From 067960c6c1c1b41c9c2811183747f21c0c4e74bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:09:51 +0200 Subject: overview notes --- design/overview.page | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'design') diff --git a/design/overview.page b/design/overview.page index 3bd4cbd..96fa6c4 100644 --- a/design/overview.page +++ b/design/overview.page @@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ See [hardware]() for specific components and costs; in summary: - Low-bandwidth "internet of things" gateway with 802.15.4 radio - Hardware entropy generation device +The proposed software stack is to run a tweaked OpenWRT router firmware +distribution on the bare metal, and run server processes in one or more +virtualized full debian environments. + +Porting and documentation effort will be made such that users can swap out the +default software stack for regular debian, regular OpenWRT, pfSense (FreeBSD), +or OpenBSD as they see fit. + +A bootloader and multiple-partition scheme will retain a "factory" copy of the +default configuration on the internal micro SD card to assist with recovering +from misconfiguration. + ## Comparison See [../research/devices]() for a listing of other similar hardware devices. -- cgit v1.2.3