Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:45:14 +0100 From: Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ubiquity Edgemax ? Message-ID: <516D63FA.5020408@rewt.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20130416111354.GY8239@home.opsec.eu> References: <20130416111354.GY8239@home.opsec.eu>
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Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > Has anyone already tried freebsd on the > > http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax > > The device can be opened (loosening two screws at the bottom) > and inside there's an USB port which contains some 2GB flash stick. > Very convenient to tinker around with it. It also has a serial console port. > > The linux dmesg: > > http://opsec.eu/backup/edgemax-linux-dmesg > > It seems to contain an Octeon and the price (approx. 120 EUR) > is attractive to tinker with it. > > The linux /sys files: > > http://opsec.eu/backup/edgemax-sys-files > > I'm not familiar with the MIPS port -- is there some .img repository > somewhere so that I can try to boot it ? > > Has anyone tried the edgemax with an image generated from > > http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/mkoctimage > > The image from 2011 from > > http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/freebsd-octeon-image-1g.xz > > looks a bit old ? I'll experiment with that one for now. > > Thanks! > There aren't any prebuilt images, you'll need to build one yourself and install it by whichever method is easiest for you, I started by cross-building a kernel and rootfs for nfs boot, then set it up from there... The flash is actually 4G, theres an unused ~1.5G section at the end of the flash so you don't need to blow away the edgeos install to boot FreeBSD.
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