From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 06:03:22 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 5A0FD106564A; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:03:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richo@psych0tik.net) Received: from bedford.accountservergroup.com (bedford.accountservergroup.com [50.22.11.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CDBD8FC12; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boxand.lnk.telstra.net ([203.45.130.125] helo=richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au) by bedford.accountservergroup.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RTnlg-0005v1-CL; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:52:08 -0600 Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:52:03 +1100 From: richo To: Adrian Chadd Message-ID: <20111125045203.GB13068@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TiqCXmo5T1hvSQQg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://natalya.psych0tik.net/~richo/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bedford.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - psych0tik.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: 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 06:03:22 -0000 --TiqCXmo5T1hvSQQg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 25/11/11 12:33 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: >On 25 November 2011 10:38, Warren Block wrote: > >> This is very, very interesting. =A0Does the USB port work with FreeBSD? = Is >> 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 I'm interested in porting. I'm taking 2 weeks leave over christmas, Can I ping you the week before I leave work? -- richo || Today's excuse: Just type 'mv * /dev/null'. http://blog.psych0tik.net --TiqCXmo5T1hvSQQg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOzx7zAAoJEIKiWz6J5yQVu9YH/RxJbMesbvWg6L9fMefharz3 RDfsEoyBLmH5xcL3BadUfAOUcCIplJk1vDue9u4cVxVNTtR8/d1vAQ2wpn8ZP+i2 GiiNTL89azGePgEuVYmQuV+tsunIXzMRBiwRuYtR6zFqDNbhqYwVDKj2kRqau7f4 lK7GQtoFBgtHzHvxj5CSjFDDDbKc2N5ue9Cn2g0oiRE6DlovfhVucvtNEKCqwCCd Hz2xoI/ZEDwTuoNgfx0zxB3iVkG4XlqkOREAW9H8BRrEv5KNjj2wKYGz+ZBJIlr5 UU9xvF/ZBBN5qQm5UwoDCYc/tBpBzIC4dye8gCiyL7G1KQJVIOpriVQBC/gvikQ= =qT0y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TiqCXmo5T1hvSQQg--