Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:07:40 -0700 From: Benjamin Perrault <ben.perrault@gmail.com> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Routerboard RB800 Message-ID: <ACD00F2B-8FCD-495C-9BDA-74568A42B303@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFAOGNT8COgQd84uD7fnpXmsDxPvsNx16FONTjzOQDpcAZdAzA@mail.gmail.com> References: <2A185DB2-09B3-4D5B-9C63-1CBC542A570D@gmail.com> <CAFAOGNT8COgQd84uD7fnpXmsDxPvsNx16FONTjzOQDpcAZdAzA@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks Andrew. I might try to get spin one up once a get a few free =
moment.
I've got one at home ( net booted with NetBSD ) - so, from at least how =
I built my image from what documentation I've found, though it does seem =
to sort of acknowledge the compact flash controller on the flip side of =
the board ( perhaps it could be booted from that ?). I'll dig into if =
linux actually fully comes up.
So I'm picking 2 boards up for sure wednesday of this week from where =
they are stored, and things are looking good on a possible third one. =
Since there seems to be interest, but know one's officially throw their =
hat in the ring, if some one will, who would that person(s) be? I might =
have a case for 1 of the 2, though i'll have to check on PoE injectors ( =
I've only actually powered them via PoE, but I've been using an ubiquiti =
PoE switch to do it ). I know I don't have an CF cards laying about.=20
cheers and thanks,
-bp
On Sep 22, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
> On 21 September 2013 11:40, Benjamin Perrault <ben.perrault@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>> To the freebsd embedded team,
>>=20
>> I have at least 1 - probably 2 RB800s available to contribute to get =
it supported by FreeBSD if someone is SERIOUS about putting in the =
effort. I noticed it's on the embedded want list on the wiki - so that's =
a start - and it's a nice platform that could use from a proper OS ( =
not awful proprietary RouterOS or a linux flavor ). While netbsd has =
support for it, it's not something I use regularly. Additionally, work/a =
port on this - it will probably work on the MikroTik RB1100 and RB1100ah =
( at least from looking at netbsd/linux code & mailing lists I've looked =
at ) and possibly a few more MPC8544 based boards - so there is =
additional merit beyond just this I think.
>>=20
>> While I would love to attempt this port myself - I fear I lack the =
apptitude ( and don't want to spew out some nasty hack ). So extending =
the offer of hardware is what I can contribute. The boards are located =
in San Francisco, but i can ship to most places without to much problem =
( though anyone local I'll treat to a few pints as well for the endeavor =
- pre, during and post ).
>>=20
>> So if anyone is SERIOUSLY interested in the FreeBSD development team =
( I don't like to see hardware go to waste ) - please let me know / =
contact me. I would love to see proper BSD on this platform.
>=20
>=20
> Attached are changed I used around 12 months ago to get it to boot
> from a nfs root, not sure if they still apply correctly. I spent a
> huge amount of time discovering that the dts file needed a chosen{}
> section to get the uart selected/working :)
>=20
> The main issue with the RB800 is the flash chip is behind a
> programmable logic chip and Mikrotik won't release the details for it.
> Netbsd can only netboot too (last time I checked).
>=20
>=20
> Andrew
> <mpc8544ds.dts><rb800-fdt.diff>
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