From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 9 01:34:40 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 8A38C9D3 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2014 01:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f172.google.com (mail-lb0-f172.google.com [209.85.217.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F30A61226 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2014 01:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f172.google.com with SMTP id c11so3837587lbj.31 for ; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:34:32 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=dPJTWXRZaM1JJ6mtf+c4ILA14m7GsSVhzuOp/EzdPXU=; b=BGBZ+Jrk7+uuSV5VtN2Y0OVGgoFFb140jN3/44zIzfD7C/zdjrPJJCkGBPK5thIUzS t4hWCW3fJ22J8ii2wnrBgUbz9kO2RySAio25gZ+gezGgbKtPwGReYK/pgrJYEaxWSzcc q+x6v07eXPjF3DsqAYxZj7JHWe2FbRyfNETNbJ/qVGrB/p3seYLpnJFsLPopyDq0UvsX XVjmJhmilhrHl31I08m2FJfwsdRxd4dtoj6UcV1pB+avXtJ9ytefGSjMRUziuhvk9ZiJ ytGAGyYt/kDIQnxP0IIaYrRUoxmA+nd3CkSc3m+/WhbB4aKsL9nrdKPQtT5h5QqCEfwZ ZfVw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnED3VeBtAJHSu5+fqutH7+aLBsu18/cUe83IW4CVCoiMryLl27tZqknVuYzg9R48GrnN5F X-Received: by 10.152.181.3 with SMTP id ds3mr133850lac.33.1391909672405; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:34:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: juli@clockworksquid.com Received: by 10.152.130.72 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Feb 2014 17:34:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20140125210308.GA6936@rtfm.net> <52EE7183.1070806@pix.net> <20140205190456.GA15313@plebeian.afflictions.org> <52F64128.7010000@rewt.org.uk> From: Juli Mallett Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 17:34:12 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3Pwu2t-u1zKJwJOtbbImszFCX2U Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.0 image and build script for EdgeRouter Lite To: Outback Dingo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:34:40 -0000 On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Outback Dingo wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Juli Mallett wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Joe Holden wrote: >> >> > On 08/02/2014 00:23, Juli Mallett wrote: >> >> >> >> The most likely scenario is that very minor changes will be required to >> >> support the additional model, possibly as little as just recognizing >> its >> >> model identifier. >> >> >> >> Juli.... >> >> >> > >> > IIRC the bigger variants are Octeon II with hardware switches (likely >> > marvell/broadcom) - what are the chances of getting support for either >> > given the NDA requirements? >> > > > okay so wait, should i buy the light and not risk getting the pro and npot > having it worlk? Id really like the pro version > The Pro definitely won't work out-of-the-box because its model identifier would at minimum need added to FreeBSD. The question is how hard it would be to support. It seems to be based on the CN6120, so I'd be concerned that any number of things could present a problem, primarily USB support and Ethernet. I know that some on this list were very disappointed with a similar device (albeit with some different hardware) that it was difficult to find someone to work on. I've got hardware for that even though I don't have the EdgeRouter Pro, but ENOTIME. I would be happy to help someone else try to walk through the process, or encourage you to contact Cavium asking if they have any interest in helping further to support FreeBSD on Octeon II. I know that for some vendors FreeBSD availability on Octeon is a selling point, and I'd like to think that at some point that will mean someone will have the interest in doing the work, or funding the work. Thanks, Juli.