Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:30:18 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Nate Dobbs <misconfiguration@gmail.com> Cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <CACqU3MVVV=rBz4EyzF5LL8da8TO9iAG5ppa6o=0SrxswUMQ_4Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGjvUo6q3qYe40JpzgLK9ULUHQ2fR1X6uzB=mG3P5rq6_DWd2w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org> <CACqU3MWo%2B2PAqdm71rvsh4f09-nBCnLi7s-VaZo8iHd92L8q_w@mail.gmail.com> <CAGjvUo6UpcsiTa-cyGM_Q_Em-9WOJLqM%2Bn_U6exJy_w2z%2B52RQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACqU3MU5zdfuymo4JZn3JMT2=AARhwbc%2BrY3jTVzX8bD=aJnfA@mail.gmail.com> <20111104004007.GA74831@dereel.lemis.com> <CACqU3MVk47XAMvwSSie9nj%2BegFVXMnGCGMphqxuuHhKi=sVx2A@mail.gmail.com> <20111104015559.GE74831@dereel.lemis.com> <CAGjvUo6q3qYe40JpzgLK9ULUHQ2fR1X6uzB=mG3P5rq6_DWd2w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Nate Dobbs <misconfiguration@gmail.com> wr= ote: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> > wrote: >> >> On Thursday, =A03 November 2011 at 21:05:54 -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: >> > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> >> > wrote: >> >> On Thursday, =A03 November 2011 at 11:33:25 -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wro= te: >> >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Nate Dobbs >> >>> <misconfiguration@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> 10 year old core or not, the ARM is the worlds most widely used >> >>>> processor; >> >>>> >> >>> Please read what I said correctly, I said "this ARM11 is obsolete" >> >>> (even if still used, for sure) ... >> >> >> >> Clearly price is an issue for this device. =A0What's so bad about ARM= 11 >> >> that it shouldn't be used? >> >> >> > If you read my original comment, I did point out the $25 price tag was >> > pretty much the only interesting thing. Now, what it has been designed >> > for, multimedia, is going to be handled by a closed-source binary blob >> > without datasheet, so let me turn back the question: what do you >> > expect doing with it ? >> >> That's not turning back the question; that's a separate question. =A0But >> it's a good one. =A0I don't really see it as a multimedia device. =A0My >> interest would be in little embedded agents in different parts of the >> house, for things like measuring temperatures. =A0I'm sure lots of other >> applications will come to mind. >> >> And yes, I'll probably use the supplied Linux port. =A0But if a FreeBSD >> alternative becomes available, I'd certainly prefer that. >> >> Greg >> -- >> Sent from my desktop computer >> Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. >> See complete headers for address and phone numbers. >> This message is digitally signed. =A0If your Microsoft MUA reports >> problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua > > I agree with groggy, something I'd personally use it for is a small SSH > server to allow a pinhole into my home network. It would serve as a very > good replacement for the mac mini that's sitting in my DMZ simply handlin= g > connections for my SSH tunnel so I can bypass the proxy at work. > > Power savings would be significant and it would be plenty powerful to han= dle > this task. A small webcam server comes to mind as well; there could be > plenty of useful things I could think of outside the realm of multimedia. > you certainly want: http://beagleboard.org/bone $89, 700MHz Cortex A8, 256MB DRR2, micro-SD. However, do not expect being able to run FreeBSD on it before a few years :) - Arnaud > JMHO > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Nate Dobbs RHCE >
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