From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 18 15:35:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAFA21065689 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:35:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gonzo@freebsd.org) Received: from luidgi.portaone.com (luidgi.portaone.com [195.138.219.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A44E88FC29 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:35:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gonzo@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.pbxpress.com ([65.61.203.142] helo=leaf.pbxpress.com) by luidgi.portaone.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)id 1K8zUl-000L27-S8; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:22:47 -0700 Received: from jeeves.bluezbox.com (k3-gw.portaone.com [193.28.87.193]) (authenticated bits=0) by leaf.pbxpress.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m5IFPw73091650 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:26:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gonzo@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4859285A.3060301@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:23:06 +0300 From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070907) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Judge References: <48502DCF.60007@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <48502DCF.60007@tomjudge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, recieved from trusted server Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting to develop/test FreeBSD on mips X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:35:14 -0000 Tom Judge wrote: > Hi, > > > Firstly thank you all for your work in getting this far with the mips > support for FreeBSD. > > I would like to start developing/testing FreeBSD on mips. I am looking > at purchasing a Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS to do this. > > Is it possible to boot FreeBSD on either of these devices (if so do I > need a particular version)? Sentry5 support is in rudimentary state. Bruce Simpson worked on it but it was more then year ago. Not sure if he booted kernel on Linksys devices. Though I have one WRT54G unit I hadn't had time to hack it yet. -- gonzo From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 18 16:16:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C55B106566C; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:16:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1543B8FC20; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:16:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m5IGEaAA041239; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:14:36 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:16:10 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20080618.101610.-1384055226.imp@bsdimp.com> To: gonzo@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <4859285A.3060301@freebsd.org> References: <48502DCF.60007@tomjudge.com> <4859285A.3060301@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting to develop/test FreeBSD on mips X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:16:40 -0000 In message: <4859285A.3060301@freebsd.org> Oleksandr Tymoshenko writes: : Tom Judge wrote: : > Hi, : > : > : > Firstly thank you all for your work in getting this far with the mips : > support for FreeBSD. : > : > I would like to start developing/testing FreeBSD on mips. I am looking : > at purchasing a Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS to do this. : > : > Is it possible to boot FreeBSD on either of these devices (if so do I : > need a particular version)? : Sentry5 support is in rudimentary state. Bruce Simpson worked on it but : it was more then year ago. Not sure if he booted kernel on Linksys devices. : Though I have one WRT54G unit I hadn't had time to hack it yet. I'm in the same boat: I have a WRT54G and also just got a braodcom 1250 eval board booted to the CFE prompt. Warner