Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:07:37 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.net>, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>, Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: arm64 as Tier 1 for FreeBSD 13 Message-ID: <B1F155C4-5C20-4E33-9420-DF7D67253083@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <84926.1580333803@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <CAPyFy2Aa6Uj0nyQ1Y_KPLd7%2BROJ4xW5i-SpctV1sRVK_BivPHw@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2D91v7SwjZOgMG0a9V%2BH6GVCF8NHKp341N8mwnCvA71cA@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2BP3hFHuFJyo2M-5pc0%2BCmRiyym1TZ81P5xicR4zED1JQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2BXWPVOJo%2BGOf83sZFrPHE80-QvdHeWrhi%2BTdj0KDnThg@mail.gmail.com> <17938.1575444597@critter.freebsd.dk> <20191204092402.GA82492@fuz.su> <D140BA2A-71F3-4574-9015-675950705AF2@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <78425.1580332298@critter.freebsd.dk> <20200129222907.3ccaf4c23fe8509e3f9cdfe4@bidouilliste.net> <84926.1580333803@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Hi, > On 29 Jan 2020, at 21:36, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > -------- > In message <20200129222907.3ccaf4c23fe8509e3f9cdfe4@bidouilliste.net>, Emmanuel Vadot writes: > >>> RPi's are a LOT easier to get hold of for hackers and in particular >>> for educators. >> >> In what way ? >> Real answer only. > > 1. Schools can get them through their usual suppliers of educational > material, with a pretty decent discount, and with educational > courses and materials, pretty much ready to go. > > 2. Most "maker-space" atuned electronics pushers carry them. > > 3. Big electronics pushers carry them. > > In re 1-3: No customs processing of shipment involved. > > 4. Cost, including shipping is below "trivial" threshold in most > organizations. RPi zero in particular is cheap enough to treat as a component. > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.ukhelp
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