Liinux running on a device sadly doesn't say anything about available documentation or the complexity of the interface that need to be implemented.
On 8/8/15, Alexander Schreiber <a...@thangorodrim.ch> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 06:42:04AM +0200, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: >> > this board has quite a number of features, and might be useful for >> > education if the cost isn't prohibitive. >> >> The list is impressive and the schematics ought to make things >> simpler, but will support for Plan 9 be a real possibility? >> >> Persoanlly, I think Gbit ether is essential and a second ether port >> almost equally so. I couldn't quite figure out what type of graphics >> driver the CI20 provided or how easily Plan 9 would deal with it. >> >> My choice would be to support MikroTik equipment in the role of >> routers or CPU servers, but that of course is itself limiting. > > Another type of machine worth looking at is the EdgeRouter Lite (aka > Erlite 3) from Ubiquiti Networks: Dual Core 500 MHz MIPS64 CPU (Cavium > Octeon), 512MB of RAM, 3x GBit Ethernet, Cisco style console port > running at 115200. The OS (EdgeOS) runs from an internal USB stick. > EdgeOS is based on Vyatta which is in turn based on Debian. I've > successfully converted the Erlite3 to run plain Debian (jessie with > a custom 3.18.19 kernel) - replacing the firmware just involves undoing > three screws on the case, opening it and replacing the internal USB > stick. So now two of those run my network at home - one as core router, > the other as edge router (for the 100 MBit Fiber uplink). Running plain > Debian, of course, I never looked at the EdgeOS system. > > The USB hardware is rather picky which sticks it recognizes, but > SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB works reliably. The Gentoo folks also have > information about it: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3 > > Seeing as Linux already (and without crazy closed firmware blobs) runs on > it, > it might be an interesting machine to port Plan9 to. > > As for availability: Amazon sells it for less than $100, and with the > Prime package, i.e. you can get _very_ quickly ;-) > > Kind regards, > Alex. > -- > "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and > looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison > >
