DreamPlug support committed

[Ian Lepore]

On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 09:28 +0100, Johan Henselmans wrote:
> On 27 jan. 2013, at 18:01, Ian Lepore <ian at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > FYI, I've committed the last missing bits of support for the DreamPlug,
> > so as of r245955 it's now possible to build for dreamplug without
> > needing any extra patches, using stock kernel config DREAMPLUG-1001.  I
> > also included the .dts file for the rare model 1001N (contains nand
> > flash rather than nor flash).  The kernel config file has a little
> > comment block at the end that says what to change to build for the 1001N
> > model (of which there are probably only a few dozen in the wild).
> > 
> > As the name implies, the kernel and dts config files are for a model
> > 1001 dreamplug, but I think the same config will work properly on an
> > 0901 model as well, at least until we have wifi drivers for both.  (As I
> > understand it, different wifi chips are the primary difference between
> > the 0901 and 1001 models.)
> > 
> > There's a good chance this config would also work properly for a
> > GuruPlug, or need only minor changes.  If anyone has a GuruPlug and
> > wants to try it, I'd be happy to work without you to figure out if there
> > are any changes needed and get them committed too.
> > 
> > -- Ian
> > 
> 
> Thanks Ian. I compiled an earlier FreeBSD version for the dreamplug, that did not support the wireless chip on the dreamplug. 
> 
> According to Linux code that should be a Marvell 8787.
> 
> Do the current patches take care of the wireless driver?

Unfortunately, they don't.  I'm not really set up to work on a wifi
driver; I don't have the gear or the knowledge.  I'd be happy to work
with someone else who wants to work on it though, to make sure the
results get committed.

-- Ian