-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
On 5/15/07, Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 02:55:50PM -0700, roger wrote: > > > First of all thank you for answering to my query. > > > I'm still slightly confused. As per Linuxbios wiki page says it is to be > > > used > > > also in embedded devices. I have been reading the wikipedia pages on the > > > the Linksys WRT54G series > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series > > > as well as OpenWRT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt . Is something > > > like that > > > possible in the near or far future? Also what do u mean by no x86 > > > compatible > > > routers? Can u direct me to some layman literature or something which > > > does tell me > > > exactly which types of routers linuxbios supports now and will support > > > in the near future. > > > > I have a WRT54G here. If I'm not mistaken, the Linksys Router box uses > > a MIPS processor. > > Routers seem to be using all kinds of systems, MIPS, PowerPC, ARM, x86 > (not very often), maybe more... > > > > >From my understanding, it takes very little to bring up the Linksys > > WRT54G? > > Have a look at OpenWRT, DDWRT, FreeWRT, etc. (free firmware for lots of > these types of routers). I have been looking at the alternatives. While don't know about the others but this is not so nice to see of DDWRT http://xwrt.blogspot.com/ > > Sure, it would be nice if someone would add support for ARM, MIPS, etc. > to LinuxBIOS, but currently we don't support those architectures. > > For routers where there's OpenWRT support it's not that pressing to have > support, either (IMO). But it would sure be interesting to support > "high-end" embedded MIPS, ARM, PowerPC stuff... > > Any volunteers? :-) > > > > Also, maybe embedded, meaning the EPIA motherboards? > > Yes, that too. Different people call different things "embedded" ;-) > > Via Epia and Geode systems are popular examples for what I would call > "high-end" embedded systems. > > > Uwe. > -- > http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de > http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGSdicXdVoV3jWIbQRAi3xAJ965IIwUJwf4OSFseWM/1H3KcXKUACggwTS > 05mE+KBbi+dTJa9f/nLFn64= > =6DG3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Thank you all for your answers. Will keep an eye on if and when you guys do get it on some <bold> X86-compatible</bold> router :) - -- Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org iD8DBQFGSfPklQ1T+3KaixcRAul+AJ9cZr5L8Jz9bFH3nP84Yac7aTOF3wCfXRyg PZ0LwZrPzx265XJdyEtzFzQ= =dyNG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios