Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:36:47 -0800 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: announcing the availability of packages for the Arm architecture Message-ID: <5097263F.5090802@jetcafe.org> In-Reply-To: <1351606727.1120.17.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> References: <CANuCnH_pKuUPhYe-AQ6MpK_XXPSdpft5zhQzEjFBSpfWAPRqKA@mail.gmail.com> <1351606727.1120.17.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
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On 10/30/12 07:18, Ian Lepore wrote: > All in all, I have the impression that not many people "use" freebsd on > arm at all. Just getting to the point of "using" it is quite time intensive. I ran out of time trying to get my dreamplug to where I want it. These issues were in my way (this was some time ago, check the list for dates): - install requires non-trivial patches and kernel config - building ports on the device itself is dog slow (I likely need to put a swap partition on a usb stick to do that since the machine has no swap in the first place) - no qemu support to use faster machines to emulate arm to build ports - cross compiling ports is too dangerous I'm not an average user, but I had to stash this idea just the same due to time constraints. Also, as you point out, most developers here seem to be on -current (I believe this is version 10), I can't justify moving to 10 since most of my supported base is at 8. I compromised already and went to 9 since getting the dreamplug to work with 8 was even more daunting. I'm not saying anyone must work on these things, I know how open source is. I'm just saying there's a huge barrier to entry for "users" of these boards. Maybe the Raspberry PI estrus will change that? I hope so, I like this dreamplug since it seems to be the only inexpensive ARM machine that has dual gigabit ethernet interfaces. I just need a man-month to get it to where it's usable... :) -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>>> *The opinions expressed above are entirely my own* <<<< The only person who needs a contract is one who cannot be trusted.
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