Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 16:11:02 +0200 From: Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> To: Daniel Engberg <diizzyy@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Marvell Armada 38x support in the tree Message-ID: <CAPv3WKcuicVZcPNx29%2BmTOLTdTGLaxj-vTO2R=E_OC=5-AqDdw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADicZc0Uq9p%2BL50Du5oQ3Rpqbz7h%2B7KMPMdXhLW=Mnr=8x8=tA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADicZc0Uq9p%2BL50Du5oQ3Rpqbz7h%2B7KMPMdXhLW=Mnr=8x8=tA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Daniel, 2017-07-07 13:56 GMT+02:00 Daniel Engberg <diizzyy@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > Great work seeing this in the FreeBSD tree, many thanks to those involved > making this happen. > > This also made me interested in the possibility of running FreeBSD on > consumer hardware. > While I do understand that NAND support is still no available and also > WIFI would it possible to get FreeBSD running on a Linksys WRT1900ACS using > external storage? It pretty much shares the same hardware as listed as far > as I can tel. It would be really nice if we could have something widely > available in a case. > > WRT1900ACS and/or WRT1200AC? > > https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_WRT1900ACS > https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_WRT1200AC_v2 > Basing on the wiki sites and linux armada-385-linksys-cobra/shelby.dts from Linux, both devices should easily work (network, e6172 switch, sata, usb, pcie). NAND indeed is not supported, however you may use USB stick for the OS. PCIe ports should work, but I don't know 88W8864 WIFI controller support status in FreeBSD. Best regards, Marcin > > These are also supported in LEDE (OpenWrt fork) if you need further > information. > > Thanks in advance! > > Best regards, > Daniel >
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