I'm not sure where to ask this; so, I thought I'd start here in "misc" first.
I think I have convinced myself that I want to sponsor an architecture port effort. Specifically, I would like to see OpenBSD ported to the Routerboard 532 (IDT MIPS32 4Kc processor). After STFW, I see that a few other people have posted questions about this in the past without a lot of positive response (it seems that there might have been a port that would have been suitable at one point in time, but is no longer part of the current distribution). I'm curious what the non-technical (finical) stewardship requirements might be for bringing back a dropped architecture and making sure that it works on a very specific set of target boards (starting with the 532). I don't think this is too much of a technical undertaking (but at the moment it's beyond my ability and time constraints)... the routerboard 532 boots off of compaq flash (no need to muck about with the on-board flash). The only things that worry me are the slim resources (64MB of memory max) and support for the first NIC (IDT Korina 10/100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet port). I would be willing to forgo support for the IDT NIC just to get things started quickly (the other NICs are VIA VT6105). I would want support for at least one commodity 802.11(series) wireless NIC in both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz ranges. Other potential issue include the funky bootstrap code (which looks for ELF), custom BIOS and MIPS endedness. I don't want this to be a goatrope where I send off a bunch a Routerboard hardware and nobody even tries to collect the bounty, but I know the OpenBSD project has a pretty good reputation for getting things done when equipment and funds are provided (if I'm off mark with that semi-acquired assumption, please someone fill me in off-line). Where do I start and who do I need to talk to?
