Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:29:47 +0200 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> To: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <20111103212947.66bbf646.ray@freebsd.org> 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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On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:12:35 -0400 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 ? Every time when i see "Mail From: Arnaud Lacombe" i have bad feeling, I'm alone with that feeling? Sorry Arnaud, now I really kidding. :) Please, stop broadcast demotivation for peoples to not do something. This is your opinion, and we respect your opinion. But as many hackers already said: hackers don't doing something what is modern or required by market, hackers doing things that they like. > > 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. i486 CPU - released 22 years ago, but many peoples found Soekris as very useful device. MIPS R24K - 8 years old, but it widely used in SOHO embedded systems. > > 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 :/ We have some limitations to not implement that? > > - 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" WBW -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
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