Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:44:17 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Eddy_Petri=C8=99or?= <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any AVILA / CAMBRIA users? Message-ID: <CAK0XTWdB_rzTgA2izGBsiQK7wYy3y4CvXYKpgaokenHXb5Dr9w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfr17Du-v1iWksx1yED%2BdcRtiLi%2Brz%2Bv6KaYcAib4gKG6Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfrtZ_qMRn_78CuT3oGAe7X2vpSfZYgHDxshYJzQZuqD-A@mail.gmail.com> <CAK0XTWdDiP4rLEmFnRaseTqcYY9UYMJvH1bvjFn6sBWGJ5kDpg@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfr17Du-v1iWksx1yED%2BdcRtiLi%2Brz%2Bv6KaYcAib4gKG6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Eddy Petri=C8=99or Pe 24 oct. 2017 9:42 PM, "Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> a scris: 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? No, I am not. Although I own 2 of them, I failed to find useful usages for them since they are extremely low powered. On the other hand, removing ixp425 support would kill nslu2 support, right? Btw, NetBSD should have support for nslu2, but needs manual interaction for booting, even for net booting. I tried this some time ago. Does FreeBSD have the same problem, or is FreeBSD small enough to fit in the internal flash instead of the stock linux kernel partition?
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