM-based ports is available at
<u><font color="#23238e">arm@openbsd.org</font></u>.
To join the OpenBSD/arm mailing list, send a message body of
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
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  <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
  <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
  <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
  <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</a>
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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OpenBSD/armish is the 3rd OpenBSD port to ARM based machines, after
<a href="cats.html">cats</a> and <a href="zaurus.html">zaurus</a>.
It is intended to support a variety of rather similar ARM-based
machines:

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport/SoftwareandDocumentationDownloads/DPA/Index.aspx">
    Certance CP3100</a>
<li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/product.php?PROD_ID=1">
    Thecus N2100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6500, Evesham SilverSTOR M-Box)
<li><a href="http://www.thecus.com/product.php?PROD_ID=2">
    Thecus N4100</a> (plus rebadged versions: Allnet ALL6400, Evesham SilverSTOR XS)
<li>IO-DATA HDL-Gxxx, HDL-GWxxx, and HDL-GZxxx series
    <ul>
    <li>These models are a subset of the "Giga-landisk" product line, but the
    HDL-GXxxx models are not compatible (use Marvell CPUs).
    <li>The standard "landisk" (100mbit) machines are instead supported by the
    <a href="landisk.html">landisk</a> architecture.
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>

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Development is currently pretty active.

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<li>The Thecus N2100 runs multiuser and boots from disk using its own
bootloader, or from the network using built-in Redboot.
<li>The IO-DATA HDL-G series is multiuser and will soon be able to
boot from disk as well.
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<h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
</strong></font></h3>

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<li>Finish the Certance CP3100 support
<li>Support more devices
<li>Better support for i2c devices on the Thecus
<li>Redboot flash configuration support
<li>Put the bootloader into IO-DATA HDL flash, to permit native booting.
<li>Support other similar machines
</ul>

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<strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/armish</strong>
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The latest supported OpenBSD/armish release is
<a href="54.html">OpenBSD 5.4</a>.
Here are the
<a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/armish/INSTALL.armish">
OpenBSD/armish 5.4 installation instructions
</a>.

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

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