Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:39:31 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: Mattia Rossi <mattia.rossi.mailinglists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dreamplug, BOOTP, NFS root, DHCP Message-ID: <1364567971.36972.124.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <51541AE6.1090101@gmail.com> References: <CANUZKk=br6XfdzT0g4sAs0HeYvrsSntmEAPcLf=fUG8uwBezeQ@mail.gmail.com> <1364351344.36972.35.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <51541AE6.1090101@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 11:26 +0100, Mattia Rossi wrote: > Am 27.03.2013 03:29, schrieb Ian Lepore: > > On Tue, 2013-03-26 at 19:11 +0100, Mattia Rossi wrote: > >> Hi all, > >>[...] > >> > >> Mat > > I've only got a few minutes available right now, so not much to offer, > > except... could you put a world on a usb thumb drive and recompile the > > kernel for a /dev/daNxx root path? Even better would be a world on an > > eSata drive if you have one. (One of those multi-slot docks that holds > > a couple drives and is both a usb dock and an eSata port multiplier, is > > a nifty thing for a dreamplug owner to have.) > > > > Hi Ian, > > thanks for the tip, I just didn't think about that.. it's great to have > that choice of connectivity on the Dreamplug :-) > Now I've been able to install world again, and it seems to basically > work. Next step is to check which devices are not supported yet, and to > figure out what and if I'm able to do something there. > > Cheers, and thanks again for the Kernel conf and dts file. They work > like a charm so far. > > Mat Good to hear you're up and running again. The thing we most need for dreamplug is a wifi driver. Unfortunately there are two layers of pain in getting there... a driver for the device itself, and a complete reworking of our MMC/SD support since the wifi part apparently uses SDIO and we don't have good support for that right now. -- Ian
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