tplink TL-WR1043ND access point is now ready (was Re: svn commit: r227926 - head/sys/mips/conf)

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011, Stefan Bethke wrote:

> Am 24.11.2011 um 08:47 schrieb Adrian Chadd:
>
>> And with this particular commit, all the bits needed to get
>> FreeBSD-HEAD running natively on this unit are now in the tree.
>>
>> The process is documented here:
>>
>> http://code.google.com/p/freebsd-wifi-build/wiki/TpLinkTLWR1043ND
>>
>> I haven't yet tried building and testing a sysupgrade image, so please
>> don't ask me how to update it via the default firmware webui. So to
>> play this game you'll (for now) require a serial console.
>>
>> I do however have the unit running as a 2.4ghz 11n hostap, natively
>> booting from flash with a 64k flash partition to store configuration
>> data on.
>>
>> My work here is done. :-)
>
> Extremely cool!  I'm a bit busy this weekend, but I'll try and give it a go asap.

This is very, very interesting.  Does the USB port work with FreeBSD? 
Is there any usable GPIO?

Can FreeBSD be used on the cheaper versions, like the TL-WR740N?  It's 
throw-away cheap, as in cheap enough to use as a wireless sensor.