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Date:      Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:07:37 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Offer: I'm going to automate FreeBSD-wireless AP builds, but what I need is hardware..
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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=



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