From owner-freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Thu Oct 22 18:11:17 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CA3DA1C2EA; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:11:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22b.google.com (mail-io0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 589F41611; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:11:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by ioll68 with SMTP id l68so100757752iol.3; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:11:16 -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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=M4d10epzK+eDSXsP241jSQx09AEciy7xZPvoEU8+2e4=; b=Yc2IURIdto3OXEjsyyEEqptfYVr+8RaJ+X8d5Yb6GNFe/FoFcIsBMf1J5Ny2g2JBEt LppFl3sYUKBLUL9iGXIi5Fr2O7xSJDCiNsf/5gziYxGmQ22arG5BgSDCsQRpo0ajujEN RMvptW0FZ/9AZ/A30sVZ9Te5FUPOkKtHsqfFlQilMfd+pDD6hZTThxieb58usiZ1XPka 1LrpExrZEzQVWZNJN8KA96p+TLXKlcXELSOojh6KTUovaKpGgwQSuI82YDV4xEwcsIky VuuODfvS6YGfDlXlOYdiO42/OI4oGSsG2PZd5lUZ7a+I+T6aZH7vIPULMdVV7wN3b9AP w4Lg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.152.2 with SMTP id a2mr7148440ioe.123.1445537476609; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:11:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.46.66 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:11:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2F3D00CB-C270-4A98-B9C1-554B43574CF1@frob.org> References: <2EB47812-4744-48B5-BEBF-B2074D9EEA8F@jnielsen.net> <2F3D00CB-C270-4A98-B9C1-554B43574CF1@frob.org> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:11:16 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: looking for suggestions for a small router/appliance board/SoC From: Adrian Chadd To: Jeff Meegan Cc: John Nielsen , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:11:17 -0000 i have avila/cambria stuff too, but it's old (PCI, no PCIe.) -a On 22 October 2015 at 11:06, Jeff Meegan wrote: > I have a couple of Gateworks Avila boards that at least boot. > > On Oct 22, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote= : > > hi! > > The PC engines boards are your best bet to begin with. There's updated > ARM hardware from Gateworks but I don't recall if we ever got a port > fully working on it. > > > -a > > > On 22 October 2015 at 10:57, John Nielsen wrote: > > Hi- > > I=E2=80=99m working on a proof-of-concept for a kind of networking swiss = army knife. > Can anyone suggest a board that meets the following requirements? CPU arc= h > doesn=E2=80=99t matter as long as it will run FreeBSD (Atom, ARM, MIPS, e= tc). > > - Small form factor (SoC, probably) > - Can support at least 2 802.11a/b/g/n adapters, prefer 3 (any combinati= on > of chip-integrated and mini PCI-e slots. Prefer to avoid USB if possible) > - Has or supports at least 2 1GbE ports. Prefer 3-5 ports with switching > functionality > - Storage not super constrained. Built-in storage (if any) can be small > (which I=E2=80=99m arbitrarily defining as less than 128MB) if there is a= lso an SD > card slot or similar. USB storage will do in a pinch. > - Has at least 2 free USB ports after meeting previous requirements > - Serial port or header (or GPIO pins that can be used as one? Not too > familiar with that) > - Low power consumption (within reason taking the above into account) > - Low cost (again, within reason) > > I may just start with a PC Engines apu1d, but if there are boards that ar= e > smaller, cheaper, have lower power requirements and/or have integrated wi= fi > or switch capabilities I=E2=80=99d like to look in to them as well. > > I know that might be asking a lot, so I=E2=80=99m also open to any sugges= tions that > are most of the way there. Thanks! > > JN > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > >