From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 4 02:30:21 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 E340B106564A; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 02:30:20 +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 193758FC14; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 02:30:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwp14 with SMTP id 14so2918692wwp.31 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:30:19 -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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=eyPktm22yjwewDQ0V7hiJE2f+pyjz2JEeCSYgeP/tFQ=; b=lGGzbXiac6hDWb7TOTmpC6wP8ArdIqRA7lWFvLm/tC2j/LTEq6ZqWxJpEcc8UlBXxS cpBk7lx+zvJsZmSxjJq2ghnOEPJiiXmKYkU5jorjRkJ7rHEWILtpNLHarccV8PZOIiHb ZboKnZ8S0EfTToJD8WD3F1zinmbDwFUuS87iE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.30.206 with SMTP id k56mr214963wea.98.1320373818904; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:30:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.94.106 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:30:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org> <20111104004007.GA74831@dereel.lemis.com> <20111104015559.GE74831@dereel.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:30:18 -0400 Message-ID: From: Arnaud Lacombe To: Nate Dobbs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey , Aleksandr Rybalko , hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels 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: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:30:21 -0000 Hi, On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Nate Dobbs wr= ote: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey > 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 >> > 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 >> >>> 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 >