Flash procedure for Atheros AR934x board in neBSD

[Vennila]

We are new to netBSD platform. We were able to cross compile for MIPs
architecture in netBSD 6.1 successfully. We could observe the below images
created by the build.
1. netbsd
2. netbsd.bin
3. netbsd.bin.gz
4. netbsd.gdb
5. netbsd.map
6. netbsd.ub

We are unable to find complete procedure to download the netBSD images on
Atheros hardware.
Please help us to get the procedure to download netBSD images using BDI
(with TFTP).
In addition to the same, please help us to identify bootloader support for
Atheros hardware in NetBSD source.

Hardware details:
Atheros AR934x board
MIPs 74Kc processor

Thanks,
Vennila



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[Vennila]

We are new to netBSD platform. We were able to cross compile for MIPs
architecture in netBSD 6.1 successfully. We could observe the below images
created by the build.
1. netbsd
2. netbsd.bin
3. netbsd.bin.gz
4. netbsd.gdb
5. netbsd.map
6. netbsd.ub

We are unable to find complete procedure to download the netBSD images on
Atheros hardware.
Please help us to get the procedure to download netBSD images using BDI
(with TFTP).
In addition to the same, please help us to identify bootloader support for
Atheros hardware in NetBSD source.

Hardware details:
Atheros AR934x board
MIPs 74Kc processor

Thanks,
Vennila



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[Vennila]

Please let us know the netbsd forum in which we get inputs for downloading
netbsd images in Atheros hardware



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[Manuel Bouyer]

Post by Vennila
Please let us know the netbsd forum in which we get inputs for downloading
netbsd images in Atheros hardware

Hello,
port-mips@ is the right list. If you didn't get reply, it's probably because
nobody knows here ...

[Vennila]

Thank you very much for the response.
We downloaded NetBSD v6.1. As per NetBSD v6.1, we could observe atheros
support and sys/arch/evbmips/conf has DB120 configuration. As we assume that
someone might have worked with Atheros hardware (DB120), we wish to request
for flashing procedure for Atheros hardware.

Kindly share the available procedure so that we can try the same.



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[Manuel Bouyer]

Post by Vennila
Thank you very much for the response.
We downloaded NetBSD v6.1. As per NetBSD v6.1, we could observe atheros
support and sys/arch/evbmips/conf has DB120 configuration. As we assume that
someone might have worked with Atheros hardware (DB120), we wish to request
for flashing procedure for Atheros hardware.
Kindly share the available procedure so that we can try the same.

This config file has been commited by Matt Thomas, so I guess he's the
one who could answer. Matt, are you listening here ?

[Matt Thomas]

Post by Manuel Bouyer

Post by Vennila
Thank you very much for the response.
We downloaded NetBSD v6.1. As per NetBSD v6.1, we could observe atheros
support and sys/arch/evbmips/conf has DB120 configuration. As we assume that
someone might have worked with Atheros hardware (DB120), we wish to request
for flashing procedure for Atheros hardware.
Kindly share the available procedure so that we can try the same.

This config file has been commited by Matt Thomas, so I guess he's the
one who could answer. Matt, are you listening here ?

Barely. I never flashed the board since I always netbooted.

I assume that it's done via u-boot but I don't know the method.

[David S. Alessio]

Post by Matt Thomas

Post by Manuel Bouyer

Post by Vennila
Thank you very much for the response.
We downloaded NetBSD v6.1. As per NetBSD v6.1, we could observe atheros
support and sys/arch/evbmips/conf has DB120 configuration. As we assume that
someone might have worked with Atheros hardware (DB120), we wish to request
for flashing procedure for Atheros hardware.
Kindly share the available procedure so that we can try the same.

This config file has been commited by Matt Thomas, so I guess he's the
one who could answer. Matt, are you listening here ?

Barely. I never flashed the board since I always netbooted.
I assume that it's done via u-boot but I don't know the method.

The RouterStation Pro has a bootloader (redboot IIRC) that can tftp and reflash the firmware. Instructions for installing Linux-based router FW (OpenWRT) can be found here:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/routerstation.pro

My suggestion would be to follow the OpenWRT instructions with the Linux FW to first establish a baseline of success, then replace it with NetBSD.

I'd be interested to hear about your success...

Regards,
-david