[Xorp-users] XORP : Embedded Platform Software requirements

[Troy Benjegerdes]

Is this the board you have, or did you do a custom board?

http://www.atmel.com/tools/SAM9G20-EK.aspx

If you've got USB-host, (or SDcard) you should be able to put
a debian-arm chroot on a usb driver/sdcard. This is how I'm 
running debian (and self-hosted compiling xorp) on a Asus
transformer android tablet.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:28:07PM +0000, MAS . wrote:
> We have AT91SAM9G20EK ( Maxim ARM9). SMI Driver is working fine. Also I
> have marvell SDK for switch and its too working fine.
> I think there is NO way to install debian-arm, I'll look into it.
> 
> On 11 April 2012 22:18, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer at hozed.org> wrote:
> 
> > What cpu are you using to talk to the marvell chip? I assume
> > you have an SMI (serial managment interface) port and driver
> > on your embedded ARM cpu..
> >
> > Would you have a way to install and boot a debian-arm image?
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:11:48PM +0000, MAS . wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > Thanks for the reply Troy,
> > >
> > > I am student and we have designed ARM board with marvell switch chip
> > > 88E6065 in our lab. Actually I want to manage L2 functionality of switch
> > > chip using XorPlus, which is another derivative  of XORP with L2
> > > functionality.
> > >
> > > Board has Linux-2.6.30 kernel version running on it and Uboot-1.3.4.. we
> > > also have gcc, gdb nothing more. I cross-compiled Xorplus and put it on
> > the
> > > board but its literally doing nothing, no logs, no error messages. Same
> > > XorPlus is running fine on x86 machine.
> > >
> > > For trial purpose I executed xorp_rtrmgr on x86 and board without any
> > > configuration. On x86 machine atleast its printing error messages but on
> > > board its doing nothing? I thought may be xorp needed some packages other
> > > than xorp libreary.
> > >
> > > thanks and regards,
> > > MAS.
> > >
> > > On 11 April 2012 21:52, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer at hozed.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > This would probably depend on what embedded linux distribution the
> > > > board is running and what board it is, and how you cross-compiled
> > > > the package.
> > > >
> > > > If you can give us more details, we might be able to help.
> > > >
> > > > I'm going to attempt to build it on my debian-arm install,
> > > > and see what happens.
> > > >
> > > > If you have some constraints (or ndas) so you can't provide more
> > > > details about what board and distro, there are probably several
> > > > of us (including myself) that would be happy to do a consulting
> > > > contract to help you out as well.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:28:26PM +0000, MAS . wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have compiled XORP and installed on x86 machine then its working
> > fine.
> > > > > But I need to put it on embedded board with ARM processor so I
> > > > > cross-compiled it and put it on the board.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now problem is that its not working fine, even its not printing any
> > error
> > > > > messages on terminal. I don't know what is wrong. Can anyone help
> > me. Is
> > > > > there any software package requirements i.e. do I need to install
> > > > > any softwares on board in order to XORP to work? Basically my board
> > only
> > > > > has Linux running on it without any spacial packages.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks and regards,
> > > > > MAS
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> >
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> > Troy Benjegerdes                 'da hozer'                hozer at hozed.org
> > 7 elements Farm                                         TerraCarbo biofuels
> >
> > An Engineer is a man who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a
> > dollar.
> > -anonymous
> >
> > If you're going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill
> >
> > The challenge in changing the world is not in having great ideas, it's in
> > having stupid simple ideas, as those are the ones that cause change.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks and Regards,
> MAS.

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Troy Benjegerdes                 'da hozer'                hozer at hozed.org  
7 elements Farm						TerraCarbo biofuels

An Engineer is a man who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a dollar.
-anonymous

If you're going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill

The challenge in changing the world is not in having great ideas, it's in
having stupid simple ideas, as those are the ones that cause change.