Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:44:31 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BeagleBone? Message-ID: <1326674671.1669.2.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <8156C9AF-3550-482F-8485-C7D0DA2EB8A0@freebsd.org> References: <8156C9AF-3550-482F-8485-C7D0DA2EB8A0@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 16:05 -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Just got a BeagleBone in the mail and so far, it seems like fun: > * Under $100 > * Relatively modern Cortex-A8 ARM CPU (TI AM3358) > * Built-in Ethernet, USB console, etc. > > So far, I've gotten console access from my FreeBSD > laptop and am starting to tinker with a nanobsd-like > script to build a bootable SD image. (By copying the > MLO and u-boot.img files; nothing FreeBSD-specific yet.) > > Next step: Compile the arm/uboot boot loader and > see if I can get that to load and run. > > Anyone else tinkering with one of these? Any > hints? ;-) > > Tim The freebsd-arm list would be the place for info. There's still work to do to get FreeBSD running on a Cortex-A8, last I heard. -- Ian
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