From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 21 05:07:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10FF9523 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:07:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x229.google.com (mail-ie0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D716766A for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:07:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f169.google.com with SMTP id ar20so6056349iec.14 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:07:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:subject:mime-version:content-type:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=o5Vu+H43xP4Sp5/mhU/M4QvPgrl5fvaoXpqNegOj76k=; b=K5nJlmw0X+KGEyV+eRHXfHUXjFllHwNtAgO8SSYAPA2vMy/GtFRxTIDQpPMc6mbisL xpZOF3Za59t7n2jTBQ9XuakMjRCndMDK7GKCKEeR5LKPOhqzn0Fw07MHNTIg2HpwptnI jL2BWzI8f9TjwTCagyvMi9uPt0C8zx0zRXkBoYGP0D9ifqI/q+vK9ai9HdQSERSJXP01 tNZdPGevSyPfbEaIyP5MFNnQ4z6Xawuyy+CF26lisDwogiMhNeSqjmy9ZBqYUdLNMJMO kBnHmtuFuUmupApFOm2J0lDBpDp9N4SE/HFk2qTGlEd4/KHZK3aDoD2KnTttVss8iQTH lWsw== X-Received: by 10.50.73.198 with SMTP id n6mr5379531igv.34.1366520860461; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:07:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 53.imp.bsdimp.com (50-78-194-198-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net. [50.78.194.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dy5sm11394510igc.1.2013.04.20.22.07.38 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:07:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Warner Losh Subject: Re: Offer: I'm going to automate FreeBSD-wireless AP builds, but what I need is hardware.. Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:07:37 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Adrian Chadd X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmRTwoeqZHM2+C04hQgAAMB7pi9G2vYgyAFsZE4EVVgDEhprAn7CoAefKAcBGGXuG+zsm04 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:07:41 -0000 On Apr 20, 2013, at 9:27 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hiya, >=20 > Now that the missing piece of support is almost done (hostap mode > powersave/pspoll support) I'm going to move onto the next thing - > doing automated FreeBSD builds for people to run on AP equipment. >=20 > What I have that is publicly available: >=20 > * Ubiquiti Routerstation > * Ubiquiti Routerstation Pro > * D-Link DIR-825 > * TP-Link TL-WR1043nd >=20 > .. and lots of Atheros reference designs that are almost-but-not-quite > what people actually ship. :-) >=20 > I've had plenty of people ask me if I can supply builds for their > various wifi APs so they don't have to build the software themselves. >=20 > So here's my offer - if you'd like me to add to the above list of > hardware that I'll do automatic builds for, I'll need some hardware. > If you send me a supported AP, I'll snaffle the relevant bits from > linux/openwrt/atheros and stick it into my build list. >=20 > The 'supported hardware" list: >=20 > * .. openwrt runs on it. :-) > * anything with an Atheros MIPS24k core - AR71xx, AR913x, AR724x, = AR933x > * Atheros 802.11n wifi > * At least 32MB RAM > * At least 8MB of flash >=20 > The last two are annoying - yes, we could fit inside 16MB RAM and 4MB > flash, but we need a lot more work done on the FreeBSD side. So I'm > setting the minimum bar there. >=20 > If you don't know what hardware is in the unit - take a look at the > openwrt wiki. >=20 > I'm just wrapping up some automated build scripts now and I expect to > start building test images in the next week or so. That sounds cool, but do we need another st of scripts to build images? = What does yours give that others don't :) Warner=