Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:59:10 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D6zkan_KIRIK?= <ozkan.kirik@gmail.com> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-mips@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MIPS installing and etherswitch questions Message-ID: <CAAcX-AGGL%2BAkpKh_zsOQusK02Uw1g%2BuQdLs0oq4U48zZKcjB_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140314142630.77f95fff@zeta.dino.sk> References: <CAAcX-AGV4SCsk5Z5u7_Pa9OKo1SRhPbPYU6qbn4dhEf%2BC0yVAQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140314142630.77f95fff@zeta.dino.sk>
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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 <freebsd-mips@dino.sk> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:03:41 +0200 > "=D6zkan KIRIK" <ozkan.kirik@gmail.com> 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 >
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