Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:00:25 +0200 From: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: Bachilo Dmitry <root@solink.ru>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Linksys WRT54G with freebsd Message-ID: <20050923120025.GD21906@poupinou.org> In-Reply-To: <1127476245.17949.2.camel@cream.xbsd.org> References: <433436E2.3040603@ThePacific.Net> <200509230725.21156.thierry@herbelot.com> <20050923090806.GA21906@poupinou.org> <200509231716.19434.root@solink.ru> <1127476245.17949.2.camel@cream.xbsd.org>
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 01:50:45PM +0200, Florent Thoumie wrote: > Le Vendredi 23 septembre 2005 à 12:16 +0200, Bachilo Dmitry a écrit : > > Forwarding to FreeBSD hackers. (Because i am hacking WRT right now and only > > Linux flashes work) > > ---------- ?????????????????????? ?????????????????? ---------- > > > > Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G with freebsd > > Date: ?????????????? 23 ???????????????? 2005 17:06 > > From: Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com> > > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > Cc: "Marcos Biscaysaqu - ThePacific.net" <marcos@thepacific.net> > > > > Le Friday 23 September 2005 11:08, vous avez écrit : > > > On the other hand, it's the wireless thing. If not needed, this > > > should be fun to do a port, somehow, even though it's a wireless > > > router. > > > > The "cool factor" of porting FreeBSD to the WRT54G cannot be underestimated, > > but Linux ports were enormously helped by the opening of the sources of the > > Linksys Linux port (which is absent for FreeBSD) and the big number of > > willing developpers (just have a look at the *number* of different Linux > > ports to the WRT). > > > > The latest 6.0 release would be an excellent target, with its brand-new > > support for WPA and virtual APs ... who volunteers ? > > The Linksys WRT54g wireless router is based on a Broadcom CPU > (derived from MIPS) and FreeBSD/mips seems to be a dead > project :-( Indeed. It's targeted to SGI platforms anyway. Maybe there is a need to start a new port if there is enough people interrested? -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care.
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