From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Oct 22 18:21:30 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F3AA1C854; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:21:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "gold.funkthat.com", Issuer "gold.funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DB8A1FCF; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:21:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t9MILSFF058497 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:21:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id t9MILSmi058496; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:21:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:21:28 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Jeff Meegan Cc: Adrian Chadd , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , John Nielsen , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: looking for suggestions for a small router/appliance board/SoC Message-ID: <20151022182128.GY65715@funkthat.com> References: <2EB47812-4744-48B5-BEBF-B2074D9EEA8F@jnielsen.net> <2F3D00CB-C270-4A98-B9C1-554B43574CF1@frob.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2F3D00CB-C270-4A98-B9C1-554B43574CF1@frob.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (gold.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:21:28 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:21:31 -0000 Jeff Meegan wrote this message on Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 11:06 -0700: > I have a couple of Gateworks Avila boards that at least boot. And only 100mbit ethernet, so failes the gige part of the requirements... > > On Oct 22, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > > The PC engines boards are your best bet to begin with. There's updated > > ARM hardware from Gateworks but I don't recall if we ever got a port > > fully working on it. > > > > On 22 October 2015 at 10:57, John Nielsen > wrote: > >> Hi- > >> > >> I???m working on a proof-of-concept for a kind of networking swiss army knife. Can anyone suggest a board that meets the following requirements? CPU arch doesn???t matter as long as it will run FreeBSD (Atom, ARM, MIPS, etc). > >> > >> - Small form factor (SoC, probably) > >> - Can support at least 2 802.11a/b/g/n adapters, prefer 3 (any combination of chip-integrated and mini PCI-e slots. Prefer to avoid USB if possible) > >> - Has or supports at least 2 1GbE ports. Prefer 3-5 ports with switching functionality > >> - Storage not super constrained. Built-in storage (if any) can be small (which I???m arbitrarily defining as less than 128MB) if there is also an SD card slot or similar. USB storage will do in a pinch. > >> - Has at least 2 free USB ports after meeting previous requirements > >> - Serial port or header (or GPIO pins that can be used as one? Not too familiar with that) > >> - Low power consumption (within reason taking the above into account) > >> - Low cost (again, within reason) > >> > >> I may just start with a PC Engines apu1d, but if there are boards that are smaller, cheaper, have lower power requirements and/or have integrated wifi or switch capabilities I???d like to look in to them as well. > >> > >> I know that might be asking a lot, so I???m also open to any suggestions that are most of the way there. Thanks! -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."