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Openbsd router, can it run on arm?

15 points by asddas 11y ago

lutusp 11y ago
Well, define "run". The code can almost certainly compile to ARM object code, but whether that code could meaningfully interact with a router based on an ARM processor is an entirely different question, with no clear answer in the linked article.
- asddas 11y ago
  Ok, trying to get Raspberry Pi work. Perhaps netbsd is better?
gh02t 11y ago
I can't find anywhere they provide the source code. Maybe it's on the disk img, but in any event it's going to be pretty difficult to get it working on ARM without the creators getting involved. Also it seems like I've heard routing performance in OpenBSD isn't that great on ARM. It typically also has trouble using hardware accelerators that are commonly used on ARM routers to get faster routing performance, which is why a lot of people build them with beefier x86 machines. I don't have a lot of experience with it OpenBSD on ARM though, so someone who knows better please correct me if I'm wrong.
- DArcMattr 11y ago
  The ARM SoC marketplace's common hardware denominator is the CPU. The rest of that system differs widely between vendors, and documentation for the pieces is poor-to-nonexistent. Two OpenBSD devs run the Garbage.fm podcast [1], and they often lament about this state of ARM hardware. [1]: http://garbage.fm/ http://garbage.fm/
fencepost 11y ago
OpenBSD currently has little support for ARM - there's armish which runs primarily on some specific devices http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html and an unofficial armv7 port being worked on but not fully up to snuff http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html So overall, not really.
- asddas 11y ago
  Got it, not all works then.
protomyth 11y ago
Here would be the supported ARM port for OpenBSD ARM-based appliances (by Thecus, IO-DATA, and others) http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html and not officially supported but being worked on ARM-based devices, such as BeagleBone, BeagleBoard, PandaBoard ES, SABRE Lite, Nitrogen6x and Wandboard http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html one of the previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9482696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9482696
- asddas 11y ago
  Thanks!

15 points by asddas 11y ago

Well, define "run". The code can almost certainly compile to ARM object code, but whether that code could meaningfully interact with a router based on an ARM processor is an entirely different question, with no clear answer in the linked article.

asddas 11y ago
Ok, trying to get Raspberry Pi work. Perhaps netbsd is better?

gh02t 11y ago

I can't find anywhere they provide the source code. Maybe it's on the disk img, but in any event it's going to be pretty difficult to get it working on ARM without the creators getting involved. Also it seems like I've heard routing performance in OpenBSD isn't that great on ARM. It typically also has trouble using hardware accelerators that are commonly used on ARM routers to get faster routing performance, which is why a lot of people build them with beefier x86 machines. I don't have a lot of experience with it OpenBSD on ARM though, so someone who knows better please correct me if I'm wrong.

DArcMattr 11y ago
The ARM SoC marketplace's common hardware denominator is the CPU. The rest of that system differs widely between vendors, and documentation for the pieces is poor-to-nonexistent. Two OpenBSD devs run the Garbage.fm podcast [1], and they often lament about this state of ARM hardware. [1]: http://garbage.fm/ http://garbage.fm/

fencepost 11y ago

OpenBSD currently has little support for ARM - there's armish which runs primarily on some specific devices http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html and an unofficial armv7 port being worked on but not fully up to snuff http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html So overall, not really.

asddas 11y ago
Got it, not all works then.

protomyth 11y ago

Here would be the supported ARM port for OpenBSD ARM-based appliances (by Thecus, IO-DATA, and others) http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html and not officially supported but being worked on ARM-based devices, such as BeagleBone, BeagleBoard, PandaBoard ES, SABRE Lite, Nitrogen6x and Wandboard http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html http://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html one of the previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9482696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9482696

asddas 11y ago
Thanks!