Globalscale Dreamplug and 8.3 RELEASE

[Ian Lepore]

On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 16:32 -0700, Dave Hayes wrote:
> For reference, I've since compiled FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE for the 
> dreamplug based on some information on this list, and that seems to see 
> both ethernet ports fine.
> 
> I'll probably go with 9.1 for my "production" dreamplug since that works 
> currently for me, but I will likely need to run both 9.1 and 8.3. So I'd 
> be happy to test any patches you come up with.
> 
> In the meantime I'm still somewhat struggling with building ports for 
> ARM. Having abandoned cross-compilation for various reasons, I'm trying 
> unsuccessfully to get QEMU to run an arm ports builder on 9.1-PRERELEASE 
> using this GUMSTIX kernel idea. I would like to find a real step-by-step 
> guide for this; those that are out there do not appear to work properly. 
> I know 10 has some easier way, but has anyone tried this on 9.1? Are 
> there alternative suggestions I might consider?

I checked out 9-stable today and applied the latest patches posted by
Richard Neese on this list today, and while the DP "sees" the second
ethernet port (mge1 exists) it still wouldn't send packets on that port
until I changed the MPP pin assignments in the DTS file to match the pin
setup done by the builtin linux that came pre-installed on the unit.

I haven't yet tried to build ports using stock freebsd.  At work we have
an arcane and complex and fragile system for cross-building ports, which
I only partially understand.

-- Ian