[Soekris] net6501 FPGA

2011-08-09 Thread Jason Galarneau
I know these boards haven't been released yet, but can someone tell me what I might use a FPGA for? I mean, I know it's a user programmable chip, but what sort of things would it be useful for in a firewall / router? I'm trying to decide between the 6501 and a Supermicro Atom mini-itx system and

[Soekris] Current best practice for OpenBSD installs?

2010-05-25 Thread Jason Galarneau
I have a net4801 that I'm building into a firewall for home use. With large flash cards being so easily affordable, what's the current best practice for OpenBSD installs? I've tried flashdist, but don't see a compelling reason to slim things down when I have a 4GB CF card. I like the idea of hav

[Soekris] Working FreeBSD 8 Kernel Config for 5501

2009-12-28 Thread Jason Galarneau
I've tried about a dozen times to compile a smaller kernel under FreeBSD 8 for my new net5501. Could someone post a working slimmed down kernel config? I'll be using it as a basic access point with pf etc Thanks, Jason ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soe