tplink TL-WR1043ND access point is now ready (was Re: svn commit: r227926 - head/sys/mips/conf)

[richo]

On 25/11/11 12:33 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>On 25 November 2011 10:38, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>
>> This is very, very interesting.  Does the USB port work with FreeBSD? Is
>> there any usable GPIO?
>
>The USB port worked the last time I checked; I'll go and check and
>report back if it doesn't work.
>
>There's a lot of GPIO but they're all taken up with LEDs. :)
>
>> Can FreeBSD be used on the cheaper versions, like the TL-WR740N?  It's
>> throw-away cheap, as in cheap enough to use as a wireless sensor.
>
>If it has an Ar71xx, Ar724x, AR913x SoC in it, then yes. Someone will
>either have to buy/ship me one or do the legwork to shoehorn freebsd
>onto it though. :)
>
>According to the openwrt site - the previous revisions have an AR724x
>in them and an AR9285 wireless CPU. So yes, FreeBSD will boot, but
>there's some hacks needed to get the wifi up on it. If someone
>buys/ships me one after the new year I'll make it happen.
>
>Note - it has 16mb RAM and 4mb of flash. You're going to have to do
>significant legwork to squeeze down FreeBSD to be usable on such a
>small platform. I don't have the time for that.
>
>Note - the newer revision of hardware has an AR933x SoC/wifi chipset
>in it. There's currently no FreeBSD support for that and there won't
>be until I finish of the current 11n stuff (or people jump in and help
>me.) If someone wants to give porting the CPU and wireless support
>from Linux over then give me a buzz and I'll start you down the right
>path.
>
>
>Adrian

I'm interested in porting.

I'm taking 2 weeks leave over christmas, Can I ping you the week before I
leave work?

--
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