FreeBSD 6.2 (and 7.0/-Current) both run on IXP42x today. Then issue
(s) preventing pfSense from appearing on one of these platforms are:
a) there is a compiler bug, having to do with floating point, that I
haven't found the time to locate/fix. The good news (?) is that
linux doesn't have
the same problem, so its a small matter of locating the issue (deep
in the toolchain and/or SFP support in the kernel) and then fixing it.
This bug prevents many programs (such as awk) from compiling.
b) FreeBSD's packaging/build environment is aimed squarely at x86/
ia64 machines.
I am unaware of anyone else attempting to put pfSense on ixp42x, and
I have all the boards I need.
Jim
On Jul 30, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Kelvin Chiang wrote:
Hi Jim,
Ok, no problem. I recalled seeing messages somewhere that someone
needed
xscale board to port pfsense onto xscale.
Regards, Kelvin
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:18 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] XScale Platforms
I haven't heard anything about this.
On Jul 29, 2007, at 11:25 PM, Kelvin Chiang wrote:
I read in the previous threds that the development teams need some
support on XScale boards. Do you still need them?
Regards, Kelvin
