Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:58:05 -0600 From: Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net> To: Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> Cc: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, Luiz Otavio O Souza <loos@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: espressobin board Message-ID: <A8EAE911-85E6-477F-AB89-85C374EFD395@westryn.net> In-Reply-To: <CAPv3WKeu%2BgocDB9qhA=B8YTp0UK2F0vJgu2mgiauT8Sk91xjOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <95695AC2-088F-4DD8-8857-0DF9B04622A2@westryn.net> <CAPv3WKeu%2BgocDB9qhA=B8YTp0UK2F0vJgu2mgiauT8Sk91xjOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Apr 12, 2019, at 3:13 AM, Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> wrote: >=20 > Hi Kim, >=20 > czw., 11 kwi 2019 o 21:18 Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net> 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
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