Re: [Soekris] LED controller

2010-08-09 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 05:09:26PM +0800, Pete Kay wrote: > Hi > > Thank you for your suggestion. I have got a few 74HC595 ICs and I > would like to try to use GPIO to drive this IC which will then in > light up the LED. > > Does anyone know how to use GPIO to generate the CLK signal? I know >

Re: [Soekris] Soekris 5501 with SSD disks

2010-02-02 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 01:59:47PM -0700, David Alexander wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:50:09 +, "Poul-Henning Kamp" > wrote: > > >In message <3f8f34c5-f376-46b0-9e2c-53a213d0e...@cq.nu>, Bob Camp writes: > > > >>> Don't get an SSD thinking you're going to get speed. The 5501 will > >>> li

Re: [Soekris] Various technical questions : power consumption, disk interface

2009-10-28 Thread Bernd Walter
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:41:51AM +0100, Emmanuel Florac wrote: > Le Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:04:55 +0100 > Bernd Walter écrivait: > > > > > No, that is not possible, you can either do CF+SATA or CF+PATA but > > > > to the best of my knowledge, SATA+PATA is imposs

Re: [Soekris] Various technical questions : power consumption, disk interface

2009-10-28 Thread Bernd Walter
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:54:03PM -0500, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: > I don't know if this will be of use in this particular situation, but there > are companies that sell port multipliers for SATA and USB and such. SATA port multipliers need controllers and software supporting them. The 5501 u

Re: [Soekris] Soekris Alternatives

2008-10-09 Thread Bernd Walter
On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 01:38:50PM -0700, Sargun Dhillon wrote: > Well, In my mind Soekris has lost its reputation. I am asking because I > assume the people here know this field. I am willing to move back to > Soekris once they "prove" they are a business solution yet again. > > The things whic

Re: [Soekris] net5501 FreeBSD install - console useless after loader

2008-09-04 Thread Bernd Walter
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 01:12:20AM -0400, Ryan Rawdon wrote: [...] > Building the boot loader > arguments > Relocating the loader and the > BTX > Starting the BTX > loader

Re: [Soekris] net4511 scheme

2008-09-02 Thread Bernd Walter
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 06:03:25PM +0300, Alexander Pogrebny wrote: > Wim Vandeputte: > > hey, > > > > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 05:40:06PM +0300, Alexander Pogrebny wrote: > > > >> I mean and the PCB layout ant the electrical scheme. > >> > > > > I don't think these are public. Ask Soren but

Re: [Soekris] flash wear with FreeBSD fifolog

2008-08-09 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 02:04:28PM +0200, Wim Vandeputte mailinglist only wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 12:53:23PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > > You can easily get a CRC read error for a logical block far away from > > the block which was written during power fail. > &g

Re: [Soekris] flash wear with FreeBSD fifolog

2008-08-09 Thread Bernd Walter
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:41:40PM +, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Tancsa writes: > > >I am working on our next rev of nanobsd and was looking to > >incorporate FreeBSD's fifolog program for more persistent logging. It > >seems to take care not to write out

Re: [Soekris] Net5501: USB devices & attach/detach events

2008-05-29 Thread Bernd Walter
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 05:24:03PM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > > You need to use a full/low speed hub or disable ehci controller support > > in kernel or upgrade to FreeBSD-7. > > > I was in FreeBSD 7 and was having issues. Same Soekris 4801. Even having > it between a 7.0 Toshiba laptop an

Re: [Soekris] Net5501: USB devices & attach/detach events

2008-05-28 Thread Bernd Walter
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 04:08:23PM -0400, Guy F. Boyd wrote: > > > From: Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [Soekris] Net5501: USB devices & attach/detach events > > Guy, > > It seems there is a current "USB not working right

Re: [Soekris] Soekris PoE + netgear switch + serial console = KABOOM!

2008-05-11 Thread Bernd Walter
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 03:54:47PM -0400, Bob Keyes wrote: > > We've had a problem here with a NetGear ethernet switch, model FS116P. If you > have the Soekris 4826 connected over PoE and a serial console, you'll blow > out > the PoE port on the NetGear...permanently! Our 8 ports of PoE are now

Re: [Soekris] net5501 + video card?

