From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 1 19:33:25 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 912923B1 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:33:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gonzo@id.bluezbox.com) Received: from id.bluezbox.com (id.bluezbox.com [88.198.91.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20E488FC0C for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:33:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [207.6.254.8] (helo=[192.168.1.67]) by id.bluezbox.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Tq7aU-0005Bt-Dn for freebsd-mips@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:33:24 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite: coming (hopefully) very soon. From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 11:33:03 -0800 Cc: "freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <11D361B5-3CD8-474F-8E4D-20752C8F9B63@bluezbox.com> References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) Sender: gonzo@id.bluezbox.com X-Spam-Level: - X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "id.bluezbox.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: On 2013-01-01, at 1:43 AM, Juli Mallett 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.) > [...] Content analysis details: (-1.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP 1.0 MISSING_HEADERS Missing To: header -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:33:25 -0000 On 2013-01-01, at 1:43 AM, Juli Mallett 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?