Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:45:38 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: richo <richo@psych0tik.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, cognet@freebsd.org, gber@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <CACqU3MX9UMLuRpu65aL1TTAAVCc=9z3LydzJ7KcaK4LFKGCsuQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111103131938.GA10680@vesper.psych0tik.net> References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103131938.GA10680@vesper.psych0tik.net>
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Hi, [added gber@ and cognet@ to the Cc: list] On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:19 AM, richo <richo@psych0tik.net> 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
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