Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:20:18 -0400 From: Nate Dobbs <misconfiguration@gmail.com> To: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Cc: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <CAGjvUo6UpcsiTa-cyGM_Q_Em-9WOJLqM%2Bn_U6exJy_w2z%2B52RQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACqU3MWo%2B2PAqdm71rvsh4f09-nBCnLi7s-VaZo8iHd92L8q_w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org> <CACqU3MWo%2B2PAqdm71rvsh4f09-nBCnLi7s-VaZo8iHd92L8q_w@mail.gmail.com>
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10 year old core or not, the ARM is the worlds most widely used processor; Unix is 43 years old does this make the Operating System obsolete? On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> wrote: > 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" > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Cheers, Nate Dobbs RHCE
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