Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 12:01:10 -0500 From: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> To: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> Cc: Manas Bhatnagar <b.manas.88@gmail.com>, loos@freebsd.org, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RPI3 Hackathon at BSDCan/Dev SUmmit Message-ID: <12863E6D-3465-43E1-A9EA-99D6EFDCDA76@netgate.com> In-Reply-To: <20160608165711.GA63330@mutt-hardenedbsd> References: <20160607043134.GB22884@mutt-hardenedbsd> <CAN5odxDYeQMrK4G=5_GSn5Wj-R30J6ryTFBasfd=sR8nZzKGaw@mail.gmail.com> <20160607123450.GA75317@mutt-hardenedbsd> <20160608165711.GA63330@mutt-hardenedbsd>
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Luiz is cool, he knows a lot about ARM. Luiz and Renato (also at BSDCan/FreeBSD Summit) are both pfSense = developers. They did nearly all the work to get uFW running FreeBSD and pfSense. Jim > On Jun 8, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> = wrote: >=20 > I've talked with Andrew Turner, who gave me a little bit of info to = use > as a starting point. We need to get U-Boot EFI working on the RPI3 > first. Luiz Otavio O Souza is the current U-Boot expert in FreeBSD, so > I'm CC'ing him here. He's here at the Dev Summit, so I'm hoping he = might > have time to help out. >=20 > If I can't get the right knowledgeable people involved, I'm going to > cancel the hackathon. I simply lack the knowledge regarding ARM64 and > the RPI3 hardware to do anything myself over the course of the next = four > days. The ARM64 reference documentation is several thousands of pages, > and I'm only a few hundred pages in. I'll continue on, but I still = have > a ways to go. ;) >=20 > I'm really hoping to get some help from the FreeBSD community. >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Shawn >=20 > On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 08:34:50AM -0400, Shawn Webb wrote: >> Hey, >>=20 >> I'm hoping we can convince Andrew Turner to help us out. He has >> existing code at https://github.com/zxombie/freebsd/tree/arm64-rpi3 = but >> that hasn't been updated for a while now. FreeBSD HEAD has diverged >> enough to cause merge conflicts, some of which I think I might've = fixed >> in my own code repo, but I don't know jack about that code so I = probably >> made mistakes. >>=20 >> The RPI3 devices we're bringing all have SD cards in them along with >> serial cables that can also power the device. We're also bringing >> somewhere around 5-7 SD card readers. So we'll have plenty of devices = to >> hack and test on. >>=20 >> I can help coordinate the work, but we really need help from those = who >> understand arm64 and the chips in the RPI3. >>=20 >> Thanks, >>=20 >> Shawn >>=20 >> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 08:26:20AM -0400, Manas Bhatnagar wrote: >>> Hello, >>>=20 >>> I am interested, but I really do not know much about programming for >>> the FreeBSD kernel. Still, I'm happy to help in any way that I can = :) >>>=20 >>> Manas >>>=20 >>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Shawn Webb = <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> wrote: >>>> Hey All, >>>>=20 >>>> HardenedBSD is bringing 10+ RPI3 devices to hack on during the Dev >>>> Summit and during BSDCan. I'm really hoping that we can get RPI3 = support >>>> with latest HEAD by the end of BSDCan. >>>>=20 >>>> I'm reading through the ARM64/AArch64 reference docs myself and = have a >>>> long ways to go. I would still consider myself a complete newb in = ARM64. >>>> So, in order to make my hope a reality, I'm going to need a bit of = help. >>>>=20 >>>> Who's interested in participating in the hackathon? >>>>=20 >>>> Thanks, >>>>=20 >>>> -- >>>> Shawn Webb >>>> Cofounder and Security Engineer >>>> HardenedBSD >>>>=20 >>>> GPG Key ID: 0x6A84658F52456EEE >>>> GPG Key Fingerprint: 2ABA B6BD EF6A F486 BE89 3D9E 6A84 658F 5245 = 6EEE >>=20 >> --=20 >> Shawn Webb >> Cofounder and Security Engineer >> HardenedBSD >>=20 >> GPG Key ID: 0x6A84658F52456EEE >> GPG Key Fingerprint: 2ABA B6BD EF6A F486 BE89 3D9E 6A84 658F 5245 = 6EEE >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Shawn Webb > Cofounder and Security Engineer > HardenedBSD >=20 > GPG Key ID: 0x6A84658F52456EEE > GPG Key Fingerprint: 2ABA B6BD EF6A F486 BE89 3D9E 6A84 658F 5245 = 6EEE
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