FreeBSD 10.0 image and build script for EdgeRouter Lite
Joe Holden
lists at rewt.org.uk
Sun Feb 9 03:22:32 UTC 2014
On 09/02/2014 01:34, Juli Mallett wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Outback Dingo <outbackdingo at gmail.com
> <mailto:outbackdingo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Juli Mallett <jmallett at freebsd.org
> <mailto:jmallett at freebsd.org>> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Joe Holden <lists at rewt.org.uk
> <mailto:lists at rewt.org.uk>> wrote:
>
> > On 08/02/2014 00:23, Juli Mallett wrote:
> >>
> >> The most likely scenario is that very minor changes will be
> required to
> >> support the additional model, possibly as little as just
> recognizing its
> >> model identifier.
> >>
> >> Juli....
> >>
> >
> > IIRC the bigger variants are Octeon II with hardware switches
> (likely
> > marvell/broadcom) - what are the chances of getting support
> for either
> > given the NDA requirements?
>
>
>
> okay so wait, should i buy the light and not risk getting the pro
> and npot having it worlk? Id really like the pro version
>
>
> The Pro definitely won't work out-of-the-box because its model
> identifier would at minimum need added to FreeBSD. The question is how
> hard it would be to support. It seems to be based on the CN6120, so I'd
> be concerned that any number of things could present a problem,
> primarily USB support and Ethernet. I know that some on this list were
> very disappointed with a similar device (albeit with some different
> hardware) that it was difficult to find someone to work on. I've got
> hardware for that even though I don't have the EdgeRouter Pro, but
> ENOTIME. I would be happy to help someone else try to walk through the
> process, or encourage you to contact Cavium asking if they have any
> interest in helping further to support FreeBSD on Octeon II. I know
> that for some vendors FreeBSD availability on Octeon is a selling point,
> and I'd like to think that at some point that will mean someone will
> have the interest in doing the work, or funding the work.
>
> Thanks,
> Juli.
Given that I couldn't even get a response from Cavium when trying to
give them some money I wouldn't even bother - they have no interest in
helping unless you're going to buy 10s of 1000s of units
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