From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 9 16:11:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A9CB455; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:11:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ignoranthack.me (ignoranthack.me [199.102.79.106]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 092C92EA4; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:11:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.200.204] (c-50-131-5-126.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [50.131.5.126]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: sbruno@ignoranthack.me) by mail.ignoranthack.me (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3BF6E193DD9; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:11:50 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Any chances to have FreeBSD on TP-Link TL-MR3420 v2 (white one)? From: Sean Bruno Reply-To: sbruno@freebsd.org To: lev@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <1415010372.20140709200433@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <1457767975.20140709141043@serebryakov.spb.ru> <1404920385.7725.2.camel@bruno> <1415010372.20140709200433@serebryakov.spb.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:11:48 -0700 Message-ID: <1404922308.7725.6.camel@bruno> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:11:52 -0000 On Wed, 2014-07-09 at 20:04 +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Sean. > You wrote 9 ÉÀÌÑ 2014 Ç., 19:39:45: > > >> $subj? Or is it too small for FreeBSD AP + DHCPD + 3G Modem driver? > >> Native firmware works not so well :( > > SB> Looking at what wikidevi says, there's a good chance that you can get it > SB> working. > > SB> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-MR3420_v2 > > SB> Its atheros mips, AR9341 which means it can likely be made to boot. > > SB> The 4M of flash however is super small, I haven't been able to squash a > SB> kernel/ramdisk to that size. (worked on the mr3020 a bit, and had to > SB> resort to a 4G usb disk for root). > USB disk for root looks Ok, I need it only as 3G <-> WiFi gateway, so USB > is not used anyway. > With "native" firmware (the latest one) wifi is very unstable, it looks > like "working" (clients are associated, but after 3-5 minutes no traffic > pass till new disconnect/connect cycle). > > > P.S. I've changed mailing list to embedded, as wireless was my mistake, > actually. > If you can, try getting it to netboot using the wifi build scripts and whatnot. Its a bit of work, but rewarding. https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-wifi-build I had to bootstrap mine with a serial console and whatnot. http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020 Then I was able to build images and netboot with these configs. http://people.freebsd.org/~sbruno/TP-MR3020 http://people.freebsd.org/~sbruno/TP-MR3020.hints So, you'll want to mess around and try a different type. sean