From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 21:45:40 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 7224C106566C for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:45:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lacombar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D08BD8FC0A for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:45:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwp14 with SMTP id 14so2666247wwp.31 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:45:38 -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=SyQ2Jvk4lU8/oL86OkOS6BTY2Ux+tHjFpgdG57bgIvY=; b=Bq0Wn0T5NuZG5hmCHhmykPtYyfDcKOjbqpz8SOtUAKG+Q3HMCGZ7V4UmgQYZtnAncC 7WWm2GdPNXJd4n1LfQe0mvg1eJG/eXFzbekEOsuJMqECCmNdSQxuQw9wxAMX6Q+PRe29 cMRoQSwg696dUqi02GBqozGrcuECAhILKA9Oo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.74.141 with SMTP id t13mr55524wiv.68.1320356738419; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:45:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.94.106 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:45:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111103131938.GA10680@vesper.psych0tik.net> References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103131938.GA10680@vesper.psych0tik.net> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:45:38 -0400 Message-ID: From: Arnaud Lacombe To: richo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels , cognet@freebsd.org, gber@freebsd.org 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 21:45:40 -0000 Hi, [added gber@ and cognet@ to the Cc: list] On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:19 AM, richo wrote: > On 03/11/11 10:22 +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 > > I am planning to attempt a port, however I'm very new to kernel > development/FreeBSD and would not feel right about accepting hardware for a > project I'm not sure I have the skills to finish. > > To that end I'll be buying boards on release date, but would be interested > in working with anyone else who is attempting it. > You certainly want to get in touch with gber@freebsd.org and cognet@freebsd.org, as well as getting familiar with the code in `sys/arm/', especially the one in the `projects/armv6' branch in the p4 repository and the various TRM you could find on the ARM11 core from ARM Ltd. gber@, cognet@, what is the status of the code in the p4 repository ? - Arnaud