From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 21 03:38:21 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 523A716A418 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:38:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@sinister.com) Received: from dark.sinister.com (dark.sinister.com [199.201.145.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350FE13C459 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:38:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@sinister.com) Received: from bob (helo=localhost) by dark.sinister.com with local-esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IYYwn-0005Gy-A3 for freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:12:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:12:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob Keyes To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Competition with OpenWRT X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:38:21 -0000 Hello all, I've been using OpenWRT for the past few years, and I am again exploring the BSD world to see how it matches up in terms of providing a similar system. This would be something that is small in terms of ram and flash requirements, while still providing good performance and a wide variety of applications and device support. I can see some good things when I look back at the archive, but what I haven't seen is any attention to consumer-level Wifi APs. Perhaps I just haven't dug deep enough. My idea is to expand beyond MIPS support for some development boards and into support for some of the chipsets which are going to today's routers, such as the Atheros AR531x System-on-Chip, and from there, build files for specific routers, such as FON's La Fonera. Is this a project that others here are interested in?