[MinnowBoard] OpenWRT Lure (Was: Re: mSATA Lure (aka Flotsam Lure) )

Chris Benson chris at chrisbenson.com
Wed Sep 3 03:02:23 UTC 2014


Very interested.  Would definitely purchase.



On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Hawley, John <john.hawley at intel.com> wrote:

>  I think the “openwrt” lure is not a bad idea, but I question how
> expensive it’s going to be (and want people to keep this in mind).  It
> looks like you can pick up a reasonably decent 802.11ac device with
> mainline support for openwrt for ~$100 now (in fact there’s only one
> mainline device that supports 802.11ac if I’m looking correctly).  Keeping
> in mind that to even get started we are already at ~$100 just for the MAX.
> The MAX would clearly be SIGNIFICANTLY more powerful than most routers, but
> is that enough to justify the cost?
>
>
>
> I know there’s been other talk of lures to include similar things:
>
> -          Single AND Dual port gig-e
>
> -          Seacat already has mSATA and mPCI-e
>
>
>
> So what we are really suggesting here is adding a pci-e bridge, daisy
> chaining a dual-port gig-e chip off one lane and routing another leg to a
> mPCI-E slot so people can add a wifi card.  And taking one of the gig-e
> ports and breaking it out to a switch (one that I’d assume is vlan
> capable).  Dave Anders is right, that this won’t fit in the same form
> factor as the MAX, and will likely be fairly large (overall), and pci-e
> bridge chips are rather expensive chips.
>
>
>
> If there’s interest, I’m all for pushing forward, but I want to try and
> get a real feeling for how interesting this is to people.
>
>
>
> -          John
>
>
>
> *From:* elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org [mailto:
> elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Darren Hart
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 8:35 AM
> *To:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [MinnowBoard] mSATA Lure (aka Flotsam Lure)
>
>
>
> With respect to the integrated switch, I would recommend avoiding that and
> leaving them as discrete Ethernet interfaces. You can always bridge them in
> software, making the design much more flexible. This is how the Ubiquiti
> Edge Router Lite is setup and I find it very nice to work with.
>
>
>
> Unless you meant 2 distinct interfaces AND a built-in switch, in which
> case sure - although I think it might get cost/size prohibitive rather
> quickly.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Darren Hart
> Open Source Technology Center
>
> darren.hart at intel.com
>           Intel Corporation
>
>
>
> *From: *Michael Jarvis <mjarvis.tx.08 at gmail.com>
> *Reply-To: *MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion <
> elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
> *Date: *Friday, August 29, 2014 at 11:54
> *To: *MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion <
> elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [MinnowBoard] mSATA Lure (aka Flotsam Lure)
>
>
>
>  OpenWRT is definitely an application I'm interested in for the
> Minnowboard Max, so I'm chiming in on the lure page.
>
>
>
> I could see even different levels of OpenWRT lure, with a simple dual
> gigabit ethernet NICs at the low end, and perhaps a high-end lure with an
> integrated switch, wireless NIC, etc.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:40 AM, David Anders <danders at circuitco.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> On 08/29/2014 11:33 AM, selsinork at gmail.com wrote:
>
> those are very much from the embedded world. Then put something like
> https://openwrt.org/  on it.
>
>
>
> hehe, very different definitions of embedded, hehe
>
> when we did the design for Max this type of application wasn't really a
> target, but it is certainly flexible enough to support this use case. we'd
> just need to get the right combination of features on a lure with the right
> price and size...
>
> i'd suggest for anyone interested in this type of Lure, that they provide
> feed back over on the elinux wiki:
>
> http://www.elinux.org/OpenWRT_Lure
>
> Dave
>
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