Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:47:29 +0800 From: sniperpr <sniperpr@gmail.com> To: James Jones <james.voip@gmail.com> Cc: Juli Mallett <juli@clockworksquid.com>, "freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone in need of FreeBSD-supported MIPS hardware? Message-ID: <CAC-Z_OF7VtP94GD3EHxqdwyWWCK-oSRRNyGiUN7jiTTKgwGiYg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C6D1082E-505C-40FF-94C9-CFF1ABEC054C@gmail.com> References: <CACVs6=-%2BKxHpr2M4cdccE-hREXWrT-pc6mtFkUBUjxR=VFO_OA@mail.gmail.com> <C6D1082E-505C-40FF-94C9-CFF1ABEC054C@gmail.com>
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what's some router? 2012/11/2 James Jones <james.voip@gmail.com> > > I am working on some embedded router projects and could use some. :) > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 1, 2012, at 9:30 PM, "Juli Mallett" <juli@clockworksquid.com> > wrote: > > > I have a large number of MIPS boards / systems that I'd like to make > > available to interested developers who have clear goals for which > > hardware would be useful. I have some small and cheap RouterBoard and > > RouterStation hardware for someone who's just looking to get their > > feet wet. > > > > I also have a bunch of Octeon hardware from low-end to high-end, > > mostly Octeon Plus (i.e. CN5xxx-based), but also a couple of Octeon XL > > boards. All of the Octeon hardware I have is SMP. Some is very > > esoteric and would require a lot of effort to fully support (but > > sample Linux code should be available; in one case there is a vendor > > that is refusing to release GPL'd sources, which I may ask the FSF for > > help with.) > > > > I have a large number of Radisys ATCA-7220 boards which are varying > > degrees of functional. These consist of an e500-based LMP running > > Linux (basically a host/management system), two Octeon CN5860 > > (16-core, high-end) units, each with 8GB of RAM, connected to a > > high-end 10GbE switch, with a large number of SFP+ ports, which is > > capable of acting as an ATCA switch as well. I have two ATCA > > chassises and can recommend ones that are available cheaply on eBay > > for someone who is interested in adding something loud and overwrought > > to their test setup. > > > > Each Octeon unit on the Radisys ATCA boards is a PCI target attached > > to the LMP. I have Octeon evaluation boards which can be used as > > PCI-X targets or hosts, and a couple of Octeon boards which can be > > used as PCIe targets or hosts. In PCI target mode, the Octeon system > > can be booted and debugged by the host and can be used as a > > programmable, intelligent NIC running FreeBSD or a standalone > > application. FreeBSD does not support Octeon devices in target mode > > at present, but it should be easy to do so (both for the host and > > target), and I can put you in touch with people who have done this > > before with FreeBSD if you have any questions. > > > > Some of the hardware I have can support USB, some can support SATA > > disks, and some can only support CF. Although the Radisys blades > > provide a lot of RAM and CPU, to turn them into a MIPS package cluster > > would require first solving some issues with their networking and > > second providing network attached storage of some sort. > > > > If you're interested, please contact me privately. I would prefer to > > give hardware only to people who have some idea of what they will work > > on and who do not currently have any MIPS (or at least not any Octeon, > > if requesting Octeon hardware) hardware of their own. > > > > Also, if someone has 5u of rack space and a bunch of power and extant > > 10GbE infrastructure, I can provide a 5u ATCA chassis loaded with > > hardware. I'm sure that would be useful in general for people doing > > networking work with FreeBSD, as the hardware can very easily be used > > to do real networking loads at 10GbE line rate, or as a simple traffic > > generator, but it's also loud and hot and annoying. ATCA is "fun". > > (If anyone has a spare one of those nice single-slot bench-top ATCA > > development kit enclosures, please let me know; I would be quite eager > > to purchase or trade for it, or several if possible. Or even just a > > non-finicky single-board ATCA bench power supply. "Carrier grade" > > seems to mean that the tools involved are so complex and numerous that > > several people need to be employed full-time to keep the thing > > running. I digress.) > > > > If you're interested in just a small project, too, I'm happy to ship > > hardware out for a brief duration and receive it back. The Octeon > > stuff is generally kind-of fun because of all the interesting offload > > stuff it has. Why not add software RAID offload support to FreeBSD, > > or create infrastructure for compression offload in the kernel to go > > with our crypto offload? I had a lot of fun working on using Octeon's > > SHA offload to do BitCoin mining, and that's the sort of thing that > > can even be done over SSH as a regular user. > > > > Anyway, I know there's a lot of developers out there interested in > > FreeBSD on MIPS, and I'd love to help any and all get started. > > > > Thanks, > > Juli. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 DDNAS=E7=B3=BB=E5=88=97=EF=BC=81 <http://ddnas.openmobilefree.net/> adam.huang
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