From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 19 18:10:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9643B16A47B; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:10:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FCC543D55; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:10:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5JIAimd025530; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:10:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) with ESMTP id k5JIAi0v025527; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:10:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:10:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: gnn@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060619115827.A25435@wonkity.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:10:44 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creation of a new list for Embedded.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-small@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:10:47 -0000 On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, gnn@freebsd.org wrote: > To those of you who already get too much mail, which means all of us, > I apologize for this. With the new push for more embedded systems > using FreeBSD a few of us thought it would be a good idea to create a > new list that more clearly indicated "embedded" uses. Now, of course > all the people who've read and posted on freebsd-small for years may > think, "Why bother creating a new list?" The reason is as simple as > it may be annoying, "Marketing." When people search for FreeBSD on > Embedded platforms they are unlikely to type "small" into their > search. It's very important for us to get our information out there > and having an embedded mailing list called "embedded" is an important > part of that. So, to all of you already on freebsd-small I apologize > and ask anyone who is interested in the Embedded work to subscribe to > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org. So will freebsd-small go away? Both lists share the description of "Dedicated and embedded systems based on FreeBSD". What list would be appropriate for discussion about using FreeBSD not as an embedded system, but as a host environment for embedded microcontrollers like PIC/AVR/ARM? Is there crossover between the two groups? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA