From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Sat Apr 13 19:58:14 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD591581C17 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kim@westryn.net) Received: from mail.westryn.net (mail.westryn.net [199.48.135.251]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03CE9682B8; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:58:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kim@westryn.net) Received: from client20.westryn.net (225x169.ouraynet.com [204.16.225.169]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.westryn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8C215943630; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:58:06 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) Subject: Re: espressobin board From: Kim Shrier In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:58:05 -0600 Cc: freebsd-arm , Luiz Otavio O Souza Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <95695AC2-088F-4DD8-8857-0DF9B04622A2@westryn.net> To: Marcin Wojtas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 03CE9682B8 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kim@westryn.net designates 199.48.135.251 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kim@westryn.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.32 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:199.48.135.251]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[westryn.net]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mail.westryn.net]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.95)[-0.952,0]; IP_SCORE(-1.55)[ipnet: 199.48.132.0/22(-3.81), asn: 36236(-3.89), country: US(-0.06)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:199.48.132.0/22, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:58:14 -0000 On Apr 12, 2019, at 3:13 AM, Marcin Wojtas wrote: >=20 > Hi Kim, >=20 > czw., 11 kwi 2019 o 21:18 Kim Shrier napisa=C5=82(a): >>=20 >> I am venturing into the arm universe for the first time but I >> have been using FreeBSD for decades. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> = https://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-79-v7-marvell-espressobin.aspx >>=20 >> It looks like FreeBSD should run on this board. Does anybody >> have any experience with this or would you recommend a >> different board? >>=20 >> I appreciate any enlightenment. >>=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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... >=20 >> Kim >> P.S. recommendations on WiFi modules also greatly appreciated. >>=20 >=20 > Afaik, a bunch of Atheros mini-PCIE WIFI modules should work just = fine. >=20 > Best regards, > Marcin Thank you very much for the feedback. Kim