2008-02-29 Thread Bernd Walter
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 08:37:57PM +1100, Malcolm Herbert wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:54:16 +, "The Fungi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said: > > Well, *finding* a low-power, 3.3V-only, 32-bit, PCI video card could > > be a bit of challenge. There have been some list posts in the past > > about using

Re: [Soekris] net4801 problem pxeboot'ing OpenBSD 4.2 from FreeBSD 6.3

2008-02-21 Thread Bernd Walter
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Bernd Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:30:30PM +, Adam Retter wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > On

Re: [Soekris] net4801 problem pxeboot'ing OpenBSD 4.2 from FreeBSD 6.3

2008-02-21 Thread Bernd Walter
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:30:30PM +, Adam Retter wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008/02/20 23:08, Adam Retter wrote: > > > The console output over COM0 from the net4801 is below, but basically > > > I have no idea what "Unknown e

Re: [Soekris] 5501 interface information updated on the Wiki

2008-02-15 Thread Bernd Walter
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:43:37AM -0800, Ralph Becker-Szendy wrote: > Given all the whining in the last few days (and months and years!) about > missing documentation from Soren, I updated the unofficial Soekris Wiki > with a page about interfaces on the 5501 board: > http://wiki.soekris.info/5

Re: [Soekris] Anyone know what JP3 does on net5501?

2008-02-14 Thread Bernd Walter
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 02:45:36AM -0800, gavrik peterson wrote: > Wow! My question about JP3 sure got a big response. I think this is > the second time I asked about something like this and it turned into > complaints about the lack of documentation. Well - after all you are asking for a document

Re: [Soekris] Small LED/LC-Display to display time with OpenBSD

2008-01-31 Thread Bernd Walter
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 02:46:04PM +0100, Tobias Brink wrote: > Hello. > > I own a Soekris net5501 which runs OpenBSD and is generally used as a > router/firewall. As it is always on and its clock is synchronized > via NTP I thought it would be nice to have a small LED- or LC-display > to show th

Re: [Soekris] net5501 USB port speed?

2008-01-22 Thread Bernd Walter
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 11:43:06AM +0100, Marc Balmer wrote: > Andreas Schweigstill wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Malcolm Herbert schrieb: > >> NetBSD-4.0 and what I thought was a USB2.0 external caddy ... > > > > USB 2.0 doesn't neccessarily mean that a device is high-speed mode > > capable. There a

Re: [Soekris] /etc/make.conf for 5501 under FreeBSD ?

2007-12-28 Thread Bernd Walter
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:22:31PM +, Martin Johnson wrote: > Hello, > > I like to build FreeBSD and its applications from source, since "make > buildworld", "make buildkernel" and the Ports system are so easy. So > I may as well use the correct build settings to squeeze the best > perf

Re: [Soekris] net4801 DC INPUT

2007-12-22 Thread Bernd Walter
ec 22, 2007, at 6:10 PM, Bernd Walter wrote: > > >On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 12:57:55PM -0500, Christophe Prevotaux wrote: > >>Actually for everybody else's information > >>Soren said absolute maximum is 28Volts DC > >> > >>I hope this information is

Re: [Soekris] net4801 DC INPUT

2007-12-22 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 12:57:55PM -0500, Christophe Prevotaux wrote: > Actually for everybody else's information > Soren said absolute maximum is 28Volts DC > > I hope this information is useful to somebody else > even though the 4801 is EOL. Who says the 4801 is EOL? The Controller is EOL, but

Re: [Soekris] Choosing Compact flash (Was: Memory upgrade)

2007-12-18 Thread Bernd Walter
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 12:19:10AM -0700, Anthony Roberts wrote: > > OpenBSD will just fit on 512 MB, including the compiler and docs. > > But that is just a bit too small when you do a recompile (due to files kept > > open by running processes). > > A 512 Mb CF card is a bit painful. Many package

