Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 09:57:31 -0400 From: james jones <james.voip@gmail.com> To: sniperpr <sniperpr@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: <CALcVfM1New799aRSM0YScAsN3gdkgg%2BYFS2BHgMwgUmr=adQmw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAC-Z_OF7VtP94GD3EHxqdwyWWCK-oSRRNyGiUN7jiTTKgwGiYg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACVs6=-%2BKxHpr2M4cdccE-hREXWrT-pc6mtFkUBUjxR=VFO_OA@mail.gmail.com> <C6D1082E-505C-40FF-94C9-CFF1ABEC054C@gmail.com> <CAC-Z_OF7VtP94GD3EHxqdwyWWCK-oSRRNyGiUN7jiTTKgwGiYg@mail.gmail.com>
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I just doing some experimenting with combining RAN access with packet core. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:47 AM, sniperpr <sniperpr@gmail.com> wrote: > 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" >> > > > > -- > DDNAS=E7=B3=BB=E5=88=97=EF=BC=81 <http://ddnas.openmobilefree.net/>; > > adam.huang > >
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