On 4/5/07, RedShift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello all,
I've got this linksys SRW2016 managed 16 port gigabit switch at home.
The only problem with it, is that the firmware well eh, sucks. The
telnet interface can't configure everything (just basic setup, you can't
even set up SNMP or VLANs) and the webinterface only works correctly
with Internet Explorer.
Now during the bootup messages I see that the processor is an ARM946E-S.
Since OpenBSD should run on ARM processors (armish port?) I wonder if it
would be possible to replace the current firmware with an OpenBSD install.
To upgrade the firmware, you need two images, a "boot" image and
"software" image.
But before I get started, would this even be possible? I'm already
having a hard time screwing open the device :-(.
You have to keep in mind I'm no good at programming, I know very little
C beyond hello world, let alone booting such a piece of hardware.
Thanks,
Glenn
I don't think the ARM 946 has a MMU which I'm pretty it needs to run
OpenBSD. So I think you are out of luck. Don't know if Linux runs on
systems without MMU but it's worth a try.
BR
dunceor
