From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 04:33:50 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 89CFD106566B; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:33:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B3478FC0C; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:33:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfk1 with SMTP id fk1so2077694vcb.13 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:33:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7u2MxtVkTcuXGlts9pr9FOFfx83nO+L0fck8xj5UZBg=; b=qG1ZZRlBgAOtqyqbpGlO0gkhd+3hCRbfsB4Gv8z2kISujynQFSQnlt7kfdRA11B5ID 3cQeMtkZg1tXYMhpVQbc4YU8efcK8WVKvQqDjFvSQE822TrcnMASG/3YPX9PACQKMQy1 3Qtpf9yczSwmubz+k2u8I9ypC+OFI6rQjT1iE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.65.77 with SMTP id v13mr31795784vds.95.1322195629484; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:33:49 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.186.74 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:33:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:33:49 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: F8ly1J06yzgCSfvgBu5u7gjZzEc Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 04:33:50 -0000 On 25 November 2011 10:38, Warren Block wrote: > This is very, very interesting. =A0Does the USB port work with FreeBSD? I= s > there any usable GPIO? The USB port worked the last time I checked; I'll go and check and report back if it doesn't work. There's a lot of GPIO but they're all taken up with LEDs. :) > Can FreeBSD be used on the cheaper versions, like the TL-WR740N? =A0It's > throw-away cheap, as in cheap enough to use as a wireless sensor. If it has an Ar71xx, Ar724x, AR913x SoC in it, then yes. Someone will either have to buy/ship me one or do the legwork to shoehorn freebsd onto it though. :) According to the openwrt site - the previous revisions have an AR724x in them and an AR9285 wireless CPU. So yes, FreeBSD will boot, but there's some hacks needed to get the wifi up on it. If someone buys/ships me one after the new year I'll make it happen. Note - it has 16mb RAM and 4mb of flash. You're going to have to do significant legwork to squeeze down FreeBSD to be usable on such a small platform. I don't have the time for that. Note - the newer revision of hardware has an AR933x SoC/wifi chipset in it. There's currently no FreeBSD support for that and there won't be until I finish of the current 11n stuff (or people jump in and help me.) If someone wants to give porting the CPU and wireless support from Linux over then give me a buzz and I'll start you down the right path. Adrian