From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 5 02:22:40 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09D12DB for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 02:22:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george@ceetonetechnology.com) Received: from feynman.konjz.org (feynman.konjz.org [64.147.119.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A65D242A for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 02:22:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (tor20.anonymizer.ccc.de [31.172.30.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by feynman.konjz.org (8.14.7/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rA52MVHh050042 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2013 21:22:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from george@ceetonetechnology.com) Message-ID: <52785660.8020508@ceetonetechnology.com> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 21:22:24 -0500 From: George Rosamond MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd/pandaboard Spurious interrupt detected [0x000003ff] References: <1383526716.31172.131.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <527783AE.1080303@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <527783AE.1080303@m5p.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:22:41 -0000 George Mitchell: > On 11/03/13 21:19, David Cheney wrote: >> Thanks Ian, try now. >> >> As a question to the group, I have the following hardware >> >> Pandaboard >> BeagleBone Black >> RPi >> >> And I am trying to bring up Freebsd/arm so I can get our Go builder >> working again[1]. Of these candidates, which is the one you would >> recommend ? >> >> Cheers >> >> Dave >> >> [1] build.golang.org >> [...] > > The RPi, please -- from a completely selfish point of view, since I have > one on my desk that's waiting to be my CUPS print server. From a less Nothing should stop you from running the RPi with cupsd AFAIK. I will try to put the pkg on mirrors.nycbug.org in the near future. > selfish viewpoint, its low cost is bound to attract a larger number of > users. (It already has sold 1.75 million units worldwide according to Quantity in the wild is certainly a strong argument, especially with those RPi numbers. If stability is the goal, I would personally focus on the BeagleBones. > some sources.) But any work at all on FreeBSD/ARM is guaranteed to be > beneficial to FreeBSD/s success going forward. Unless ARM becomes a > Tier 1 platform for FreeBSD, we will end up getting left even further > behind in operating system uptake than we already are. -- George So on #bsdmips I asked the same question, and the plan for Tier I status is 2014, but that the hold-ups are not significant. https://wiki.freebsd.org/ARMTier1 For many of our sakes, there needs to be an official pkg repo. I'm also imagining that the devs are jumping into rabbit holes right now with the proliferation of boards. I'm pretty sure even the local bodega/corner store is putting out a board in the near future... The one thing I feel strongly about, as a non-dev, is not just seeing it Tier I for the sake of it. There are plenty of operating systems that do things quick and sloppy, and myself, among many others, use BSDs since they do not consider development a race. While I want to see the BSDs shine on ARM for a variety of reasons, I am happy with that the pace reflects what I perceive as sane. g (*another* george :)