[erikarn]

Yup. OpenWRT uses (patched!) Linux, but with a much smaller set of libraries/utilities to fit in small storage footprints. I'm using ye normal FreeBSD libc, libcrypto, etc - things are pretty big.

It could be fun to take something like the BSD kernel and an alternative BSD licenced userland to make a much smaller footprint device, but I don't have the energy to /also/ do that.

If someone would like to do that then please do step up and do it! I wouldn't even mind if the FreeBSD wifi stack and Atheros MIPS support was ported back to NetBSD and NetBSD was used for this purpose.

[pyvpx]

NetBSD has some support of some kind for some of the Atheros chipsets. I understand even less about MIPS in NetBSD than I do in FreeBSD; but I'm very interested and financially motivated.

I'll have to get on freebsd-mips and start getting annoying with my simpleton questions :)

[J_Darnley]

Can you build a BSD on a case-insensitive file system? I wanted to look at modifying openwrt to fit on my routers but I was shocked to discover that linux needs a case-sensitve file system to build.

Anyway, it was a good read, thanks.

[erikarn]

nope, it only builds inside freebsd for now. that's a bit of a sore point which I'd like to fix, but .. you know, ENOTIME.