From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 14 13:59:13 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08100935 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x233.google.com (mail-we0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 88E65DEC for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:59:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f179.google.com with SMTP id x48so2143063wes.38 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:59:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ePPNplOYMCkjoBKOwcOzmSm4F9R/BMRuXUsGRbrBs+s=; b=Nt4Wx3dnfahUWg4tcxQFVWE66sZozpRCMHprBpt89DaoiXJChmY2gNa/snW1W3V8rg D3ELpoE3XVCmZy1+fjKv/4CCnvZt49FZswTGLO5IByvRWkpils2Y8zKFSY79QOFvIliU zvANO0vYhzcxrgQcW1Zu43dsIqsYW0q4vDG3voPeHWcxmZtNyhOlqDeJlf+5PrLO1EXs bIJ+ZuDOinMq59Lf0L6g8FyMmrVy59rnd7+DN4eAcLxWohoQMzJD8bqwL58C8qRDOYrH hjxjau+NCrq9ptfwj+FWp8fwcNmaZC1cV4P5eRfvB4dMnp9vW3BMGemCNzfYdSLdj1j+ 9JDQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.185.113 with SMTP id fb17mr6653859wjc.29.1394805551026; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:59:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.217.43.69 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:59:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140314142630.77f95fff@zeta.dino.sk> References: <20140314142630.77f95fff@zeta.dino.sk> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:59:10 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: MIPS installing and etherswitch questions From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D6zkan_KIRIK?= To: Milan Obuch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:59:13 -0000 Thank you very much Milan, I did a bit research about booting freebsd on RB750UP. When you push reset time until leds goes down and up, system boots by PXE boot. I think, we can boot by this way. and write image to flash. I'll try it. Does FreeBSD works healty on Ubiquiti Router Station Pro ? Best regards, Ozkan On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Milan Obuch wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:03:41 +0200 > "=D6zkan KIRIK" wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I'm interested with FreeBSD MIPS. > > Which devices can boot FreeBSD from onboard flash? > > Can we use etherswitch ports as network interfaces ? > > > > I have an Mikrotik RB750UP. I saw that FreeBSD can boot over network. > > Can freebsd be installed to onboard flash? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Hi, > > if you want to do some research and development, it helps. Main trouble > here is, if I am not mistaken, the RB750 does not have serial console. > This would be great help. Basically, there is support for booting from > onboard flash, but it depends. Mikrotik devices have RouterBoot for > starting an OS, so if you could but some image containing FreeBSD on > your device, it could work. Problem is exact image construction. To put > prepared image to flash, one can use Mikrotik's NetInstall, if it > accepts an image. I did not test this possibility yet. > > I strongly prefer having serial console, which enables me to work with > kernel even if something does not work right. This way I can configure > RouterBoot to load a kernel from network using DHCP/TFTP servers. > > Etherswitch can be used as full (depends on chip used) featured vlan > capable switch, so if CPU port is arge1 (as in a RouterStationPro from > Ubiquiti I have), you could make arge1.1, arge1.2 up to defined max > number of vlan groups arge1.n interfaces and configuring the switch the > way you need. It does not yet work for me in every detail, but well > enough for three externally accessible ports. > > Mikrotik devices are good as they are, but it is sometimes hard to find > relevant info on them, they are a bit 'closed' in their own world. > Ubiquiti devices are somewhat more 'open', but you can every time try > to find an answer in OpenWrt sources, if you can find working kernel > for your device and can work with Linux sources. > > In any case, if you think it is interesting for you, please do some > research and I am sure if you will have any question, someone will help > you. > > Regards, > Milan >