In article <47879BDE0200003F00010C16%NODE02.crp.local@localhost>, David Dudley <DavidDu%cctexas.com@localhost> wrote: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >I'm working on engineering and development of a project and need a >little advise: > >1. My application is for industrial networking and control systems, >using embedded hardware (currently developing applications on a Soekris >Net5501 card, with Argonne National Labs EPICS control software). I >picked NetBSD because it was supported on so many different hardware >platforms, and therefore seemed a better candidate for use if a >different piece of hardware was used in the future. From the list of >products it supports, it seems probable that anything I might end up >using, NetBSD would be most likely to be able to run on. > >There seems to be some concern as to whether FreeBSD, NetBSD, or Linux >is a better choice in this situation. I discount Linux totally, because >I don't see it as being flexible enough for this application, and I can >only count on limited amounts of resources in the target system, and >Linux definitely isn't a 'small' system. I would consider NetBSD to be >a better choice for this, but can I get some opinions on this choice? > >2. Due to the sensitive nature of these systems (I'm working on the >Municipal Water Supply system right now, but the Natural Gas system is >probably the next candidate), we fall under Public Safety jurisdiction, >and have therefore been instructed to attempt to use the 4.9 Ghz public >Safety band. > >Ubiquiti networks has developed the SuperRange-4 networking card that >uses that frequency band, but it is based on the AR5414 chipset, which >is not currently supported by NetBSD. > >Are there any plans in the near future to upgrade the NetBSD driver to >support this chipset? The FreeBSD driver already supports it, which is >a plus in that column, but for flexibility I can put a plus in the >NetBSD column, which equalizes the field. If there are plans in the >works for re-importing the driver from Free, which is what was done >previously, I can still put a plus in 'Net's column, which puts Net out >in front, again. > >Any opinions or suggestions? If there is a FreeBSD driver for the chip you want, we can easily port it to NetBSD. christos