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1.1 deraadt 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 22:
23: OpenBSD/landisk runs on machines related to the
24: <a href="http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/usl-5p/index.htm">
25: IO-DATA USL-5P</a>, using a
26: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a>
27: SH-4 CPU.<br>
28: This platform comes in a variety of models:
29:
30: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 31: <li>IO-DATA USL-5P, using CF storage (Japan; as shown)
1.11 jsg 32: <li>IO-DATA HDL-U, HDL-AV, HDL-W and HDLM-U series (Japan)
1.3 jsg 33: <li>SuperTank LAN Tank (SOTO-HDLWU) (Japan)
1.2 jsg 34: <li>IO-DATA UHDL-160U and UHDL-300U (May be found in USA)
1.7 martin 35: <li>Plextor PX-EH16L, PX-EH25L and PX-EH40L
1.1 deraadt 36: </ul>
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1.10 jsg 38: Note: The "Giga-landisk" and HDL-F machines are ARM-based
1.53 miod 39: (both Intel XScale & Marvell), some of which are supported by the
40: <a href="armish.html">armish</a> architecture.
1.1 deraadt 41:
1.26 nick 42: <a name="toc"></a>
1.1 deraadt 43: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.37 deraadt 44: <table><tr>
45: <td width=1%></td>
1.36 deraadt 46: <td valign="top" width="20%">
1.33 deraadt 47: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a><br>
48: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>
49: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
1.36 deraadt 50: </td><td valign="top" width="20%">
1.33 deraadt 51: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
52: <li><a href="#projects">Projects & bugs left to fix</a><br>
53: <li><a href="#serial">Serial cable connection</a><br>
1.36 deraadt 54: </td></tr></table>
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1.1 deraadt 56: <hr>
1.33 deraadt 57:
1.1 deraadt 58: <a name="history"></a>
1.33 deraadt 59: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 60: <p>
61: OpenBSD/landisk is the 1st OpenBSD port to a
62: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a> SH-4 based machine.
63: It is hoped that other SH-4 based machines will show up which are
64: interesting enough for our user and development community, but the SH-4
65: processor is normally used only in true embedded products.
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1.44 miod 67: This processor architecture is the first 32-bit sucessor of a series
1.39 sthen 68: of extremely bizarre 8 and 16 bit processors by Hitachi. It has a
1.33 deraadt 69: very strange instruction set and MMU, and developers find it quite a
70: challenge to map their knowledge of Unix low-level ideas to the
71: processor architecture.
72:
1.1 deraadt 73: <a name="status"></a>
1.33 deraadt 74: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 75:
76: <p>
1.33 deraadt 77: Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.
1.1 deraadt 78:
1.15 deraadt 79: <a name="hardware"></a>
1.33 deraadt 80: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.15 deraadt 81:
82: <ul>
1.33 deraadt 83: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=intro&arch=landisk&sektion=4">intro(4/landisk)</a>.
84: <p>
85: <li>HITACHI SH4 SH7751R processor at 266MHz.
86: <li>64MB of ram.
87: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> 100Mbit ethernet.
88: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wdc&sektion=4">wdc(4)</a> drive controller connected to either flash or microdrive in a CF socket, on some models.
1.38 martynas 89: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> IDE drive controller supporting <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wd&sektion=4">wd(4)</a>, on some models.
1.33 deraadt 90: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> serial port console at 9600 baud (lacking hardware flow control).
91: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ehci&sektion=4">ehci(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci(4)</a> USB controllers supporting most <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">usb(4)</a> devices.
92: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&arch=landisk&sektion=4">power(4)</a> button and some LEDs.
1.15 deraadt 93: </ul>
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1.1 deraadt 95: <a name="install"></a>
96: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.33 deraadt 97: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.1 deraadt 98: </font></h3>
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100: <p>
1.25 miod 101: The latest supported OpenBSD/landisk release is
1.54 ! sthen 102: <a href="53.html">OpenBSD 5.3</a>.
1.25 miod 103: Here are the
1.54 ! sthen 104: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
! 105: OpenBSD/landisk 5.3 installation instructions
1.25 miod 106: </a>.
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1.1 deraadt 109: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.54 ! sthen 110: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk">this location</a>
1.1 deraadt 111: as well as in a few
112: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
113: Here are the
1.54 ! sthen 114: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 115: OpenBSD/landisk snapshot installation instructions
116: </a> as well.
117:
1.33 deraadt 118: <a name="projects"></a>
119: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects & bugs left to fix</strong></font></h3>
120:
121: <ul>
122: <li>Squelch remaining compiler optimization bugs.
123: </ul>
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1.19 nick 128: <strong>Serial cable connection</strong>
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130: All of these machines require a special serial cable which does
131: voltage conversion, and can hopefully be purchased along with the
132: card. This cable normally contains a little max232 or similar chip
1.5 deraadt 133: which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V. The IO-DATA cable
134: has pins which can grip the inside of the holes. Or you can attempt
1.4 deraadt 135: to build your own using
136: <a href="http://www.mizore.jp/wiki/index.php?LANDISK%2Fserial-console">
137: some Japanese instructions</a>.
138: <p>
1.6 deraadt 139: The IO-DATA cable converts from a DB9 connector to a 5-pin header
140: (3.3V Tx Rx GND NC). Note that the Rx and Tx pins on the board are
141: <b>swapped</b> compared to the ARM-based machines made by IO-DATA.
142: All the board models have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable
143: can plug into -- except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header (thus
144: requiring removal of the spare pin).
1.4 deraadt 145: <p>
1.5 deraadt 146: A USL-5P is shown with a modified IO-DATA cable. In this case the cable
147: has been shortened significantly and the DB9 connector is glued into a slot
148: carefully cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port.
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