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1.1 deraadt 14: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 19:
20: OpenBSD/landisk runs on machines related to the
21: <a href="http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/usl-5p/index.htm">
22: IO-DATA USL-5P</a>, using a
23: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a>
24: SH-4 CPU.<br>
25: This platform comes in a variety of models:
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1.8 deraadt 28: <li>IO-DATA USL-5P, using CF storage (Japan; as shown)
1.11 jsg 29: <li>IO-DATA HDL-U, HDL-AV, HDL-W and HDLM-U series (Japan)
1.3 jsg 30: <li>SuperTank LAN Tank (SOTO-HDLWU) (Japan)
1.2 jsg 31: <li>IO-DATA UHDL-160U and UHDL-300U (May be found in USA)
1.7 martin 32: <li>Plextor PX-EH16L, PX-EH25L and PX-EH40L
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1.10 jsg 35: Note: The "Giga-landisk" and HDL-F machines are ARM-based
1.53 miod 36: (both Intel XScale & Marvell), some of which are supported by the
37: <a href="armish.html">armish</a> architecture.
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1.61 bentley 42: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 43: <p>
44: OpenBSD/landisk is the 1st OpenBSD port to a
45: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a> SH-4 based machine.
46: It is hoped that other SH-4 based machines will show up which are
47: interesting enough for our user and development community, but the SH-4
48: processor is normally used only in true embedded products.
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1.44 miod 50: This processor architecture is the first 32-bit sucessor of a series
1.39 sthen 51: of extremely bizarre 8 and 16 bit processors by Hitachi. It has a
1.33 deraadt 52: very strange instruction set and MMU, and developers find it quite a
53: challenge to map their knowledge of Unix low-level ideas to the
54: processor architecture.
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1.61 bentley 56: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
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1.33 deraadt 59: Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.
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1.61 bentley 61: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
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1.67 sthen 63: For a complete system component and device driver listing for this architecture, see <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=intro&arch=landisk&sektion=4">intro(4/landisk)</a>.
1.55 rapha 64: <p>
1.15 deraadt 65: <ul>
1.33 deraadt 66: <li>HITACHI SH4 SH7751R processor at 266MHz.
67: <li>64MB of ram.
1.67 sthen 68: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> 100Mbit ethernet.
69: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wdc&sektion=4">wdc(4)</a> drive controller connected to either flash or microdrive in a CF socket, on some models.
70: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> IDE drive controller supporting <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wd&sektion=4">wd(4)</a>, on some models.
71: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> serial port console at 9600 baud (lacking hardware flow control).
72: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ehci&sektion=4">ehci(4)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ohci&sektion=4">ohci(4)</a> USB controllers supporting most <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=usb&sektion=4">usb(4)</a> devices.
73: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=power&arch=landisk&sektion=4">power(4)</a> button and some LEDs.
1.15 deraadt 74: </ul>
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1.61 bentley 76: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.33 deraadt 77: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.1 deraadt 78: </font></h3>
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1.25 miod 81: The latest supported OpenBSD/landisk release is
1.65 sthen 82: <a href="58.html">OpenBSD 5.8</a>.
1.25 miod 83: Here are the
1.65 sthen 84: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
85: OpenBSD/landisk 5.8 installation instructions
1.25 miod 86: </a>.
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1.1 deraadt 89: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.54 sthen 90: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk">this location</a>
1.1 deraadt 91: as well as in a few
92: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
93: Here are the
1.54 sthen 94: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 95: OpenBSD/landisk snapshot installation instructions
96: </a> as well.
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1.55 rapha 98: <img align="right" height=274 width=410 src="images/usl5p-serial.gif" alt="usl5p serial">
1.61 bentley 99: <h3 id="serial"><font color="#0000e0">
1.19 nick 100: <strong>Serial cable connection</strong>
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102: All of these machines require a special serial cable which does
103: voltage conversion, and can hopefully be purchased along with the
104: card. This cable normally contains a little max232 or similar chip
1.5 deraadt 105: which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V. The IO-DATA cable
106: has pins which can grip the inside of the holes. Or you can attempt
1.4 deraadt 107: to build your own using
108: <a href="http://www.mizore.jp/wiki/index.php?LANDISK%2Fserial-console">
109: some Japanese instructions</a>.
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1.6 deraadt 111: The IO-DATA cable converts from a DB9 connector to a 5-pin header
112: (3.3V Tx Rx GND NC). Note that the Rx and Tx pins on the board are
113: <b>swapped</b> compared to the ARM-based machines made by IO-DATA.
114: All the board models have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable
115: can plug into -- except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header (thus
116: requiring removal of the spare pin).
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1.5 deraadt 118: A USL-5P is shown with a modified IO-DATA cable. In this case the cable
119: has been shortened significantly and the DB9 connector is glued into a slot
120: carefully cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port.
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