Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:42:41 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Eddy_Petri=C8=99or?= <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any AVILA / CAMBRIA users? Message-ID: <CANCZdfr17Du-v1iWksx1yED%2BdcRtiLi%2Brz%2Bv6KaYcAib4gKG6Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAK0XTWdDiP4rLEmFnRaseTqcYY9UYMJvH1bvjFn6sBWGJ5kDpg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfrtZ_qMRn_78CuT3oGAe7X2vpSfZYgHDxshYJzQZuqD-A@mail.gmail.com> <CAK0XTWdDiP4rLEmFnRaseTqcYY9UYMJvH1bvjFn6sBWGJ5kDpg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Eddy Petri=C8=99or <eddy.petrisor@gmail.c= om> wrote: > 2017-10-23 22:22 GMT+03:00 Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>: > > 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 sur= e > > 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? > It is. Are you using one? Warner
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