Re: How to install NetBSD on NSLU2 (evbarm)?

[Steve Woodford <scw%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wednesday 16 January 2008 21:59:22 Donald T Hayford wrote:
> I see in the install.html for NetBSD-4 that the NSLU2 is now
> supported under the evbarm platform.  I've run Debian on my NSLU2 for
> some time and am very interested in trying BSD.  But, I'm a little
> confused as to where to find it.

The problem is that NSLU2 Ethernet is not supported in 4.0, which 
renders the port more or less useless.

NetBSD-current does have Ethernet support, but you will have to download 
some firmware from Intel first.

NSLU2's README is located here:

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/sys/arch/evbarm/nslu2/README

The IXP425 Ethernet firmware README is located here:

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/sys/arch/arm/xscale/ixp425-fw.README

Because of the nature of the device and the firmware distribution 
issues, getting NetBSD onto an NSLU2 is non-trivial. Feel free to keep 
asking questions here though if you decide to take the plunge!

Cheers, Steve