Re: [Soekris] Net4801 component identification help

2007-11-28 Thread Bernd Walter
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 07:27:26AM -0500, Bob Camp wrote: > Hi > > When used as a fuse a ferrite bead generally does a poor job. They > will move quite a bit of current before they explode. I seem to prove > that every so often ... Well - Søren wrote that it is rated for 2,5A, which is a lot

Re: [Soekris] net5501 and CF + ATA + SATA

2007-11-04 Thread Bernd Walter
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 12:35:26AM +0300, Richard Storm wrote: > On 11/4/07, Bill Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just out of curiosity: are you just testing your Soekris box to it's > > limits, or do you really want to use it this way? Or, hope you don't > > mind a bit of friendly sarcasm: do

Re: [Soekris] net5501 boot trouble

2007-10-23 Thread Bernd Walter
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 11:27:15PM +0200, Bill Maas wrote: > Hello The Fungi, > > everything works fine with cu(1) on OpenBSD 4.0. Still the whole thing > has left me with a few questions. > > I'm sure that there wasn't a problem with the net4801 the first time I > tested, but now there is as wel

Re: [Soekris] net4801-60 died

2007-09-19 Thread Bernd Walter
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 08:23:49AM +0100, magnus.hagdorn wrote: > > Hi there, > I wonder if you have any suggestions of what I could try next. My net4801-60 > based firewall (running IPCop) has suddenly died yesterday, after running for > half a year without any problems. When I power up the uni

Re: [Soekris] duplicate MAC address ?

2007-07-15 Thread Bernd Walter
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:50:36AM +1200, Jonathon Exley wrote: > What's up with the OUI? From > http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt: > > 00-00-24 (hex)CONNECT AS > 24 (base 16)CONNECT AS > HOERKAER 7-9 > DK 2730 HERLE

Re: [Soekris] Powersupply Net4801

2007-07-13 Thread Bernd Walter
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 11:37:04PM +0200, Egbert Jan wrote: > Tnx Bob and others. Having the disk in the 4801 is a nuisance anyway and I > should get rid of it. But installing Vyatta router is easier on disk than on > CF... Pity that you need a disk with less than 0.5 A. I use a standard 2.5" > IBM

Re: [Soekris] Powersupply Net4801

2007-07-13 Thread Bernd Walter
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 04:07:22PM +, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Egbert Jan writes: > > >Now I had another sneaky plan: to feed the > >diskdrive via a separate regulator (7805). > > A 7805 will not be able to start a disk, most disks have peak > current demands

Re: [Soekris] net5501 CDMA Card

2007-04-27 Thread Bernd Walter
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:13:09AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 09:06 AM 4/27/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >What is wrong with a USB CDMA/GSM/3G/etc solution? Either a native USB or > >PC-CARD with "PC-CARD -> USB"-adapter? > > > >http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/support/ufaq/supportedcards.

Re: [Soekris] net4801 and Transcend 8 GB CF Card?

2007-04-18 Thread Bernd Walter
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:46:24PM -0700, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: > I am considering purchasing a Transcend TS8GCF120 card for a Soekris > net4801. Is anyone using this card? I read somewhere that someone was > using this card for an embedded system and it would not work. There > were no othe

Re: [Soekris] 4801 thats stopped responding

2007-03-26 Thread Bernd Walter
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:04:41AM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 4801 I bought about a year + 1/2 ago. It > runs FreeBSD off a CF card with a USB flash to help it. It > ran great for 10 months, but over the last 8 months its > been "locking up" on me. I put that in quot

Re: [Soekris] fixing a PUC / uart speed issue (4511)

2007-03-24 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 12:52:08AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > Hi, > I have a mini-pci UART that has a problem with its speed on > FreeBSD. When I connect to it at 300bps the other side sees this as > 1200. e.g. > > Other PC PUC device > 4800 1200 > 9600 2400 > 19200 4800 >

Re: [Soekris] Clear screen on boot

2007-03-24 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:33:49AM -0400, Mr. Bill wrote: > Hello RW, > > I use OpenBSD cu(1), which is of course fully featured and excellently > documented. I guess at the time I was pointed at an _option_ and blindly > looked for a command option. Then I found that shell redirection served > my