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Has Ubiquiti started shipping the toolchain necessary to build their Linux, or are they still violating the GPL? When last I checked, you could not compile you
by dsr_ 9y ago
Has Ubiquiti started shipping the toolchain necessary to build their Linux, or are they still violating the GPL?
When last I checked, you could not compile your own kernel for Ubiquiti devices and get something that worked the same way as before -- the switch ports, IIRC, and probably other stuff.
My firewall runs actual Debian Stable, gets updates to everything including the kernel, and happily handles the gigabit that VZ claims to be delivering to my house. (Actual speeds tested vary from 700-950Mb/s.)
- Scarbutt 9y agoWhat hardware? is it fanless/low energy, small factor as the ubiquiti ones?
- dsr_ 9y agoDepends on how many gigabit ports you want. I wanted five, so it pulls about 20W idle and 45W max. If you can survive with 2 and a WLAN, you can get down to about 5W idle and 25W max. Nothing is as small as custom non-PC hardware. However, I think mine is reasonably small and you can go to a NUC size for 2 gigabit ports.
- Arie 9y agoThey provide the GPL sources and SDK to build the entire kernel or just custom modules. 3.10.x kernel, but still.
- dsr_ 9y agoSo... you can build exactly what they supply, and possibly add-subtract kernel modules for a kernel so old that Android devices are more up-to-date? I'm glad they're in compliance with the GPL now, anyway. They were remarkably resistant.