what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?

rday

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Re: what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 13-04-08 5:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>    other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
> layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
> quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
> end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
> one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?

From: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2444

MIPS suggested refresh: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax

.. but I've yet to complete the due diligence on seeing if I can
actually purchase one :) That's going to happen shortly after yocto
1.4 completes.

Bruce

>
> rday
>

Re: what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bruce Ashfield wrote:

> On 13-04-08 5:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >    other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
> > layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
> > quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
> > end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
> > one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?
>
> From: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2444
>
> MIPS suggested refresh: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax
>
> .. but I've yet to complete the due diligence on seeing if I can
> actually purchase one :) That's going to happen shortly after yocto
> 1.4 completes.

  it would appear there's a canadian branch of ubiquiti:

http://ubnt.ca/en/8-edgemax

but based on what i remember about ubiquiti, it's *excruciating* to
try to figure out how to buy anything from them.

rday

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Re: what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bruce Ashfield wrote:

> On 13-04-08 5:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >    other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
> > layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
> > quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
> > end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
> > one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?
>
> From: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2444
>
> MIPS suggested refresh: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax
>
> .. but I've yet to complete the due diligence on seeing if I can
> actually purchase one :) That's going to happen shortly after yocto
> 1.4 completes.

  ok, based on a bit more reading, it *seems* that the phrase
"edgemax" refers to a "platform", while an actual router based on that
platform might be the edgerouter lite:

http://ubnt.ca/en/edgemax/61-edgemax.html

  does that make sense? if you look at this page:

http://ubnt.ca/en/8-edgemax

it seems that the edgerouter lite is the single actual product in that
category, and it appears to be buyable online.

rday

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Re: what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bruce Ashfield wrote:

> On 13-04-08 5:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >    other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
> > layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
> > quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
> > end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
> > one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?
>
> From: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2444
>
> MIPS suggested refresh: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax
>
> .. but I've yet to complete the due diligence on seeing if I can
> actually purchase one :) That's going to happen shortly after yocto
> 1.4 completes.

  i ordered one last night -- total $159.79 (CAD), including
shipping. it took a couple minutes to understand what i was reading
here:

http://ubnt.ca/en/8-edgemax

  "edgemax" is simply the generic name for the "platform" -- the
product itself is the edgerouter lite 3 (or "erlite3" as they like to
abbreviate it):

http://ubnt.ca/en/edgemax/61-edgemax.html

so the next shipment comes in on friday to ubnt.ca, at which point
they'll ship one to me.  the admin claims that they're getting in only
a "very limited" number of them on friday, so you can take that with
whatever grain of salt you feel is appropriate, but i wanted one.

rday

p.s. i was interested in a newer MIPS box as a former student of mine
dropped me a note and told me his corp was planning a new product
based on the MIPS SEAD-3:

http://www.mips.com/products/development-kits/mips-sead-3/

but that thing is crazy expensive ($2K USD).

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Re: what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bruce Ashfield wrote:

> On 13-04-08 5:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >    other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
> > layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
> > quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
> > end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
> > one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?
>
> From: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2444
>
> MIPS suggested refresh: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax
>
> .. but I've yet to complete the due diligence on seeing if I can
> actually purchase one :) That's going to happen shortly after yocto
> 1.4 completes.

  one final addition to the picture, the ERlite 3 seem to have some
real horsepower, according to the specs:

  http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax#EdgeMAXhardware

* (Layer-3 base forwarding) 1,000,000 pps for 64-byte packets. Line
rate (3 Gbps) across all three ports for 512-byte packets and higher

* Dual-core MIPS64 processor with hardware acceleration for packet
processing and encryption/decryption

* 3 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet ports

* 512 MB DDR2 RAM

* 2 GB onboard flash storage

* 1 RJ-45 serial console port

  the full datasheet:

http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/datasheets/edgemax/EdgeRouter_Lite_DS.pdf

at $159 (CAD) which includes shipping, that strikes me as eminently
affordable.

rday

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Re: what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 13-04-09 10:15 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>
>> On 13-04-08 5:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>>
>>>     other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
>>> layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
>>> quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
>>> end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
>>> one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?
>>
>> From: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2444
>>
>> MIPS suggested refresh: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax
>>
>> .. but I've yet to complete the due diligence on seeing if I can
>> actually purchase one :) That's going to happen shortly after yocto
>> 1.4 completes.
>
>    one final addition to the picture, the ERlite 3 seem to have some
> real horsepower, according to the specs:
>
>    http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax#EdgeMAXhardware
>
> * (Layer-3 base forwarding) 1,000,000 pps for 64-byte packets. Line
> rate (3 Gbps) across all three ports for 512-byte packets and higher
>
> * Dual-core MIPS64 processor with hardware acceleration for packet
> processing and encryption/decryption
>
> * 3 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet ports
>
> * 512 MB DDR2 RAM
>
> * 2 GB onboard flash storage
>
> * 1 RJ-45 serial console port
>
>    the full datasheet:
>
> http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/datasheets/edgemax/EdgeRouter_Lite_DS.pdf
>
> at $159 (CAD) which includes shipping, that strikes me as eminently
> affordable.

Indeed. And thanks for digging into this more, that's the leg work that
I was starting for 1.5, and now it is largely done. Having a new h/w
reference for MIPS has been near the top of the list for some time.

Bruce

>
> rday
>

Re: what's the situation with MIPS support/BSPs/dev kits in yocto?

[William Mills]

On 04/09/2013 07:27 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>
>> On 13-04-08 5:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>>
>>>     other than the canonical routerstation pro in the meta-yocto-bsp
>>> layer, is there any serious work being put into MIPS machines?  a
>>> quick google didn't seem to find anything, and the rs pro itself was
>>> end-of-lifed a while back (as i recall), so is there something else if
>>> one wants to use yocto on a MIPS dev kit?
>>
>> From: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2444
>>
>> MIPS suggested refresh: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax
>>
>> .. but I've yet to complete the due diligence on seeing if I can
>> actually purchase one :) That's going to happen shortly after yocto
>> 1.4 completes.
>
>    i ordered one last night -- total $159.79 (CAD), including
> shipping. it took a couple minutes to understand what i was reading
> here:

I ordered one just now from the N.C. distributor.  They did not say 
anything about back order so I expect it in a couple of days.

(And no this does not mean anything wrt TI.  It is for my own 
intellectual curiosity.)

>
> http://ubnt.ca/en/8-edgemax
>
>    "edgemax" is simply the generic name for the "platform" -- the
> product itself is the edgerouter lite 3 (or "erlite3" as they like to
> abbreviate it):
>
> http://ubnt.ca/en/edgemax/61-edgemax.html
>
> so the next shipment comes in on friday to ubnt.ca, at which point
> they'll ship one to me.  the admin claims that they're getting in only
> a "very limited" number of them on friday, so you can take that with
> whatever grain of salt you feel is appropriate, but i wanted one.
>
> rday
>
> p.s. i was interested in a newer MIPS box as a former student of mine
> dropped me a note and told me his corp was planning a new product
> based on the MIPS SEAD-3:
>
> http://www.mips.com/products/development-kits/mips-sead-3/
>
> but that thing is crazy expensive ($2K USD).
>