Avila Network Platform: GW2348-4, GW2348-2, GW2347

Sam Leffler sam at errno.com
Mon May 10 18:55:52 UTC 2010


On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:25 AM, batcilla itself wrote:

> Support of Avila GW2348-4 uses CF for a kernel and rootfs,
> GW2347 does not have CF. Regarding of GW2348-2 - if it can have CF
> option enabled - it may work out of box or almost with nanobsd.
> May be will require minor tuning of GPIO setup to mPCI and PHY
> connecting to NPE.
> I think for now, when board is EOL, - is no sense to add support for
> Avila eeprom auto-configuration mode.
> But generally if you pack anything into kernel it may even work with
> GW2347 (there is 8 flash, 32MB RAM only).
>
> //batcilla
>
>
> 2010/4/27  <lists at walkertc.com>:
>> The Avila GW2348-4 is supported according to the FreeBSD/ARM  
>> Project Page.
>>
>> Does anyone know if FreeBSD would work on similar Avila products  
>> such as the
>> GW2348-2 or the GW2347?  Has anyone tried this?

I believe the flash support works but never actually stuck a rootfs in  
the flash and tested.  Not sure how work is needed to automate this  
config w/ nanobsd.

	Sam



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