Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:12:35 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <CACqU3MWo%2B2PAqdm71rvsh4f09-nBCnLi7s-VaZo8iHd92L8q_w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org> References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org>
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Hi, On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:22:22 +0100 > Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > >>> Hi Hackers, >>> >>> maybe you've heard of the upcoming Raspberry Pi, a credit card sized >>> ARM computer which is about to get sold for 25$ - 35$ from december >>> on. >>> >>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/302 >>> >>> Hardware details: http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard#Hardware_Details >>> >>> The first charge will be 10,000 pieces, so there's a fair chance that >>> one can actually buy a board. >>> >>> If someone is willing to port FreeBSD to the Raspberry, I'd try to >>> get one of the boards and send it to the porter. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Lars > > Hi Lars, > > I seen info about Raspberry Pi, this is very nice hardware. > Are you kidding ? ARM11 is a 10 year old core, not much to be really proud with. The only interesting thing about the Pi is its price tag, but as you point out, if we don't have datasheets upfront, it's not going to be much than a $25 paper-weight. Btw, do FreeBSD provide any KPI for hardware video "accelerator" ? AFAIK, we do not even have such framework for crypto accelerator, so I serious doubt there is any for video :/ - Arnaud > It will be > fun to port FreeBSD on it, since I already have experience with > Broadcom SoC's. But device have undocumented parts, so writing driver > for it maybe impossible or very hard (through a lot of RE). > > Anyway, it would be nice to play with it. > > WBW > -- > Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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