Re: Ralink RT3050F

Hi Archimedes,
I love MIPS, like many of us love some childhood toys :)
But I think we should not waste our free time on something not popular.
Otherwise our love FreeBSD will become a childhood toy.
Thanks!


ср, 31 серп. 2022 р. о 18:08 Archimedes Gaviola <
archimedes.gaviola@gmail.com> пише:

> Hi Aleksandr,
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 11:04 PM Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@dlink.ua> wrote:
>
>> Hey Archimedes,
>>
>> for a good start you can setup bootp, since network working.
>> Otherwise use geom_map to split flash into parts and put ulzma compressed
>> rootfs into a filesystem partition.
>>
>
> Thanks for your inputs, this is well noted, I'll try this out as well. I
> stumbled an article here
> https://www.bidouilliste.com/blog/2015/07/22/FreeBSD-on-Olimex-RT5350F-OLinuXino/
> though his using RT5350F chipset but the outcome is very similar to my
> DIR-600 RT3050F. The next step he did is also the step that I am
> figuring-out at the moment on creating an mfsroot. It is also described in
> the manual
> https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=md&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+13.1-RELEASE+and+Ports.
> At least I have two options to explore.
>
> After deletion of MIPS support from the tree, interest in it grew :)
>>
>
> Ah okay, so that explains why I could no longer find mips directory source
> in the 14-CURRENT. Too bad I'm already at a dead-end :) but it's alright,
> maybe there were deeper reasons behind such decision. In my case, I'm
> reviving an old DIR-600 which I bought 11 years ago. I attempted exploring
> flashing different firmware at that time but fell short with support of
> this chipset because at the time, if I remember correctly, only
> Atheros-based chipsets were popular and common with firmware support. So, I
> decided to keep it until 2 weeks ago I found and remembered this device
> again as someone is cleaning my room and placing it into another location.
> I opened it again to check what the chipset was, as I really forgot it. I
> also plugged the power cable and found out that it is still operational. I
> searched the internet and found some documentation and most especially the
> link howto from FreeBSD on compiling a kernel, so I decided to try again.
> So, that's the reason why I'm here :) As I searched further online there
> were still modules available for sale that are using Ralink and Atheros
> chipsets. Maybe this is the reason why interest is still growing.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Archimedes
>
>
>

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