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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:14:09 -0000 Hi Kim, czw., 11 kwi 2019 o 21:18 Kim Shrier napisa=C5=82(a): > > I am venturing into the arm universe for the first time but I > have been using FreeBSD for decades. > > I would like to build a WiFi access point that also has a few > 1-gig ethernet interfaces. I have been looking at the V7 > Marvell ESSPRESSObin board and adding a wifi module > to it. > > https://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-79-v7-marvell-espressobin.aspx > > It looks like FreeBSD should run on this board. Does anybody > have any experience with this or would you recommend a > different board? > > I appreciate any enlightenment. > We added some initial support to the board, later extended by loos (not sure, however if everything done by loos was merged upstream). It should work just fine in HEAD. In any way, the one thing missing, which may be a blocker for you, is lack of PCIE root complex support for Armada 37xx SoC... > Kim > P.S. recommendations on WiFi modules also greatly appreciated. > Afaik, a bunch of Atheros mini-PCIE WIFI modules should work just fine. Best regards, Marcin