Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:01:11 +0200 From: John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> To: Olivier Houchard <mlfbsd@ci0.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gateworks 2348 any experience with it? Message-ID: <20061113140111.GA63047@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20061023211342.GA75533@ci0.org> References: <20061023163650.GA30024@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20061023211342.GA75533@ci0.org>
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Hi Olivier, > > I have been lurking on -arm for a while and have been reading the > > archives and some of the web sites: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/arm.html > > http://www.embeddedfreebsd.org/boards.html > > > > But I'm still not sure how far / useable the FreeBSD arm port is. Anybody > > care to comment? > > > > It works. It's still not perfect, and has still a few glitches, but it works. > > > We are looking at ways to build a 3 radio wifi system and have been > > wondering if I can consider an arm system and how much work will > > have to be done. We have been using Soekris and Wrap boards for a > > long time, so I am used to the small i386 part of FreeBSD. > > > > One of the boards I have been looking at is the Gateworks 2348, which > > is a 533MHz IXP425 with 64M Ram, 4 x Mini-pci slots and a CF Socket. > > > > http://www.gateworks.com/avila_gw2348_4.htm > > > > So will I be able to just use it or how much work will still have to > > be done and on which parts? > > > > You won't be able to use it yet, however ongoing work is done to support it. > So far the PCI bus works, and hopefully the embedded ethernet controller will > work soon, too. Other things on the board such as the i2c bus isn't supported > yet, but if you need it it shouldn't be too hard to get it. So how unusable is it at the moment? I managed to get the work to buy a couple and will take it home to play with. Where do one start? I see the docs that come with the board says that it has redboot on, so does that mean I can boot it over the ethernet? And is the mini-install guide that the FreeBSD arm web site take about (http://people.freebsd.org/~cognet/freebsd_arm.txt) still how it should be done? I have noticed that a lot of arm code found its way into the FreeBSD cvs tree. Is it possible to start from there yet? Who is working on the ethernet driver? Is that code available somewhere yet? Thanks. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org
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