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1.69 tb 16: <h2>
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18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
19: <font color="#e00000">landisk</font>
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1.69 tb 22: <p>
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1.33 deraadt 24: <a href="images/usl5p.jpg">
1.55 rapha 25: <img src="images/usl5p.jpg" width="306" height="422" align="right" alt="usl5p"></a>
1.1 deraadt 26:
27: OpenBSD/landisk runs on machines related to the
28: <a href="http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/usl-5p/index.htm">
29: IO-DATA USL-5P</a>, using a
30: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a>
31: SH-4 CPU.<br>
32: This platform comes in a variety of models:
33:
34: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 35: <li>IO-DATA USL-5P, using CF storage (Japan; as shown)
1.11 jsg 36: <li>IO-DATA HDL-U, HDL-AV, HDL-W and HDLM-U series (Japan)
1.3 jsg 37: <li>SuperTank LAN Tank (SOTO-HDLWU) (Japan)
1.2 jsg 38: <li>IO-DATA UHDL-160U and UHDL-300U (May be found in USA)
1.7 martin 39: <li>Plextor PX-EH16L, PX-EH25L and PX-EH40L
1.1 deraadt 40: </ul>
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1.10 jsg 42: Note: The "Giga-landisk" and HDL-F machines are ARM-based
1.53 miod 43: (both Intel XScale & Marvell), some of which are supported by the
44: <a href="armish.html">armish</a> architecture.
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1.33 deraadt 48:
1.61 bentley 49: <h3 id="history"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 50: <p>
51: OpenBSD/landisk is the 1st OpenBSD port to a
52: <a href="http://www.renesas.com">Hitachi/Renesas</a> SH-4 based machine.
53: It is hoped that other SH-4 based machines will show up which are
54: interesting enough for our user and development community, but the SH-4
55: processor is normally used only in true embedded products.
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1.71 tb 57: This processor architecture is the first 32-bit successor of a series
1.39 sthen 58: of extremely bizarre 8 and 16 bit processors by Hitachi. It has a
1.33 deraadt 59: very strange instruction set and MMU, and developers find it quite a
60: challenge to map their knowledge of Unix low-level ideas to the
61: processor architecture.
62:
1.61 bentley 63: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status</strong></font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 64:
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1.33 deraadt 66: Hardware support is mostly complete and quite stable.
1.1 deraadt 67:
1.61 bentley 68: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware</strong></font></h3>
1.15 deraadt 69:
1.67 sthen 70: 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 71: <p>
1.15 deraadt 72: <ul>
1.33 deraadt 73: <li>HITACHI SH4 SH7751R processor at 266MHz.
74: <li>64MB of ram.
1.67 sthen 75: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> 100Mbit ethernet.
76: <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.
77: <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.
78: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> serial port console at 9600 baud (lacking hardware flow control).
79: <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.
80: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=power&arch=landisk&sektion=4">power(4)</a> button and some LEDs.
1.15 deraadt 81: </ul>
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1.61 bentley 83: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.33 deraadt 84: <strong>Getting and installing</strong>
1.1 deraadt 85: </font></h3>
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1.25 miod 88: The latest supported OpenBSD/landisk release is
1.73 tj 89: <a href="60.html">OpenBSD 6.0</a>.
1.25 miod 90: Here are the
1.74 ! tb 91: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.0/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.73 tj 92: OpenBSD/landisk 6.0 installation instructions
1.25 miod 93: </a>.
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1.1 deraadt 96: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.74 ! tb 97: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk">this location</a>
1.1 deraadt 98: as well as in a few
99: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
100: Here are the
1.74 ! tb 101: <a href="https://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 102: OpenBSD/landisk snapshot installation instructions
103: </a> as well.
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1.55 rapha 105: <img align="right" height=274 width=410 src="images/usl5p-serial.gif" alt="usl5p serial">
1.61 bentley 106: <h3 id="serial"><font color="#0000e0">
1.19 nick 107: <strong>Serial cable connection</strong>
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109: All of these machines require a special serial cable which does
110: voltage conversion, and can hopefully be purchased along with the
111: card. This cable normally contains a little max232 or similar chip
1.5 deraadt 112: which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V. The IO-DATA cable
113: has pins which can grip the inside of the holes. Or you can attempt
1.4 deraadt 114: to build your own using
115: <a href="http://www.mizore.jp/wiki/index.php?LANDISK%2Fserial-console">
116: some Japanese instructions</a>.
117: <p>
1.6 deraadt 118: The IO-DATA cable converts from a DB9 connector to a 5-pin header
119: (3.3V Tx Rx GND NC). Note that the Rx and Tx pins on the board are
120: <b>swapped</b> compared to the ARM-based machines made by IO-DATA.
121: All the board models have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable
122: can plug into -- except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header (thus
123: requiring removal of the spare pin).
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1.5 deraadt 125: A USL-5P is shown with a modified IO-DATA cable. In this case the cable
126: has been shortened significantly and the DB9 connector is glued into a slot
127: carefully cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port.
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