[CUWiN-Dev] Re: CUWIN on Meraki Mini

[Matthew Isaacs]

On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 19:30 -0500, Bob Keyes wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Bao Q. Nguyen wrote:
> 
> > Bob,
> >
> > So if David can get CUWIN to compile for the Meraki Mini, which is the same
> > MIPS processor that's on the WGT63U (Atheros 2515?) is running so then
> > porting CUWIN to the WGT63U should be much simpler. 

If the devices are running the same processor, the task is somewhat
easier.  All that would remain is adding support for any onboard
peripherals.  Unfortunately this isn't always as straightforward as we
would like, due to lack of documentation from manufacturers.  If the the
processor is the same, a good place to start is by netbooting a kernel
designed for the Meraki.  This should help you ID the board's devices.
If you're lucky, the kernel will already have support for the critical
components.  The most likely components to NOT have support:  USB
controllers, flash controllers, timers/clocks, onboard VLAN/Switch
chips.  

Hope that helps.

> Since the problem I'm
> > seeing now with the Meraki is the limited 8MB flash, but if you can get the
> > USB driver for NETBSD to loaded, you can use the USB device as the root
> > partition then you no longer have the 8MB limit like the Meraki does.
> 
> That's my thought, but I'd actually like to find some way to fit it all
> within 8mb. I was thinking that maybe some of the essential, but perhaps a
> bit bloated, parts of NetBSD could be rewritten to be more compact.
> 
> > So I
> > guess we can wait for David's progress on compiling CUWIN for the EVBMIPS
> > platform.
> 
> Yes. I just wish I knew where I could help with the effort.
> 
> > Btw, how you get so many WGT63U? I wanted to get some more but I got my
> > hands on 3 of them right around the time they announced to stop production.
> 
> When 'JustDeals' had them in quantity, myself, a friend, and the City of
> Cambridge all bought large quantities from them. JustDeals was selling
> them on ebay for quite some time. I sold several on Amazon. If my money
> sitatuation gets any worse, I'll start doing that again.
> 
> > Is that the Linkgear 100 or something else? That one seemed expensive
> > compare to the Meraki Mini or WGT63U.
> 
> It's not the 100, which was an sh4. This is something else, and it is
> expensive, but he's got a lot of classy things in it which I can't
> remember all of right now but I do know that while it has onboard Atheros
> radios (as opposed to mini-PCI) that they are high-power and have good rx
> sensitivity.
> 
> The other thing you get from Linkgear is that the tech support is awesome.
> Maybe not for everone, but if you've got a difficult task that you need
> hardware or software customization on, Linkgear would be worth it. Note:
> David Claffey, their main US Engineer, is a friend of mine. I have no
> other reason to toot their horn!
> 
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