On 2022-03-07, Alex Waite <a...@waite.eu> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I will purchase a new home router soon, and hope to consolidate my ancient > switch into it as well. > > Has anyone here had success running OpenBSD on the MikroTik RB5009UG+S+IN? [1] > > It's ARM8 64-bit, so I expect OpenBSD to install and run, but the networking > I am unsure about (Marvell Amethyst 88E6393X). [2] > > I have not found any information about OpenBSD support for the Marvell > Amethyst series, so I fear that it is not (yet) supported. Can anyone confirm > one way or the other, or speak to the likelihood that support will be added? > > ---Alex > > [1] https://mikrotik.com/product/rb5009ug_s_in > [2] https://i.mt.lv/cdn/product_files/RB5009UGS_210729.png
OpenBSD doesn't currently run on any MikroTik routers other than old versions on the old powerpc RB600A. https://www.openbsd.org/socppc.html OpenBSD does support boards with the same SoC family (Armada 7/8k; rb5009 has Armada 7k) but MikroTik uses a proprietary bootloader. If someone wanted to look into what's needed to make them work, there is an OpenWRT version that should run on these now, which may help: https://github.com/adron-s/openwrt-rb5009 88E6393X is the switch chip; it might be similar to those supported by mvsw(4) but OpenBSD has no framework for controlling how enbedded switches are configured; all it does is bridge all ports together. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
