From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 15:38:58 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C80901A9 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:38:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x229.google.com (mail-ob0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90926355 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:38:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f169.google.com with SMTP id va2so2723146obc.0 for ; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:38:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=7CGXGaJWBe6AY0p20zbgI+eH+SOh8sCcAuGl464qLoM=; b=Iqi/xlz+k8FcqTo4+iUuf2VHdFZBbywlubAfPGyW9IJFT6wmYslwDFpIcaaQjZ40tu 30EqL2a5bJ37AF4dWrzw0wXASVILgIHLl5s594hk0GrpeSaXpHYCyIzTdVqIyB3NfydF U/E85KcAQ1BU/WZcD6uHYcGTeKAbKmYUFGw1XvHuQWFHPlmC3f3hqZ7QqqGrNOEFR6NJ Px8XuwgVH9D4yGq4FfdOuQKNxqMIux0zojhL+EH8nL4G2V96JPvLdfWUMZnAQPHJMuku W0K+kIUQpR9zt8m04+6Ef0tzfUbAoZaGLw4Q7dShnqWCUSb7SqzoNrueqf1oOYGFidA2 4q3A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.46.98 with SMTP id u2mr6254795oem.44.1394120337839; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:38:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.18.148 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 07:38:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1394115523-sup-9508@luwak.koffein.net> References: <20140305105917.GA55874@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <1394115523-sup-9508@luwak.koffein.net> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:38:57 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: embedded board with 3 X wireless From: Outback Dingo To: Steven Lawrance Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 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 15:38:58 -0000 On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Steven Lawrance wrote: > 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 slots > > 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: > > > > - Run FreeBSD > > - Boot from itself, even if you need to add some flash. We used CF on > AVILA. > > - Possible to have 3 X wireless. It can be a mix of builtin and some form > > 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 > Im fairly sure the RS/RSPRO line from Ubiquiti has already long been end of life. you can buy them anymore, unless used on ebay i would guess Aside from that, look at ALIX, they have a new ALIX APU board coming w/ 3x minipci and run FreeBSD fine > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >