From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 03:12:16 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECFE8106566C for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:12:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94858FC18 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pAP2cQWc076385; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:38:26 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id pAP2cQsK076382; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:38:26 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:38:26 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Stefan Bethke In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:38:26 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tplink TL-WR1043ND access point is now ready (was Re: svn commit: r227926 - head/sys/mips/conf) X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:12:17 -0000 On Thu, 24 Nov 2011, Stefan Bethke wrote: > Am 24.11.2011 um 08:47 schrieb Adrian Chadd: > >> And with this particular commit, all the bits needed to get >> FreeBSD-HEAD running natively on this unit are now in the tree. >> >> The process is documented here: >> >> http://code.google.com/p/freebsd-wifi-build/wiki/TpLinkTLWR1043ND >> >> I haven't yet tried building and testing a sysupgrade image, so please >> don't ask me how to update it via the default firmware webui. So to >> play this game you'll (for now) require a serial console. >> >> I do however have the unit running as a 2.4ghz 11n hostap, natively >> booting from flash with a 64k flash partition to store configuration >> data on. >> >> My work here is done. :-) > > Extremely cool! I'm a bit busy this weekend, but I'll try and give it a go asap. This is very, very interesting. Does the USB port work with FreeBSD? Is there any usable GPIO? Can FreeBSD be used on the cheaper versions, like the TL-WR740N? It's throw-away cheap, as in cheap enough to use as a wireless sensor.