From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Thu Feb 11 18:04:42 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1324AAA4FEE for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:04:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-qg0-x22f.google.com (mail-qg0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0DFF12E9 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:04:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-qg0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id b35so43913926qge.0 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:04:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=JDMSVZsWLF0lt2kZj5fotNtsrJfcb1lh+O5tSkmuLHo=; b=DcoqqHBnAu875OJpuPILqbhP6LUsAR6AuKTC65V/T0kP1ARZye2FQN42dX1ASgm8eQ C7VxdULbzPAuZL/TdPflJlKrU01mLRPMlldhN64F8p8sV7q5bom3CCF7DDP0IVB0xZcG c0MixBDNpya6B6SN+C4XOjr7DAOU5Gcka+ZyTeb9sxg+XRFNWVisiepKbAgjSLz56WKh t4ss2tRrgZDO1F9Qyh9hsNs3Fne/sTqR4tx/uIj0RvNwb1YKQ09N7ecSCako9UWfY86H lS4qLqRVvbtKxAO2ezS2DccPPBXGVxYrgQNo84Ig/a2IG+lOUnGnPakDm9j5Jk6smbeX LJ7Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=JDMSVZsWLF0lt2kZj5fotNtsrJfcb1lh+O5tSkmuLHo=; b=C7hnQ0uXQWAz9uJOVLDBpVH7Ws+6MACbvNtm9cGr5M2btJ/4roF6C3+/SykANvAWjW I81EBsOm88F88geYIv9x9uQgWU0OaKtxV+gGuRpJYezTgQygtzOWfYlwJn6f9blZELw+ Z+LIL5N20mUS6fXFL0KTVSBNVUqcuCPayqpdAQERN7yFJT4n9PDuMFMMR5zpJr0Ee1pH IkH9jz4fF5lmzr5YVdTMEpjg5V1sSlHrnjSysoO5EWXTEg1DsuuGWUTslPKtnb4JMAxP EBvWHPlwb0oiY+OlDM2Ygp8iqldeXRBJyg45uMc+fKs/inMvpHfnikwd6G0x0GwTjiV7 FGtQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOSJBRQb5A40ObDBK6Iat/5Oc5wum7FigBxFlQBr8pW2SbJGDRz4QQsqZrOUA8aHG/MOpg4P+EbOMVe0Ww== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.135.147 with SMTP id 141mr40764425qhh.74.1455213880710; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:04:40 -0800 (PST) Sender: wlosh@bsdimp.com Received: by 10.140.30.166 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:04:40 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [69.53.245.22] In-Reply-To: <20160211104534.5c18d1d32b3b55fdc458f6a5@bidouilliste.com> References: <56BBD0B0.7040407@thieprojects.ch> <56BBD6B9.3090703@interia.eu> <20160211104534.5c18d1d32b3b55fdc458f6a5@bidouilliste.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:04:40 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7EIrHYhx5GaYt-cfGX02s7i8vxE Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the $9 C.H.I.P From: Warner Losh To: Emmanuel Vadot Cc: Kris , "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:04:42 -0000 I have one of these too that I was handed a little bit ago. The initial issue that I saw was NAND support... Other than that, though, it didn't look terrible. Warner On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:45 AM, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > The R here does not stand for the RealTime profile from ARM, it's just > one Allwinner chip line. > > The R8 is basically an A13 which is basically an A10 which FreeBSD > support, so it should be easy to port FreeBSD on the R8. > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:32:57 +0100 > Kris wrote: > > > Hi Werner, > > Basically there is interest (I am waiting for x2 CHIP boards, they are > > due in March, but I think they will be slightly delayed). > > Before I get boards the only reasonable thing for me to do is to get as > > much out of existing tree to see how it can be ported, but no actual > work. > > > > Please be careful - there is no such a thing like Cortex A13. A13 is > > just a marketing name Allwinner gave to their product. And I believe > > CHIP put Allwinner R8 on their board (normally in ARM nomenclature, > > R=for deeply embedded devices, A=for applications, but again, it is > > Allwinner so you can expect anything from their naming convention). > > However R8 is indeed equipped with Cortex A8 core, for which I believe > > some work has been done - see Allwinner A20 in repo - it has the same > > core if my memory serves right (it is even pin compatible with single > > core Allwinner A10 -> again Cortex A8 :) > > > > Kris > > > > On 02/11/16 01:07, Werner Thie wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > > > is there any interest or work going on making FreeBSD available on the > > > $9 CHIP from nextthing.co? > > > > > > Basically it's a Cortex A13, 1GHz ARM V7A with 512MB RAM, NAND flash > > > and a slew of peripherals, the datasheet can be found on > > > > > > https://linux-sunxi.org/images/e/eb/A13_Datasheet.pdf > > > > > > Werner > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- > Emmanuel Vadot > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >