From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 14:36:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCC9E56B for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 14:36:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdcbbj.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08B3C7D for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 14:36:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADAE925C06E; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 06:36:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=koffein.net; h= content-type:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:content-transfer-encoding; s=koffein.net; bh=sJ9bo2P FSiZonv8cC+CFJN3POws=; b=K351vkmd1sUi2nJraqx/WbMCsDKM5J75Kiwc6+M nXvCvaytXByt62sxrahRhe6MZxQq57AvuRnk1fmuRj2Vjmw0AxqNLEGQuWk+8woR NXm/WDpyBQjkgenpzBHqmzl3mD6ejsr+m8sxj8XdvjHFz8nomhjsTQPaRBGR7KbC poYM= Received: from localhost (unknown [77.109.102.205]) (Authenticated sender: stl@koffein.net) by homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 56A3825C06D; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 06:36:42 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 From: Steven Lawrance To: John Hay Subject: Re: embedded board with 3 X wireless In-reply-to: <20140305105917.GA55874@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> References: <20140305105917.GA55874@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:35:09 +0100 Message-Id: <1394115523-sup-9508@luwak.koffein.net> User-Agent: Sup/git Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-embedded X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:36:49 -0000 Excerpts from John Hay's message of 2014-03-05 11:59:17 +0100: > We have been using AVILA, xscale arm based boards with 4 X MiniPCI slot= s > for a long time now. They are getting EOL and I was wondering what to > replace it with. Any ideas? Here is my short list of requirements: >=20 > - Run FreeBSD > - Boot from itself, even if you need to add some flash. We used CF on A= VILA. > - Possible to have 3 X wireless. It can be a mix of builtin and some fo= rm > of expansion. Wireless needs an antenna connector so that an > external antenna can be connected. > - 1 X Ethernet. More won't hurt, but is not needed. > - 128MB RAM or more. I'm not sure just how _good_ the support is, but since nobody else has mentioned it, it might be worth taking a look at some of the MIPS boards, such as the RouterStation Pro (http://www.ubnt.com/rspro) or MikroTik RB433AH (http://routerboard.com/RB433AH). They both have three MiniPCI slots and the former already has a kernel config in sys/mips/conf... cheers, Steven