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1.1 deraadt 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk</font></h2>
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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>
1.55 ! rapha 44: <ul>
1.33 deraadt 45: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a><br>
46: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>
47: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
48: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
49: <li><a href="#projects">Projects & bugs left to fix</a><br>
50: <li><a href="#serial">Serial cable connection</a><br>
1.55 ! rapha 51: </ul>
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1.33 deraadt 54:
1.1 deraadt 55: <a name="history"></a>
1.33 deraadt 56: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 57: <p>
58: OpenBSD/landisk is the 1st OpenBSD port to a
59: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a> SH-4 based machine.
60: It is hoped that other SH-4 based machines will show up which are
61: interesting enough for our user and development community, but the SH-4
62: processor is normally used only in true embedded products.
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1.44 miod 64: This processor architecture is the first 32-bit sucessor of a series
1.39 sthen 65: of extremely bizarre 8 and 16 bit processors by Hitachi. It has a
1.33 deraadt 66: very strange instruction set and MMU, and developers find it quite a
67: challenge to map their knowledge of Unix low-level ideas to the
68: processor architecture.
69:
1.1 deraadt 70: <a name="status"></a>
1.33 deraadt 71: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
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73: <p>
1.33 deraadt 74: Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.
1.1 deraadt 75:
1.15 deraadt 76: <a name="hardware"></a>
1.33 deraadt 77: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.15 deraadt 78:
1.55 ! rapha 79: 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>.
! 80: <p>
1.15 deraadt 81: <ul>
1.33 deraadt 82: <li>HITACHI SH4 SH7751R processor at 266MHz.
83: <li>64MB of ram.
84: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> 100Mbit ethernet.
85: <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 86: <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 87: <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).
88: <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.
89: <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 90: </ul>
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1.1 deraadt 92: <a name="install"></a>
93: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.33 deraadt 94: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.1 deraadt 95: </font></h3>
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1.25 miod 98: The latest supported OpenBSD/landisk release is
1.54 sthen 99: <a href="53.html">OpenBSD 5.3</a>.
1.25 miod 100: Here are the
1.54 sthen 101: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
102: OpenBSD/landisk 5.3 installation instructions
1.25 miod 103: </a>.
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1.1 deraadt 106: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.54 sthen 107: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk">this location</a>
1.1 deraadt 108: as well as in a few
109: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
110: Here are the
1.54 sthen 111: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 112: OpenBSD/landisk snapshot installation instructions
113: </a> as well.
114:
1.33 deraadt 115: <a name="projects"></a>
116: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects & bugs left to fix</strong></font></h3>
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118: <ul>
119: <li>Squelch remaining compiler optimization bugs.
120: </ul>
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1.4 deraadt 123: <a name="serial"></a>
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1.19 nick 125: <strong>Serial cable connection</strong>
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127: All of these machines require a special serial cable which does
128: voltage conversion, and can hopefully be purchased along with the
129: card. This cable normally contains a little max232 or similar chip
1.5 deraadt 130: which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V. The IO-DATA cable
131: has pins which can grip the inside of the holes. Or you can attempt
1.4 deraadt 132: to build your own using
133: <a href="http://www.mizore.jp/wiki/index.php?LANDISK%2Fserial-console">
134: some Japanese instructions</a>.
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1.6 deraadt 136: The IO-DATA cable converts from a DB9 connector to a 5-pin header
137: (3.3V Tx Rx GND NC). Note that the Rx and Tx pins on the board are
138: <b>swapped</b> compared to the ARM-based machines made by IO-DATA.
139: All the board models have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable
140: can plug into -- except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header (thus
141: requiring removal of the spare pin).
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1.5 deraadt 143: A USL-5P is shown with a modified IO-DATA cable. In this case the cable
144: has been shortened significantly and the DB9 connector is glued into a slot
145: carefully cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port.
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