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This time? Maybe? ;)

Context:

17.1: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=2441.msg29897#msg29897
18.1: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=7741.msg35479#msg35479
19.1: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=10937.msg50053#msg50053

19.1 :)

...is coming soon :D

one day.. one day..  maybe 18.7?  ::)

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[FreeBSD]

I wonder what it takes to build a unofficial beta (or alpha) image for this target. Is there any documentation how to build opnsense 18.1? Is there a build system for it? Is there somewhere some starting point?

Beside FreeBSD there is also native support for Allwinner H3/H2+ SoCs in OpenBSD and NetBSD (if it helps in some way...)

I can't find anything in the link regarding version 11.1 or 12 .. IMHO only 12 has builds for ARM but I'm not an expert on this ...

I think it's all in already: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/11/sys/arm/allwinner/h3/

I'm sure, it's all inside =)

Support for the Allwinner H3 SoC has been added. [r299688]

Release Notes FreeBSD 11: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/relnotes.html#hardware-arm

I had a talk with Franco yesterday about this .. we'll dig into this when FreeBSD 12 will reach beta or rc state.
ATM it's too early to build test releases with v12 code base (which supports ARM)

AFAIK right now FreeBSD 11.x is stable (including ARM: https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/) and has support till 2021. Also OPNsense is based on *BSD 11.x right?

And for FreeBSD 12 it's at least one year more to wait  :'(

[Allwinner H3 (sun8i), a quad-core Cortex-A7]

Hello,

once again. Still on the wish list. Maybe not even that hard to achieve :o

FreeBSD supports the following Allwinner SoCs:

    Allwinner A10 (sun4i), a single core Cortex-A8
    Allwinner A13/R8 (sun5i), a single core Cortex-A8
    Allwinner A20 (sun7i), a dual-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner A31 and A31s (sun6i), a quad-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner A64 (sun50i), a quad-core Cortex-A53
    Allwinner A83T (sun8i), an octa-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner H3 (sun8i), a quad-core Cortex-A7

From: https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Allwinner

The latest in the list (H3) is also the most affordable one with a very nice bang for bucks ratio and is also meltdown and spectre free!

For example this little guy here (Orange Pi R1) costs around USD 13.90 and could go as a very nice road warrior with very decent VPN throughput:



(the used H2 SoC is tecnically a H3: https://linux-sunxi.org/H3#Variants)

And here a link were somebody created a freebsd for two H3 boards: https://framkant.org/2017/07/running-freebsd-on-nanopi-neo-or-orangepi-zero/

I still have hope!  :-*

[Allwinner H3 (sun8i), a quad-core Cortex-A7]

But does it run FreeBSD? ;)

It should. The SoC used is a Allwinner H2+ (tecnically a H3 without video) and one page before someone released an image for a H3 SoC.

FreeBSD supports the following Allwinner SoCs:

    Allwinner A10 (sun4i), a single core Cortex-A8
    Allwinner A13/R8 (sun5i), a single core Cortex-A8
    Allwinner A20 (sun7i), a dual-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner A31 and A31s (sun6i), a quad-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner A64 (sun50i), a quad-core Cortex-A53
    Allwinner A83T (sun8i), an octa-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner H3 (sun8i), a quad-core Cortex-A7

From: https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Allwinner

And someone who builded FreeBSD: https://framkant.org/2017/07/running-freebsd-on-nanopi-neo-or-orangepi-zero/

It would be more than awesome to see these damn cheap and powerful devices supported by opnsense!  8)
[...]

So the SoC is natively supported by FreeBSD. Is there any change to see a (beta) build of opnsense for the H3/H2+ SoC Family? Or is there any guide how to do this?

Thank'S & Greetings

Orange Pi
- the 2'nd Ethernet Port seems to be an USB2LAN-port (RTL8152B)
- only 256 MB RAM
- only 32 Bit CPU

This is what you get for $13,90. What do you offer for that price? Anything?

For the use of as a "personal firewall" (i.e. with your notebook/tablet while travelling) that would not be a show stopper for me. What counts as an opnsense for this purpose is a supported wifi device, openVPN, DNS (IDS/IPS would be nice, but not necessary, would not be feasible, I guess). Power supply from a USB-port or from a larger power bank.

Exactly the case. This device is has a typical power usage around 1W and is therefore the perfect device for travel and road warrior scenarios. But also the use at home should be more than fine. For Enterprise you should maybe invest a little more.. Maybe 10 to 100 times more....

[18.1]

Maybe we should directly forward this to 18.1  ;D

...and do the tick for:

Future development*

The development team and users have some wishes they'd like to see in one of the future releases.

• ARM support

https://opnsense.org/about/road-map/ *slightly modified ::)

[Allwinner H3 (sun8i), a quad-core Cortex-A7]

But does it run FreeBSD? ;)

It should. The SoC used is a Allwinner H2+ (tecnically a H3 without video) and one page before someone released an image for a H3 SoC.

FreeBSD supports the following Allwinner SoCs:

    Allwinner A10 (sun4i), a single core Cortex-A8
    Allwinner A13/R8 (sun5i), a single core Cortex-A8
    Allwinner A20 (sun7i), a dual-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner A31 and A31s (sun6i), a quad-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner A64 (sun50i), a quad-core Cortex-A53
    Allwinner A83T (sun8i), an octa-core Cortex-A7
    Allwinner H3 (sun8i), a quad-core Cortex-A7

From: https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Allwinner

And someone who builded FreeBSD: https://framkant.org/2017/07/running-freebsd-on-nanopi-neo-or-orangepi-zero/

It would be more than awesome to see these damn cheap and powerful devices supported by opnsense!  8)

Meanwhile there is a no go solution called zeroshell (Warning! Outdated kernel! Don't use this anywhere! And don't visit www.zeroshell.org)

[orange pi r1]

Leave the bananas where they are... go with the orange!

recommended hardware: orange pi r1





but be aware! It costs $13,90 and there is no official opnsense available  :'(