Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-29 Thread Paul Mansfield
Paul Mansfield wrote: In fact, I was looking at a new Atom mobo a little earlier which is much more power efficient: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/D945GSEJT/sb/CS-030300.htm the Poulsbo or US15W chipset also promises power savings, e.g.

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-29 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Paul Mansfield it-admin-pfse...@taptu.com wrote: Paul Mansfield wrote: In fact, I was looking at a new Atom mobo a little earlier which is much more power efficient: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/D945GSEJT/sb/CS-030300.htm the Poulsbo or

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-28 Thread Paul Mansfield
David Burgess wrote: With the AMD Geode going EOL, and the Atom being targeted more for ITX and desktop formats, it's getting harder to ignore devices like these. I think Intel are only just getting started with Atom - they've still got a lot to in reducing the power of the support chipset! In

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-28 Thread Tim Nelson
- Paul Mansfield it-admin-pfse...@taptu.com wrote: David Burgess wrote: With the AMD Geode going EOL, and the Atom being targeted more for ITX and desktop formats, it's getting harder to ignore devices like these. I think Intel are only just getting started with Atom - they've still

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-28 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Paul Mansfield it-admin-pfse...@taptu.com wrote: David Burgess wrote: With the AMD Geode going EOL, and the Atom being targeted more for ITX and desktop formats, it's getting harder to ignore devices like these. I think Intel are only just getting started

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-28 Thread Chris Buechler
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Tim Nelson tnel...@rockbochs.com wrote: In regards to alternate arch's, wouldn't something like ARM or MIPS provider better PPS rates than x86(_64)? No difference due to the architecture. There are some higher end MIPS platforms that are equivalent to big $

[pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-27 Thread David Burgess
I didn't see any discussion on the forums or in the archives of porting pfsense to the arm architecture. Is this on the horizon? Would it be a complicated project? With the AMD Geode going EOL, and the Atom being targeted more for ITX and desktop formats, it's getting harder to ignore devices

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-27 Thread RB
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:58, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: I didn't see any discussion on the forums or in the archives of porting pfsense to the arm architecture. Is this on the horizon? Would it be a complicated project? Yes, but not directly because of pfSense. The underlying

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-27 Thread David Burgess
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:47 AM, RB aoz@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:58, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: I didn't see any discussion on the forums or in the archives of porting pfsense to the arm architecture. Is this on the horizon? Would it be a complicated

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-27 Thread Scott Ullrich
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: That's a good reason. What about using a NetBSD base? I suppose that would be another big job? More than you can imagine. Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [pfSense Support] arm arch?

2009-05-27 Thread David Burgess
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Scott Ullrich sullr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: That's a good reason. What about using a NetBSD base? I suppose that would be another big job? More than you can imagine. I won't try then. Turns