From des at des.no  Tue Sep  8 08:35:51 2009
From: des at des.no (=?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=)
Date: Tue Sep  8 08:35:57 2009
Subject: ServerWorks chipset
Message-ID: <868wgpn8a4.fsf@ds4.des.no>

Does anyone know if ServerWorks CSB / OSB family chipsets have hardware
watchdog timers, and whether / where I can get complete documentation?
Broadcom aren't very forthcoming, and they don't even list the CSB6 /
OSB6 in their product overview.

DES
-- 
Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav - des@des.no
From lev at FreeBSD.org  Sat Sep 12 19:12:17 2009
From: lev at FreeBSD.org (Lev Serebryakov)
Date: Sat Sep 12 19:12:24 2009
Subject: Some small networked box with FreeBSD support?
Message-ID: <834002669.20090912225608@serebryakov.spb.ru>

Hello, Freebsd-embedded.

  I need small, cheap and silent box with one or two network ports
(ARM/MIPS, I think), like legendary ASUS WL500G and other
OpenWRT-supported boxes, but with FreeBSD "support".

  I'm using Soekris net5501 (x86) now and very happy with it, but it is
expensive and very-hard-to-buy in Russia, so I can not buy another one
as second such box.

  I don't need WiFi or ADSL in this box, but it will be a plus.

  Is here any known, SOHO-market, well-availiable sopaboxes, on which
FreeBSD could be installed, with wire network support?

-- 
// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>

From frank at undermydesk.org  Mon Sep 14 16:16:02 2009
From: frank at undermydesk.org (Frank Reppin)
Date: Mon Sep 14 16:16:09 2009
Subject: Some small networked box with FreeBSD support?
In-Reply-To: <834002669.20090912225608@serebryakov.spb.ru>
References: <834002669.20090912225608@serebryakov.spb.ru>
Message-ID: <4AAE6C39.1060803@undermydesk.org>

Hi,

Lev Serebryakov wrote:
[...]
>   I need small, cheap and silent box with one or two network ports
> (ARM/MIPS, I think), like legendary ASUS WL500G and other
> OpenWRT-supported boxes, but with FreeBSD "support".
> 
>   I'm using Soekris net5501 (x86) now and very happy with it, but it is
> expensive and very-hard-to-buy in Russia, so I can not buy another one
> as second such box.
> 
>   I don't need WiFi or ADSL in this box, but it will be a plus.
> 
>   Is here any known, SOHO-market, well-availiable sopaboxes, on which
> FreeBSD could be installed, with wire network support?
I had good experiences using an GEODE driven 'WRAP 1.E-2' board from

   http://www.pcengines.ch/wrap.htm

but they EOL'ed and and where replaced by some more decent
ALIX boards:

https://shop.tronico.net/Embedded-Computer/ALIX-by-PC-Engines/Mainboards/

They are quite a bit cheaper than SOEKRIS - but no idea about
their shipment costs.

HTH,
Frank

-- 
43rd Law of Computing:
         Anything that can go wr
fortune: Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
From Jiri.Smejkal at cnw.cz  Wed Sep 23 17:31:43 2009
From: Jiri.Smejkal at cnw.cz (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Ji=F8=ED_Smejkal?=)
Date: Wed Sep 23 17:31:54 2009
Subject: Question about atheros 9220
Message-ID: <0FFC914A57259D4EBB4C448E8A8ECF15A2318FD6@SRVEX.cnw.local>

Hi all,

Did anybody try make to work minipci atheros card ar9220 chipset (routerboard R52n) with FBSD8 ? 

Pciinfo:	ath0@pci0:0:12:0:   class=0x028000 card=0x4202168c 				chip=0x0029168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00

FBSD detect the card O.K. but ifconfig ath0 up give

ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 14	at first up
and
ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3	at others up

ifconfig -m show some <unknown subtype> media.

Have tried in ALIX and Intel board (with pci/minipci card).

Thank you

			Jiri
From gosand1982 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 25 22:00:38 2009
From: gosand1982 at yahoo.com (George Sanders)
Date: Fri Sep 25 22:55:40 2009
Subject: recommendation for bulletproof 802.11b/g USB, with external antenna,
	for FreeBSD
Message-ID: <81386.21459.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>



Hello,

If you want a USB 802.11b/g with an external antenna, the knee jerk answer is always the alfa AWUS036H 500mw.  The problem is, the RTL8187L driver has only just been added to 8.0-CURRENT and this is for a production system, etc.

