From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Tue Oct 24 21:44:21 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 9C2CDE2F90D for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:44:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eddy.petrisor@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x229.google.com (mail-wr0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::229]) (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 34FB47248D for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:44:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eddy.petrisor@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x229.google.com with SMTP id z55so16007654wrz.1 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:21 -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=dJq3sEj++Tqv8b1IFNq8FDR0fZzFGwYN0z+pdtgiNdY=; b=Ma/N17lDF/Ph7u2jG0V/Anr88064sN6eG3V6a/n6qiSfJdYz5R2pcZ7I2bdOe76WKt AmZU9Uhxs7HGV9qC4wCSPidnHnKvMyiFd1wUeIv7Ur0YI5riG0ptzfKa9OQKBHAf3kMU 3UZ6VNcWbnOA24z9xxr0iQCIDsEnAmOgULpYWDDftF5DpKKdyz5GPoWQ8j2Tf39LyF99 U4l8GFCl+MLaFU7IcNxVnOLkdAxR31GfxPkOHXNSRSh2RKbGi4x+H12pI5LL/Tb4XkLF +QEltPFHID7fc7hRlXd2G/P65jnFqNMI0u/WZM9Mms+HCML/xZqOYHdJ5ntEwYMuPCdu QY8A== 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=dJq3sEj++Tqv8b1IFNq8FDR0fZzFGwYN0z+pdtgiNdY=; b=DxExSmHk/X0piHsC3EzxrpqH1NYAR6smlmEUTVAuvkHVX++wsUPJ+2qvdD0eWkui3W N5YPjSyJlRILMttxyBqNwD+38m0vrEEzMIm6JfIhCVys33f2qBfkyJMV7FCzj1XA5PUr xDlzOk0Lq5yFM6yJmwPe4oafo1nv7MlC3b0v84S5klu4Q8Kh9T09giZ3WjRqEz9eIbww f1t9D4b+SW+ZbyZpXYq2ZiEkOLWtpcO3M3FnDC82xSS5zzVXkzAqIRQQGdxAQx8FxXpQ n55UAC68R496srQU586JPQVeANHZtgRcueXIqYBHDHrWE994v149USysYFJth37FgtRe SAkA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaUj4jy82CeqD4Kgc1p/8vLvh1cD7qBXNUQz4f/O/vukIv88QqWR yFLQWM5bDHpCevxeMqnAeyf4/Kf1zGM2jkQNPJPHIw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+RQnfVWcrxlKE59VPnUH2Zb7AoOl3mflB/JNQnQxDipJYiKAK6aEZfl5CoWwDyypsFzW8+i55De3RPtEF+2u2I= X-Received: by 10.223.165.7 with SMTP id i7mr36304wrb.155.1508881458608; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.173.129 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.173.129 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: =?UTF-8?Q?Eddy_Petri=C8=99or?= Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:44:17 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Any AVILA / CAMBRIA users? To: Warner Losh Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 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 21:44:21 -0000 Eddy Petri=C8=99or Pe 24 oct. 2017 9:42 PM, "Warner Losh" a scris: On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Eddy Petri=C8=99or wrote: > 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 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?