Andi wrote: > Hi Jim, Hi list, > > Jim Gettys wrote: >> Unless that investment can be done in parallel, this change translates >> into delay and cost. Right now, there are only one set of people >> familiar with the mesh code, working under a tight deadline. We're not >> about to tell them to delay the overall project by switching horses in >> midstream. >> >> So to break the conundrum there also have to be people willing to >> actually do the work, as the primary firmware team is working on getting >> us code we can use and deploy. > ... >> As in the base system BIOS/firmware situation, the right way to look at >> this is we know the desired/needed end-state, and to take steps toward >> that state as time and resources permit. > > That's good news. > Basically you say that you will *support* a parallel development, if > there are people willing to do a parallel development. > OK. > What's needed to start: > - a cheap and easy to get development environment: > Since a BTest-1 Systems is still a hard to get thing... > In what cheap device, *sold* *worldwide*, is the Marvell Libertas > 88W8388 chip in a to the Gen1-System compatible manner build in ? > Candidates: > - Xbox 360 WifiAdapter http://wiki.free60.org/WifiAdapter > Start at 65 EUR > Could someone ask Marvell kindly about that please ? > > If we have OLPC Gen1-System compatible development hardware we could > evaluate the Marvell RTOS alternatives http://ecos.sourceware.org/ and > http://www.tinyos.net/ > > > Andi
Its a pity the gumstix.com guys used the 88W8385 as their wifi stix board would have been perfect http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=172 (I have a couple on my desk) There is an olsr package now available in their standard buildroot. But I don't think they do yet have that opensource driver they mention. They ran into the same problem with the firmware. May be worth while for someone to have a chat with them. Alex _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
