From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 1 19:06:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 562E6C91 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:06:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f54.google.com (mail-wg0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D362D8FC0A for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:06:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f54.google.com with SMTP id fg15so6405771wgb.9 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:06:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=MHiwJz/++DKppsB9It4381yDEV1y0zkTf1i3BJF0RaU=; b=Am23fx8ScpSIa5atPHVVNLTx4objQiXQ4JM2qI5nx1qsXnrRfGDwqCCbxN/+5l6ytP bDuQ3XWJBiV4t4dB+lTcC3IjqYQtyWfyAaD4MX7nzAXwtCKsOZ3kcRd1X/0YHGmHqiML N4m82geTUv34UEbYiV6gqGg4RsYJ9UzQ+Dq4sf0HGAeOgabOVr35jius8q0g5FDc3Sm0 09wvwoUCxBJlBBdTWsaLAmLad6vUzFTYoVV5T/lOKDdUVAtfdyCoSfQ2i3I8Hf0vGvKL b0yF/RxUE6dMYxOO2YWgqiG6YTbjpsgfBz1XxSWyJdkPhcunqkoDwyVZqXA1n0/wp9CF 8o2w== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.33.44 with SMTP id o12mr60985374wii.28.1357067210880; Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:06:50 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.217.57.9 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 11:06:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 11:06:50 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: dXCQmooPhaZA_p3XtHE7khn0Z2w Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite: coming (hopefully) very soon. From: Adrian Chadd To: Juli Mallett Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:06:58 -0000 Sweet! Which wifi does it come with? Adrian On 1 January 2013 01:43, Juli Mallett wrote: > Hey all, > > My EdgeRouter Lite will be arriving soon and I just snagged a copy of > the GPL sources from Ubiquiti. Assuming I'm understanding what's here > right, looks like the EdgeMax platform is Octeon-based, and should > require only very, very trivial modifications to FreeBSD. The > modifications made for linux suggest UBNT calls the board an "E100". > It's $99 and dual-core CN50xx 500MHz. A little disappointed it's not > an Octeon II, but that's hardly surprising. By far the cheapest > Octeon system available and perhaps one of the best MIPS ones > available given the price point. Should be a lot of fun. > > Note that for reference I know of major OEMs that produce boards with > comparable specs that were looking for $300 each just a few months > ago. These boards are a very fine bargain indeed, and FreeBSD > supports most of what's on them, and it will only take about 10 > minutes to get a suitable FreeBSD kernel put together with hardware > in-hand. > > (I may not be able to do it until late January due to other > commitments, but encourage anyone who has an EdgeRouter Lite in their > hands to give it a shot. Just look at the changes Ubiquiti made to > the Simple Executive to add their private board type, add an > OCTEON_VENDOR_UBIQUITI (or _UBNT, I'm not picky) config option and add > the board type and go from there in the same way that other vendors' > boards have been supported. It's a great entry-level kernel task. > The hardware is small and light, so I may take one with me in my > travels and see what I can find time for, but it'd be very cool to see > this supported in-tree as soon as possible.) > > Thanks, > Juli. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"