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19: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk</font></h2>
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25: OpenBSD/landisk runs on machines related to the
26: <a href="http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/usl-5p/index.htm">
27: IO-DATA USL-5P</a>, using a
28: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a>
29: SH-4 CPU.<br>
30: This rather small unit (25cm x 10cm x 2cm) is sold only in Japan.
31: This platform comes in a variety of models:
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33: <ul>
34: <li>IO-DATA USL-5P (Japan; as shown)
35: <li>IO-DATA HDL-U series (Japan)
1.3 jsg 36: <li>SuperTank LAN Tank (SOTO-HDLWU) (Japan)
1.2 jsg 37: <li>IO-DATA UHDL-160U and UHDL-300U (May be found in USA)
1.7 ! martin 38: <li>Plextor PX-EH16L, PX-EH25L and PX-EH40L
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41: Note: The "Giga-landisk" machines are ARM-based (both Intel XScale & Marvell)
42: and supported by the <a href="armish.html">armish</a> architecture.
43:
44: <p>
45: The current port maintainers are Miod Vallat
46: (<a href="mailto:miod@openbsd.org">miod@openbsd.org</a>) and
47: Michael Shalayeff
48: (<a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">mickey@openbsd.org</a>).
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51: <a href="#toc"></a>
52: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
53: <ul>
54: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
55: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
56: <li><a href="#projects">Project list</a>
57: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
58: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/landisk</a>
1.4 deraadt 59: <li><a href="#serial">Serial cable connection</a>
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62: <hr>
63: <a name="history"></a>
64: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
65: <p>
66: OpenBSD/landisk is the 1st OpenBSD port to a
67: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a> SH-4 based machine.
68: It is hoped that other SH-4 based machines will show up which are
69: interesting enough for our user and development community, but the SH-4
70: processor is normally used only in true embedded products.
71:
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73: <a name="status"></a>
74: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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77: Development is currently pretty active, and maybe soon it will work!
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80: <a name="projects"></a>
81: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Projects (in no particular order):
82: </strong></font></h3>
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84: <ul>
85: <li>Lots and lots and lots of stuff to do.
86: </ul>
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89: <a name="install"></a>
90: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
91: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/landisk</strong>
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95: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
96: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk">this location</a>
97: as well as in a few
98: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
99: Here are the
100: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
101: OpenBSD/landisk snapshot installation instructions
102: </a> as well.
103:
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108: <strong>Serial cable connection</a></strong>
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110: All of these machines require a special serial cable which does
111: voltage conversion, and can hopefully be purchased along with the
112: card. This cable normally contains a little max232 or similar chip
1.5 deraadt 113: which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V. The IO-DATA cable
114: has pins which can grip the inside of the holes. Or you can attempt
1.4 deraadt 115: to build your own using
116: <a href="http://www.mizore.jp/wiki/index.php?LANDISK%2Fserial-console">
117: some Japanese instructions</a>.
118: <p>
1.6 deraadt 119: The IO-DATA cable converts from a DB9 connector to a 5-pin header
120: (3.3V Tx Rx GND NC). Note that the Rx and Tx pins on the board are
121: <b>swapped</b> compared to the ARM-based machines made by IO-DATA.
122: All the board models have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable
123: can plug into -- except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header (thus
124: requiring removal of the spare pin).
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1.5 deraadt 126: A USL-5P is shown with a modified IO-DATA cable. In this case the cable
127: has been shortened significantly and the DB9 connector is glued into a slot
128: carefully cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port.
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