Hi Luis, I'm also interested in trying out the waters by porting OpenWrt over. I've noticed reports that WD My Net routers appear to be developer-friendly -- according to the reports like https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Western_Digital_My_Net_N750, the models sold to end-users still do have the serial header present (JP1 on N750); and also have the special recovery procedure from a failed firmware update (http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n900#recovery.procedure and http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9618/~/how-to-recover-a-my-net-router-from-a-failed-firmware-update).
Do you at all know if the recovery procedure could be used to test out custom firmwares without the possibility of bricking the device? Cheers, Constantine. On 3 April 2014 14:31, Luis E. Garcia <l...@bitamins.net> wrote: > Constantine, > I'm looking into porting OpenWRT to the WD MyNet N900. > Since the IP8K has an mmu it should be able to compile without too much > issues. > I'm currently trying to get the toolchain from trunk to work. > > Regards, > Luis E. Garcia > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:55 AM, José Vázquez <ppvazquez...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 2014-04-03 6:58 GMT+02:00, Constantine A. Murenin <muren...@gmail.com>: >> > Hello, >> > >> > It has come to my attention that the recently discontinued WD My Net >> > line of dual-band routers is just about the best bang for the buck -- >> > they're currently selling N900 (w/ 8x GigE and 256MB of RAM) for 49,99 >> > USD at Staples, or 39,99 USD if you order it in person from the store >> > with the 20% in-store coupon, off from the original price of 149,99 >> > USD. This firesale appears to come and go since late 2013, even >> > before the whole line was discontinued in early 2014 (for example, >> > Staples still appears to have some N750 left, but it's not on sale >> > this week, unlike N900). >> > >> > http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n900 >> > >> > http://www.staples.com/WD-My-Net-N900-HD-Dual-Band-Router/product_937135 >> > >> > However, N900 it's not supported by OpenWRT -- the whole Ubicom IP8K >> > platform is not supported. >> > >> > Is there a reason for that? >> > >> > What would it take to add the support? >> > >> > WD My Net N900 looks like just about the best piece of hardware over >> > at http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start list, this repeated firesale >> > price of 39,99 USD is just insane and is easily 3x less than the >> > competition -- might be a good motivator for adding support to >> > OpenWRT. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Constantine. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > openwrt-devel mailing list >> > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org >> > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >> > >> AFAIK ubicom32 was deprecated because it was hard to maintain, need a >> different toolchain, ip6k and ip5k had not mmu and some other things. >> IP8k seems to have mmu and some interesting features, but still has >> its own architecture. >> Take a look at this link to check the status: >> >> https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/branches/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/ubicom32 >> The GCC version is 4.4.7. >> >> Regards: >> >> Pepe >> _______________________________________________ >> openwrt-devel mailing list >> openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org >> https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
