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1.1       deraadt    16: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk</font></h2>
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1.33      deraadt    19: <a href="images/usl5p.jpg">
1.55      rapha      20: <img src="images/usl5p.jpg" width="306" height="422" align="right" alt="usl5p"></a>
1.1       deraadt    21:
                     22: OpenBSD/landisk runs on machines related to the
                     23: <a href="http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/usl-5p/index.htm">
                     24: IO-DATA USL-5P</a>, using a
                     25: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a>
                     26: SH-4 CPU.<br>
                     27: This platform comes in a variety of models:
                     28:
                     29: <ul>
1.8       deraadt    30: <li>IO-DATA USL-5P, using CF storage (Japan; as shown)
1.11      jsg        31: <li>IO-DATA HDL-U, HDL-AV, HDL-W and HDLM-U series (Japan)
1.3       jsg        32: <li>SuperTank LAN Tank (SOTO-HDLWU) (Japan)
1.2       jsg        33: <li>IO-DATA UHDL-160U and UHDL-300U (May be found in USA)
1.7       martin     34: <li>Plextor PX-EH16L, PX-EH25L and PX-EH40L
1.1       deraadt    35: </ul>
                     36:
1.10      jsg        37: Note: The "Giga-landisk" and HDL-F machines are ARM-based
1.53      miod       38: (both Intel XScale &amp; Marvell), some of which are supported by the
                     39: <a href="armish.html">armish</a> architecture.
1.1       deraadt    40:
1.26      nick       41: <a name="toc"></a>
1.1       deraadt    42: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.55      rapha      43: <ul>
1.33      deraadt    44:   <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a><br>
                     45:   <li><a href="#status">Current status</a><br>
                     46:   <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a><br>
                     47:   <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing</a><br>
                     48:   <li><a href="#serial">Serial cable connection</a><br>
1.55      rapha      49: </ul>
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1.33      deraadt    52:
1.1       deraadt    53: <a name="history"></a>
1.33      deraadt    54: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.1       deraadt    55: <p>
                     56: OpenBSD/landisk is the 1st OpenBSD port to a
                     57: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a> SH-4 based machine.
                     58: It is hoped that other SH-4 based machines will show up which are
                     59: interesting enough for our user and development community, but the SH-4
                     60: processor is normally used only in true embedded products.
                     61:
1.44      miod       62: This processor architecture is the first 32-bit sucessor of a series
1.39      sthen      63: of extremely bizarre 8 and 16 bit processors by Hitachi.  It has a
1.33      deraadt    64: very strange instruction set and MMU, and developers find it quite a
                     65: challenge to map their knowledge of Unix low-level ideas to the
                     66: processor architecture.
                     67:
1.1       deraadt    68: <a name="status"></a>
1.33      deraadt    69: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.1       deraadt    70:
                     71: <p>
1.33      deraadt    72: Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.
1.1       deraadt    73:
1.15      deraadt    74: <a name="hardware"></a>
1.33      deraadt    75: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.15      deraadt    76:
1.55      rapha      77: 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&amp;arch=landisk&amp;sektion=4">intro(4/landisk)</a>.
                     78: <p>
1.15      deraadt    79: <ul>
1.33      deraadt    80: <li>HITACHI SH4 SH7751R processor at 266MHz.
                     81: <li>64MB of ram.
                     82: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&amp;sektion=4">re(4)</a> 100Mbit ethernet.
                     83: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wdc&amp;sektion=4">wdc(4)</a> drive controller connected to either flash or microdrive in a CF socket, on some models.
1.38      martynas   84: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&amp;sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> IDE drive controller supporting <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wd&amp;sektion=4">wd(4)</a>, on some models.
1.33      deraadt    85: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&amp;sektion=4">com(4)</a> serial port console at 9600 baud (lacking hardware flow control).
                     86: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ehci&amp;sektion=4">ehci(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ohci&amp;sektion=4">ohci(4)</a> USB controllers supporting most <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&amp;sektion=4">usb(4)</a> devices.
                     87: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=power&amp;arch=landisk&amp;sektion=4">power(4)</a> button and some LEDs.
1.15      deraadt    88: </ul>
                     89:
1.1       deraadt    90: <a name="install"></a>
                     91: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.33      deraadt    92: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.1       deraadt    93: </font></h3>
                     94:
                     95: <p>
1.25      miod       96: The latest supported OpenBSD/landisk release is
1.59    ! miod       97: <a href="55.html">OpenBSD 5.5</a>.
1.25      miod       98: Here are the
1.59    ! miod       99: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
        !           100: OpenBSD/landisk 5.5 installation instructions
1.25      miod      101: </a>.
                    102:
                    103: <p>
1.1       deraadt   104: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.54      sthen     105: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk">this location</a>
1.1       deraadt   106: as well as in a few
                    107: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
                    108: Here are the
1.54      sthen     109: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1       deraadt   110: OpenBSD/landisk snapshot installation instructions
                    111: </a> as well.
                    112:
1.58      miod      113: <a name="serial"></a>
1.55      rapha     114: <img align="right" height=274 width=410 src="images/usl5p-serial.gif" alt="usl5p serial">
1.4       deraadt   115: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
1.19      nick      116: <strong>Serial cable connection</strong>
1.4       deraadt   117: </font></h3>
                    118: All of these machines require a special serial cable which does
                    119: voltage conversion, and can hopefully be purchased along with the
                    120: card.  This cable normally contains a little max232 or similar chip
1.5       deraadt   121: which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V.  The IO-DATA cable
                    122: has pins which can grip the inside of the holes.  Or you can attempt
1.4       deraadt   123: to build your own using
                    124: <a href="http://www.mizore.jp/wiki/index.php?LANDISK%2Fserial-console">
                    125: some Japanese instructions</a>.
                    126: <p>
1.6       deraadt   127: The IO-DATA cable converts from a DB9 connector to a 5-pin header
                    128: (3.3V Tx Rx GND NC).  Note that the Rx and Tx pins on the board are
                    129: <b>swapped</b> compared to the ARM-based machines made by IO-DATA.
                    130: All the board models have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable
                    131: can plug into -- except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header (thus
                    132: requiring removal of the spare pin).
1.4       deraadt   133: <p>
1.5       deraadt   134: A USL-5P is shown with a modified IO-DATA cable.  In this case the cable
                    135: has been shortened significantly and the DB9 connector is glued into a slot
                    136: carefully cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port.
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