From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Tue Oct 24 18:34:16 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@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 1CEB7E558D5 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:34:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eddy.petrisor@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x233.google.com (mail-wm0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A68A76BA00 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eddy.petrisor@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x233.google.com with SMTP id 78so15305206wmb.1 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:34:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=8rj1DY1am2u9DDS/BmsEiiLepGS0HxwltswYm+amE20=; b=BDnJVqtI7AoANtx0xiNzM5AoKRBuccvGGbXX78YDvBjI5Qz2qJo1jgnIYbp4nLT/h7 OQ9aM9Eq+h9JyYvEnLCjeHVt3mXhHTkbTAwwzVL43VsrrdcEdwCaJhfVz/TuHN4mmlYG t35wQIDvGp3O5zMSkMhaj15VO49yUnXQ24B/gtxKLuMOekfINd+zL6Wj1KirWBiJQLCn OKwVoRQyRe6IlRIGzectV3ZplJsTSBAp8kJoWu0Q3/qYcQDgAPsUOJZFBpdwrFRhZtvg t+MYSC5mSgIPihQ3YRR66lXaIbrJFvgw49d4JRPWCDy6dta1b4mE3sgX8F6ZklhtSUF9 IT5g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8rj1DY1am2u9DDS/BmsEiiLepGS0HxwltswYm+amE20=; b=YlGhzq/bbD6IXZ+Pv6peuvMMcVR/PBB9QzNdZOMipPFsYawqqW3bR5jsxEJJVR9clx UF5CU8VM1A8vfBlAq5DFkKORxnj0AtvUprcVNQEAUOw/N2gjNLz0Iz+18qzxswvjt+JT EFWrhxanaksC0agbH60dtyy3adRXO5iz4NBQ8z6zi34+ajviVPwIRGeKnI+4fYXdpdOE xw+dWPWvvQN6Ruz0GJ7z76gFA3+qlYzRyVZBT/s/orMtgNHFIp9zjlAMlMCQC5duBEb+ MTHa0SvKH7c8NGROzlA6Q4XY000b9jLcB4Nr/QXbRfzrQWnuCPMDR3iguIP4tYol5Sgz +ZDQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaVcmPHTQBQf3BUBfBjQHCre1MxmRYxVuaGJ5yBJJKmF/esL9m+f KBmGrNm6gWPlf2kJVLciN/P89Pdtg2q+u1eObqtTvUn2 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+Sau079F3tqZRGCHig8/ABLH7SBCSdpadjg0CAM4yffeNeW0xRx89xz23D59Y8KhNV/qR0Ct1bAf+lEw87+Yww= X-Received: by 10.28.111.203 with SMTP id c72mr9899374wmi.42.1508870053889; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:34:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.173.129 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:34:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: =?UTF-8?Q?Eddy_Petri=C8=99or?= Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:34:13 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Any AVILA / CAMBRIA users? To: Warner Losh Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:34:16 -0000 2017-10-23 22:22 GMT+03:00 Warner Losh : > Is anybody still using the IXP425 systems on FreeBSD? Do you expect to run > FreeBSD 12 on them? > > I'm asking because it seems support for them is dangerously decayed and > likely wouldn't work. These are old systems, EOLd back in 2009. There's > issues with the boot loader, and it's unclear if a kernel for these boards > would still work (the boards have only 64MB of RAM, which puts them at the > extreme low end of what can run FreeBSD without expert tuning of the > kernel). A couple of years ago, I know we had one user, but I'm not sure > that he's still using the board. The niche market for these boards was > wifi, but the standard have evolved since then and there's no relevant > hardware available for an upgrade. Isn't the Linksys NSLU2 also using the ixp425?