From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Sep 29 04:01:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33618A0A2E3 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 04:01:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerryw@compvia.com) Received: from smtp125.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (smtp125.ord1c.emailsrvr.com [108.166.43.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0838E1A53 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 04:01:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerryw@compvia.com) Received: from smtp8.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp8.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7518C802D3 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:55:27 -0400 (EDT) X-SMTPDoctor-Processed: csmtpprox beta Received: from smtp8.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp8.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7209D802DA for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:55:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp192.mex08.mlsrvr.com (unknown [184.106.73.70]) by smtp8.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTPS id 67F45802D3 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:55:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender-Id: gerryw@compvia.com Received: from smtp192.mex08.mlsrvr.com ([UNAVAILABLE]. [184.106.73.70]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA) by 0.0.0.0:25 (trex/5.4.2); Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:55:27 GMT Received: from MBX02C-ORD1.mex08.mlsrvr.com (172.29.9.14) by MBX02C-ORD1.mex08.mlsrvr.com (172.29.9.14) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1044.25; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:55:26 -0500 Received: from MBX02C-ORD1.mex08.mlsrvr.com ([fe80::a540:fbca:f02b:a048]) by MBX02C-ORD1.mex08.mlsrvr.com ([fe80::a540:fbca:f02b:a048%21]) with mapi id 15.00.1044.021; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:55:26 -0500 From: Gerry Weaver To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: FreeBSD as an embedded platform Thread-Topic: FreeBSD as an embedded platform Thread-Index: AdD6Z9VQrvvmB+gIQEuGGmvsh+PtRA== Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:55:26 +0000 Message-ID: <2c94e09af74b4417816cdd854f5529cb@MBX02C-ORD1.mex08.mlsrvr.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [108.252.2.26] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 04:01:40 -0000 Hello All, I have an embedded router project coming up and I was considering FreeBSD a= s a possible platform. However, I have run into a few issues getting a stab= le development environment setup. I started with FreeBSD 10.1, but quickly = realized that the new toolchain needs to cook a while longer before the per= formance will be there. I then tried FreeBSD 9.3 thinking that would improv= e the situation. It does seem to solve the performance issues, but I'm find= ing that many of the third party open source libraries I would like to use = either don't compile or don't run. Admittedly the last time I worked with F= reeBSD was in the version 6 timeframe, but I don't remember having so many = issues back then. I would really like to hear what other folks that are usi= ng FreeBSD as an embedded platform are doing in this regard. Are you using = versions that are older than 9.3 or restricting yourselves to what is in th= e ports tree? The need to port and test a bunch of libraries would make a s= ignificant impact on project stability and development time. Any advice on = this would be much appreciated. There may be some kernel work involved and = I would much rather work with the FreeBSD kernel. Thanks, -G