From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 15:50:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD041106564A; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 15:50:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from misconfiguration@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F75A8FC16; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 15:50:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyg36 with SMTP id 36so1879352wyg.13 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:50:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=aBW2hJw9CKGlW/lWzrR9J/LrYQ+aU+hCrfwhjLEQItM=; b=iqxbmrm7FgTdVqyACV6GGluGqQOO3Pu8OQHH8Sfz7pxb/8L7xCImYHOS6WeAGV/Yau VTgJSDBbJjDcChi/xIeHFdY1o7FwS/ovw/J5Zbf3885iCwooK5GuGKXz+7uIu4TPmo2x EJytTq9/zp0sDO4L+xg2oWgk8OU0sO+t9kwz8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.208.169 with SMTP id q41mr7627598weo.64.1320333619285; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.7.193 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:20:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:20:18 -0400 Message-ID: From: Nate Dobbs To: Arnaud Lacombe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Aleksandr Rybalko , hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:50:46 -0000 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 wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:22:22 +0100 > > Lars Engels 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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