From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 23 03:32:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9683416A403 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:32:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B771E43D46 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:32:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kAN3WHKx008586; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:32:17 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:33:00 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20061122.203300.-432837012.imp@bsdimp.com> To: phocking@no-wire.net From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <4564F381.7090808@no-wire.net> <4560F437.5060402@errno.com> References: <4564F381.7090808@no-wire.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:32:17 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gateworks and RB500 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: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:32:53 -0000 In message: <4564F381.7090808@no-wire.net> Phill Hocking writes: : I have plenty of Avilas and RouterBOARDS, and I know a bit about *BSD : and embedded systems; how can I help get the wheels of freedom rolling : on these platforms? These lists seem low-volume, are there any forums? : Daily builds or anything that boots even? You are in luck. Support for the Avilas has just been committed. Support for a RouterBOARD is likely a little further out (it is MIPS based, no?). Sam Laffler sent out he following mail to freebsd-arm a couple of days ago: : I just committed the code to make 2348 boards usable. But there are : some caveats. : : 1. The npe (wired ethernet) support requires Intel firmware that we : cannot distribute (yet); you must obtain it from the Intel web site if : you don't otherwise have it (e.g. in a Gateworks Linux distribution). : : 2. The compact flash ide support needs a change to : sys/dev/ata/ata-all.c; roll back that file to rev 1.274. : : 3. If you want to use ath cards in the minipci slots you'll need to use : a newer hal than what is in CVS. I believe the tarball at : http://www.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20060909.tgz will work but am not : sure. I'm working on getting a known-good version together. : : This stuff has mostly been tested booting with an NFS-mounted root : filesystem. I've placed instructions on how I do this at: : : http://www.freebsd.org/~sam/README-gateworks : : I believe most of the important stuff is working. The main thing : missing is read/write to flash. We're also not fully setup for booting : from compact flash (because redboot does not grok ufs filesystems) but : that's not a big deal as there are several ways to deal with this. : : There's still a lot of room for improvement. It'd be nice if someone : could add the PMC support to help in doing performance tuning. : : Sam This should be enough to get you started. As this support is relatively new, there's not been any daily builds or anything like that. Stay tuned. Warner