Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar> writes:

> Hi,

Hi,

> I'm intending on getting a ARK-2120L [1] to server as a gateway for my
> network.
> I've been doing some research as to whether or not it'll work on OpenBSD.
>
> So far I've evaluated:
>
> CPU (Intel Atom, should work fine).
> LAN (82583V, is listed as working with "em").
>
> However, I'm curious as to whether I should take something else into
> consideration, in particular, the chipset. Do I need to check for some
> other driver compatibility, or should that be it?

The datasheet doesn't provide much information except "supported by
Linux 2.6".

> Do thing like the USB chipset require a specific driver, or is that sort
> of stuff standard? (sorry, I'm a bit ignorant on this regard).

I wouldn't worry about USB.

> I'm also slightly curious about the video driver. I don't care about X,
> or video acceleration, since I'll only use video for OpenBSD installation,
> nothing else. Should video work for any modern video card, even if only
> at a very poor resolution? Or do I still need to be careful about
> driver support?

This model has four serial ports, that would probably be nicer than
needing a screen and a keyboard.

> [1]
> http://www.advantech.com/products/ARK-2120L/mod_BD7B04DE-B994-4D74-96DE-21CDB
> 3F8158B.aspx
> [2][PDF]
> http://cms.tempel.es//adimage.php?filename=9_0000015551.pdf&contenttype=pdf
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
>
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