Minitar Wireless AP and Linux

Oct 03, 2003 1 Replies
J

Hi folks,



I've just ordered a Minitar Wireless AP

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and downloaded the latest firmware upgrade. Decompressing the file and sniffing for strings, it appears that this little device is running Linux.



The processor is a Realtek RTL8181 (I think it's a MIPS) - I've searched but found no info on a Linux port for this device - just a lot of references to linux drivers for realtek ethernet chips...



Can anybody shed any light on this?



Thanks,



John



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my google-torch shines:

It is a relatively new SoC by Realtek:

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Based on a pretty old (1999) MIPS core by Lexra
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so it shouldn't be too hard to cram a linux MIPS kernel into it once you know the rest of the SoC details.

regards

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