Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 19:08:39 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Minor MIPS tree pruning Message-ID: <CANCZdfo=P93pdcXE4W3bRnL66uXwqXYeZkeQKmetjr5NvxjQAQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201712310122.vBV1Mjds078793@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <12b36190fcd6918a01d88fd4dbf1a220@megadrive.org> <201712310122.vBV1Mjds078793@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Rodney W. Grimes < freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > On 2017-12-31 01:46, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > >> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Rodney W. Grimes < > > >> freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > Can you give me pointers to these boards for adm5120 and IDT? > When last I > > >> > > tried to get them 5 years ago they were hard to come by and > generally > > >> > came > > >> > > with no more than 32M or 64M of memory. > > >> > > > > >> > > mips/rt305x has been subsumed by mips/mediatek, so will be > deleted w/o > > >> > loss > > >> > > of functionality. > > >> > > > >> > Please go back and read very carefully what the person said about > > >> > this. It was PLANNED to subsume rt305x into mediatek, but it has > > >> > NOT been done yet. At least that is how I read the persons > > >> > comments. > > >> > > >> > > >> That's not how I read it. I read it as "this is what we planned, and > > >> we've > > >> arrived." However, out of an abundance of caution, I sent an email > > >> asking > > >> for confirmation. Code inspection certainly suggests that my > > >> interpretation > > >> is correct. > > > > > > Thanks. Also you might want to ping the router projects folks, > > > as I believe many of the mips based routers use this SOC and > > > they may have info on which of the implementations work better, > > > and/or if the mediatek branch is up to speed and the rt305x > > > can just be axed. I know this project is out there someplace, > > > but can not find a link for it right now. And I have seen > > > some activity someplace from them in the last 3 or 4 months. > > > > "router project folks" ? > > > > Who are you talking about exactly ? > > And now I found the other person that just posted updates on the > zrouter code, it is now a git project, and just updated stuff > relative to the RT305x stuff one month ago: > https://github.com/ZRouter/ZRouter/tree/master/socs/Ralink > > Project top is at https://github.com/ZRouter Looks like they'll have to update. Should be pretty easy. I'll ping. Warner > > >> Warner > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > I'm curious what benefit sibyte has apart from broadcom? It seems > to > > >> > > support a super old broadcom chip that's way obsolete that has a > bunch of > > >> > > errata that need workarounds that aren't present in newer chips. > What am > > >> > I > > >> > > missing? > > >> > > > > >> > > Warner > > >> > > > > >> > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:03 AM, Michael Zhilin <mizhka@gmail.com > > > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > > > Hi Warner, > > >> > > > > > >> > > > If I can give my twopence worth, I think that adm5120 & idt are > to be > > >> > kept > > >> > > > for a while, there are few vintage boards (for instance, > Mikrotik from > > >> > > > Latvia) with good configuration (plenty of flash and RAM), > sibyte is > > >> > to be > > >> > > > part of broadcom and also kept for a while. > > >> > > > rt305x is still very popular and cheap (for instance, "3g > router" with > > >> > > > RT5350 from AliExpress, but I have one, not yet tested). > > >> > > > > > >> > > > And I don't know what is alchemy. :) > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Thank you! > > >> > > > P.S. Wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your > > >> > family. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> > wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > >> I'd like to propose that we eliminate support for the following > > >> > before the > > >> > > >> FreeBSD 12 branch. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> adm5120 (most boards don't have enough memory, very old) > > >> > > >> alchemy (the au1xxxx port never really was finished, and > boards lack > > >> > > >> memory, very old) > > >> > > >> idt (only a few boards worked, most are long obsolete) > > >> > > >> rt305x (raylink kit is now out dated, at least I think so) > > >> > > >> sibyte (long obsolete, hard to get hardware) > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I thought I'd post a heads up here before I proposed this list > to > > >> > arch@. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> We have enough exemplars these days we don't need to keep > these older > > >> > > >> ports > > >> > > >> around as examples anymore, and I have my doubts if we even > work on > > >> > these > > >> > > >> boards anymore. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> If I'm wrong about these being old, or that FreeBSD is no > longer > > >> > running > > >> > > >> on > > >> > > >> them, please let me know. Thanks! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Warner > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> > > >> freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > > >> > > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > > >> > > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@ > > >> > freebsd.org" > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > > >> > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > > >> > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@ > freebsd.org" > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > Rod Grimes > > >> > rgrimes@freebsd.org > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > >> "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >> > > > > -- > > Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Rod Grimes > rgrimes@freebsd.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >
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