Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:55:56 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Antoni Sawicki <tenox7@gmail.com>, "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to get freebsd on a new board? Message-ID: <7988a0030bd656fae43607472edfe82928105456.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGEFgRNzPpKy9t8MXiOXgEZAh1qbVfJG=R3Lem=2kw93urL1DQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGEFgRPVsZcCM4sNnn9G-1vf=va-6Xq5sU2pREaE0kG%2B4oBLcg@mail.gmail.com> <771acd93-5de5-250d-287e-18f2dcc20c2a@blastwave.org> <CAGtf9xNxo8RLJJZOWHqbzMRQeaLuH2tu8SxiNxNP0=Z9PAm=vA@mail.gmail.com> <CAGEFgRNzPpKy9t8MXiOXgEZAh1qbVfJG=R3Lem=2kw93urL1DQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2019-07-09 at 22:27 -0700, Antoni Sawicki wrote: > If there is full documentation then someone may eventually make > FreeBSD run > > on it. > > Otherwise best would be to make some contract work with some > > developer. > > > > I would like for it to happen sooner than eventually. The reason is > that > HC2 https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc2-home-cloud-two/ would > be a > perfect NAS box if FreeBSD would run on it. There is nothing else > like it > and I really don't want to run Linux. HC2 is XU4 in a smaller form > factor. > > So the question is how to do it without spending $50k. I can probably > put > down some money. > > > > iirc, mmel@ should be porting FreeBSD on it, so you can ask him. > > > > Thank you! I will try! > > I had a quick look and got briefly excited about the idea of 4x2ghz cores + sata + gige. But then I noticed the sata is really usb3, not a deal-killer, but not as nice as real sata. But then I found the deal-killer: the docs for the exynos chip are not available without an NDA, and getting an NDA appears to be difficult. Chances are you'll never see freebsd running on this. -- Ian
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