This isn't a project that I can be on the bleeding edge with.

So, I just want a rock solid _absolutely known to work with 6.x and 7.x_ USB wifi adaptor that can accept an external antenna.  802.11b/g, and the more powerful the better.

Thanks.

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From sam at freebsd.org  Sat Sep 26 18:37:48 2009
From: sam at freebsd.org (Sam Leffler)
Date: Sat Sep 26 18:37:54 2009
Subject: Question about atheros 9220
In-Reply-To: <0FFC914A57259D4EBB4C448E8A8ECF15A2318FD6@SRVEX.cnw.local>
References: <0FFC914A57259D4EBB4C448E8A8ECF15A2318FD6@SRVEX.cnw.local>
Message-ID: <4ABE5F72.2040500@freebsd.org>

Ji?? Smejkal wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Did anybody try make to work minipci atheros card ar9220 chipset (routerboard R52n) with FBSD8 ? 
> 
> Pciinfo:	ath0@pci0:0:12:0:   class=0x028000 card=0x4202168c 				chip=0x0029168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> 
> FBSD detect the card O.K. but ifconfig ath0 up give
> 
> ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 14	at first up
> and
> ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3	at others up
> 
> ifconfig -m show some <unknown subtype> media.
> 
> Have tried in ALIX and Intel board (with pci/minipci card).

Never heard of a 9220; but google shows it's new so not unexpected.
However that does mean the hal doesn't support it so what you see makes
sense.

	Sam
From sam at freebsd.org  Sat Sep 26 18:40:57 2009
From: sam at freebsd.org (Sam Leffler)
Date: Sat Sep 26 18:41:03 2009
Subject: recommendation for bulletproof 802.11b/g USB,
 with external antenna, for FreeBSD
In-Reply-To: <81386.21459.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <81386.21459.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4ABE6038.90209@freebsd.org>

George Sanders wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> If you want a USB 802.11b/g with an external antenna, the knee jerk answer is always the alfa AWUS036H 500mw.  The problem is, the RTL8187L driver has only just been added to 8.0-CURRENT and this is for a production system, etc.
> 
> This isn't a project that I can be on the bleeding edge with.
> 
> So, I just want a rock solid _absolutely known to work with 6.x and 7.x_ USB wifi adaptor that can accept an external antenna.  802.11b/g, and the more powerful the better.

Looks like this might do what you need:
http://www.ubnt.com/products/sr71usb.php.  The only issue is that it
uses a 9160 part which has known bugs and the driver doesn't
(apparently) know how to workaround them.  Otherwise I've never heard
usb and external antenna mentioned in the same sentence.

	Sam
From Jiri.Smejkal at cnw.cz  Sat Sep 26 19:26:34 2009
From: Jiri.Smejkal at cnw.cz (=?utf-8?B?SmnFmcOtIFNtZWprYWw=?=)
Date: Sat Sep 26 19:26:40 2009
Subject: Question about atheros 9220
In-Reply-To: <4ABE5F72.2040500@freebsd.org>
References: <0FFC914A57259D4EBB4C448E8A8ECF15A2318FD6@SRVEX.cnw.local>,
	<4ABE5F72.2040500@freebsd.org>
Message-ID: <0FFC914A57259D4EBB4C448E8A8ECF15A232F366@SRVEX.cnw.local>

It's clear now. Thanks. I thought chip id=0x0029 should be supported by your hal and 9220 look's older than 9280 ;-))
I can send a sample R52n for research.

Jiri

________________________________________
Odes?latel: Sam Leffler [sam@freebsd.org]
Odesl?no: 26. z??? 2009 20:37
Komu: Ji?? Smejkal
Kopie: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
P?edm?t: Re: Question about atheros 9220

Ji?? Smejkal wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Did anybody try make to work minipci atheros card ar9220 chipset (routerboard R52n) with FBSD8 ?
>
> Pciinfo:      ath0@pci0:0:12:0:   class=0x028000 card=0x4202168c                              chip=0x0029168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>
> FBSD detect the card O.K. but ifconfig ath0 up give
>
> ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 14 at first up
> and
> ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3  at others up
>
> ifconfig -m show some <unknown subtype> media.
>
> Have tried in ALIX and Intel board (with pci/minipci card).

Never heard of a 9220; but google shows it's new so not unexpected.
However that does mean the hal doesn't support it so what you see makes
sense.

        Sam