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.. Message-ID: <D28BB892-D87F-4426-9BAC-E6CB52AEAA3C@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmomXQQwpGKwoQLFaoFKd94Sg1atZ4=1xroTK00u22DVnWQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-VmomXQQwpGKwoQLFaoFKd94Sg1atZ4=1xroTK00u22DVnWQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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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