From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Fri Feb 28 01:09:16 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 720A9255649 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 01:09:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "www.zefox.org", Issuer "www.zefox.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48TBJT3V93z46tt for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 01:09:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 01S19O2D088299 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:09:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 01S19O5u088298; Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:09:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:09:24 -0800 From: bob prohaska To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Points to ponder Re: Showstoppers for RPI3 Message-ID: <20200228010924.GA87999@www.zefox.net> References: <11951E01-EC13-4FBB-938A-AEB5700C4281@yahoo.com> <20200226052045.GA79939@www.zefox.net> <04e8e290e5d7bb810f76ece4ff33d6e1006e63cd.camel@freebsd.org> <280455B5-E201-494F-A4EB-2426A12B7E2C@googlemail.com> <20200226235908.GD22189@lonesome.com> <5AD91C8A-F4A2-4C53-9D03-CB83EDAC9C0A@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5AD91C8A-F4A2-4C53-9D03-CB83EDAC9C0A@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48TBJT3V93z46tt X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fbsd@www.zefox.net has no SPF policy when checking 50.1.20.27) smtp.mailfrom=fbsd@www.zefox.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.40 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; WWW_DOT_DOMAIN(0.50)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.06)[ip: (0.25), ipnet: 50.1.16.0/20(0.12), asn: 7065(-0.03), country: US(-0.05)]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[zefox.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.26)[0.260,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.82)[-0.822,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7065, ipnet:50.1.16.0/20, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_WWW(0.50)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 01:09:16 -0000 In a thread entitled "how to get freebsd on a new board?" it's suggested that a port of FreeBSD to a new platform would cost $20-50K, presumably with manufacturer support. Let's suppose it'll cost $100K if the manufacturer won't help. There are, or soon will be, twenty _million_ Raspberry Pi computers floating about. Is there enough interest to scrounge up the ante? I've put a little in the pot and hope it helps. The donations page at https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ makes it easy to add one's two cents' worth, hopefully more. Better explanation is at http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/showstoppers Thanks for reading, bob prohaska