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Date:      Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:08:06 +0200
From:      Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>
To:        Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Marcos Biscaysaqu - ThePacific.net" <marcos@thepacific.net>
Subject:   Re: Linksys WRT54G with freebsd
Message-ID:  <20050923090806.GA21906@poupinou.org>
In-Reply-To: <200509230725.21156.thierry@herbelot.com>
References:  <433436E2.3040603@ThePacific.Net> <200509230725.21156.thierry@herbelot.com>

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On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 07:25:20AM +0200, Thierry Herbelot wrote:
> Le Friday 23 September 2005 19:09, Marcos Biscaysaqu - ThePacific.net a 
> écrit :
> > Hi there.
> >     someone knows if is possible flash the linksys AP WRT54G with a
> > freebsd image?
> 
> short answer : no
> 
> longer answer :
> the main CPU is a MIPS and MIPS is not a supported platform for FreeBSD.
> 
> the last time I looked at it, there was also a problem with a binary-only 
> driver, which is only available for Linux (therefore even a NetBSD port for 
> WRT54G is not an option)
> 

On the other hand, it's the wireless thing.  If not needed, this
should  be fun to do a port, somehow, even though it's a wireless
router.

-- 
Bruno Ducrot

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.



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