Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 11:33:03 -0800 From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com> Cc: "freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite: coming (hopefully) very soon. Message-ID: <11D361B5-3CD8-474F-8E4D-20752C8F9B63@bluezbox.com> In-Reply-To: <CACVs6=8Wcu8Zu06B%2BXdOyPXwTEFrRMif96i4ipWZUu2GpUWurg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACVs6=8Wcu8Zu06B%2BXdOyPXwTEFrRMif96i4ipWZUu2GpUWurg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2013-01-01, at 1:43 AM, Juli Mallett <juli@clockworksquid.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > My EdgeRouter Lite will be arriving soon and I just snagged a copy of > the GPL sources from Ubiquiti. Assuming I'm understanding what's here > right, looks like the EdgeMax platform is Octeon-based, and should > require only very, very trivial modifications to FreeBSD. The > modifications made for linux suggest UBNT calls the board an "E100". > It's $99 and dual-core CN50xx 500MHz. A little disappointed it's not > an Octeon II, but that's hardly surprising. By far the cheapest > Octeon system available and perhaps one of the best MIPS ones > available given the price point. Should be a lot of fun. > > Note that for reference I know of major OEMs that produce boards with > comparable specs that were looking for $300 each just a few months > ago. These boards are a very fine bargain indeed, and FreeBSD > supports most of what's on them, and it will only take about 10 > minutes to get a suitable FreeBSD kernel put together with hardware > in-hand. > > (I may not be able to do it until late January due to other > commitments, but encourage anyone who has an EdgeRouter Lite in their > hands to give it a shot. Just look at the changes Ubiquiti made to > the Simple Executive to add their private board type, add an > OCTEON_VENDOR_UBIQUITI (or _UBNT, I'm not picky) config option and add > the board type and go from there in the same way that other vendors' > boards have been supported. It's a great entry-level kernel task. > The hardware is small and light, so I may take one with me in my > travels and see what I can find time for, but it'd be very cool to see > this supported in-tree as soon as possible.) > Looks great! Where do I buy one?
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