On 04/06/2013 07:18 PM, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote:
> Hi Joep;
>
> Am 06.04.2013 18:27, schrieb Joep L. Blom:
>> Since mid 2012 a very small system has appeared on the market under the
>> name of the Raspberry PI.
>> I have seen several applications already made for it. I was thinking if
>> that is not an ideal system for LEAF.
>> It comes with a Debian derived ubuntu-like OS, is based on an ARM
>> processor (700 Mhz ARM11) 512 MB SDRAM, 10/100 Ethernet card and several
>> I/O ports. External storage is by using a SD-card.
>> Of course it has only 1 ethernet card on board and only 2 USB ports but
>> it has also GPIO pins to be used for peripherals.
>> If you want to know more there is a wiki here> http://elinux.org/Main_Page
>>
>> I'm curious if somebody knows it (even has experience?) as they costs
>> next to nothing (€28 ex VAT). Of course you need things like SD-cards
>> (With or without OS) etc.
>> I am very much interested if it is possible to use it for a LEAF firewall.
>> Joep
>
> We do have some experience how to boot LEAF on a Raspberry Pi, see:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/leaf/blog/2013/03/leaf-for-raspberry-pi/
>
> and
>
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/index.php?title=Bering-uClibc_5.x_-_Developer_Guide_-_Appendices_-_Hardware-Specific_Guides#Considerations_about_initrd
>
> The code has also been committed to git.
>
> With only 1 NIC it does not fit really well for router. But at least
> LEAF can boot on a Raspberry Pi - a playground for probably new ideas.
Just wondering if I could put some usb-ethernet adapters or such on it.
Is that feasible?
Having one unit to play on my desktop...
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