sancher Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 It would be great if you make MIPS architecture build.There are a lot of devices with this processor architecture.I use legendary asus wl-500gpv1 with Broadcom BCM4704.My router is always online so I could sync my work and home computers with it.Thank you for your great app! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos13 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 We will check if this is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirein Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I know that is possible, because MIPS devices have the same issues as an ARM one. As this fact, that SyncApp has been ported to ARM, rebuild it for MIPS-Linux will be easilly. Of course, we must to know, that MIPS architecture (such as an ARM) has two different models of CPU: with and without memory manager. Sometimes we can install ucLinux only, and in this case software must have a special build for it. May be it will be a two different versions for different kernels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sancher Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Yeah, I need to mention that I use firmware from this project http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/1.9.2.7-rtn - mainstream, 2.6.22 kernel basedAnd http://code.google.com/p/wl500g-repo/ repositoryThey use modern toolchain: http://code.google.com/p/wl500g-repo/downloads/list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos13 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I know that this is possible too Possibility meant not a technical complexity, but rather time constraints we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkman Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I've got a DVico TVIX M-6500A which runs the following MIPS CPU. Could we get a build for MIPS please?root@TViX:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo system type : Sigma Designs TangoXprocessor : 0cpu model : MIPS 4KEc V6.9Initial BogoMIPS : 292.86wait instruction : yesmicrosecond timers : yestlb_entries : 32extra interrupt vector : yeshardware watchpoint : yesASEs implemented : mips16VCED exceptions : not availableVCEI exceptions : not availableSystem bus frequency : 198000000 HzCPU frequency : 297000000 HzDSP frequency : 297000000 Hz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkman Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 No comments on this from Bittorrent Inc? I guess this is why it should be open sourced.Reading rsync man page right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkman Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I posted this already as a separate discussion topic, but a MIPS build would be very useful for non-ARM NAS boxes and media players. There are lots out there and this shouldn't be too difficult to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos13 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 We plan to add MIPS support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteen Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 * Linux binary for MIPS +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert-info Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hurray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmb Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 My biggest wish currently? Make a mips version. I got the Buffalo WBMR-HP-G300H running OpenWRT. It currently runs a Bittorrent client (Transmission) with ease so it should easily handle it.This would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwojdel Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 One more vote for the MIPS build./ # cat /proc/cpuinfosystem type : Realtek Venusprocessor : 0cpu model : MIPS 4KEc V6.12BogoMIPS : 202.34wait instruction : yesmicrosecond timers : yestlb_entries : 32extra interrupt vector : yeshardware watchpoint : yesASEs implemented :VCED exceptions : not availableVCEI exceptions : not available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmb Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Any news on that? I'd love to run it on my MIPS router (OpenWRT, OPKG would be an awesome idea). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 It'll be out when it's ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkman Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Um, thanks for stating the obvious? I mean, we're obviously pleased that someone is going to rebuild it for MIPS but that's not really an answer. How about a bit of actual news - this year, next year, etc?The problem that all of us face is that we know that building for another architecture isn't really that difficult for most well-designed code. Hence the frustration.Is there something about this code that makes it more difficult, and if so, can you educate us on this to help us understand the delay?Again, I'm convinced that this project would be better served as open source. I don't see how Bittorrent, Inc can make money from this project. If you're not prepared to answer the architecture question, could you answer the business model one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 How about a bit of actual news - this year, next year, etc?The news I gave IS the actual news. We don't have fixed timelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkman Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Fair enough. But could you answer my other questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Is there something about this code that makes it more difficult, and if so, can you educate us on this to help us understand the delay?Simply put, it's not just a case of being able to plop the regular code into a compiler and have it work. There are platform-specific tweaks that are required to get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkman Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 That's reasonable. What is it about the MIPS architecture that makes it so challenging? I'm not an expert - I'm a "plop into compiler" kind of guy.Also, I am curious what the endgame for this project is. How do you expect to turn this project into a business? It's great and we love it, but as users of Google Reader are painfully aware, that doesn't make it live forever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Also, I am curious what the endgame for this project is. How do you expect to turn this project into a business? It's great and we love it, but as users of Google Reader are painfully aware, that doesn't make it live forever...BitTorrent Sync "will work tomorrow exactly like it works today, no matter what we will do". Please see the unofficial FAQ entry, "Will BitTorrent Sync remain free, or will they start charging for it once it comes out of alpha?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpte Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 That's reasonable. What is it about the MIPS architecture that makes it so challenging? I'm not an expert - I'm a "plop into compiler" kind of guy.the "plop into compiler" kind of guy... sync is probably written in c/c++ (I guess). When porting to mips, the first thing you need to do for all these routers: compatibility with uclibc.The routers usually have not a lot of memory and so forth, so they use uclibc instead of the regular libc. uclibc doesn't have everything that libc has, but it's a lot more compact.Next up is busybox, which provides a small posix kind of system. Just like with uclibc, it has a lot of functions of a full size linux desktop, but not everything.Kernel might be an issue as well... some routers are still running kernel 2.4 (ancient) and some newer broadcom routers run 2.6.22 (also quite ancient).Many issues to overcome, and many ifdefs I think Didn't even mention architecture differences. Some algorithms might get tangled on a different architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmb Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Any news on the MIPS version? This would be extremely helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matafagafo Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 A BitTorrent Sync OpenWRT MIPS support would be awesome, I use my TP-link to host in an external HD my backups, and with BitTorrent Sync my backup task will be much more easier ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segment Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 We need MIPS support! All users of home routers with DD-WRT, OpenWRT and etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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