[oe] RFC: machine customized ixp4xx NPE firmware

[Mark Gollahon]

Richard Purdie wrote ..
> 
> A neat way to handle this might be to define:
> 
> IXPMACHINES = "nslu2|ixp4xx|whatever"
> 
> and then the ixp specific .bb's check IXPMACHINES rather than a specific
> list. The list would then be maintained in one place and is easily
> updated if anyone adds a new ixp like machine.
> 
> I've not looked at the specifics, its just a random idea I had...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard

I want to second this approach as I tried awhile back to build OE for an IXP4XX-based machine that came into my possession and, during that time, ended up patching several IXP-specific .bb's to add my new machine.  My work would have been much easier had IXPMACHINES existed.

(NOTE: I did get it almost completely working, the only problem ended up being the networking ports didn't work, which, for a firewall machine, meant the device was useless.  There is an IC175 switch chip sitting between the IXP's two network ports and the physical ports and I couldn't figure out how to hack the IXP net driver to get the IC175 to pass eth frames.)

Regards,
-Mark Gollahon