Re: running OpenBSD on switch hardware

[RedShift]

RedShift wrote:
Hello all,
I've got this linksys SRW2016 managed 16 port gigabit switch at home. 
The only problem with it, is that the firmware well eh, sucks. The 
telnet interface can't configure everything (just basic setup, you can't 
even set up SNMP or VLANs) and the webinterface only works correctly 
with Internet Explorer.

Now during the bootup messages I see that the processor is an ARM946E-S. 
Since OpenBSD should run on ARM processors (armish port?) I wonder if it 
would be possible to replace the current firmware with an OpenBSD install.

To upgrade the firmware, you need two images, a "boot" image and 
"software" image.

But before I get started, would this even be possible? I'm already 
having a hard time screwing open the device :-(.

You have to keep in mind I'm no good at programming, I know very little 
C beyond hello world, let alone booting such a piece of hardware.

Thanks,

Glenn


Update: I misread the bootup information, it says it has an "88E6218 
with ARM946E-S". The 88E6218 seems to be a marvell chip commonly used in 
 cheap routers for home.