Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:04:40 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> Cc: Kris <krisb@interia.eu>, "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the $9 C.H.I.P Message-ID: <CANCZdfoLOqwNUKgnXUp0juvrUwkLbeEvqC7YC1FhkbGOsQY3iw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160211104534.5c18d1d32b3b55fdc458f6a5@bidouilliste.com> References: <56BBD0B0.7040407@thieprojects.ch> <56BBD6B9.3090703@interia.eu> <20160211104534.5c18d1d32b3b55fdc458f6a5@bidouilliste.com>
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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 <manu@bidouilliste.com> 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 <krisb@interia.eu> 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 <manu@bidouilliste.com> > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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