From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Wed Jul 29 03:45:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4DE39AB0A4 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 03:45:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oi0-x235.google.com (mail-oi0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DAB5D52 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 03:45:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@gmail.com) Received: by oibn4 with SMTP id n4so80161746oib.3 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:45:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=iw1cCJNGYcbv/kpT/pIwnJ9uYls7GSSiw4WARR31MDI=; b=uVgaFLad3YacFQrhhX65TVbOJl0pBhhxnRtRQHA+/p13688YRFDoEAIcS/V4zGyrew rg+V683UP0jj/wxMpqksX8S4qiLwObuRSdA540ZcQ+yF7FcGZaSlEm/27kwgT7xT0dvX or1fExH8MMioj5N4Kh++ZjVUZnlY/DGZWll+dDYYHtBcberWs0i/X195edssB7hO1n4f BdFVJAXj6+OlXgNVpM917j+o0mfVPQSA7Iwcs4j9UNMqBCA8UYODA6KwRWJANVztXT1L QkXoQLJkUNd1I8YykvAkml391XgESPdhc+7xTwB5OOjoI5+xFeoTIZDqCaDZPCsjkktQ zoiA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.90.5 with SMTP id o5mr36347231oib.79.1438141531840; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:45:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.103.165 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:45:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2751462.2fOBByhERC@hbsd-dev-laptop> References: <2751462.2fOBByhERC@hbsd-dev-laptop> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:45:31 +0900 Message-ID: Subject: Re: DragonBoard 410c Support From: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu To: Shawn Webb Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 03:45:32 -0000 Hi, On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: > Hey All, > > I'm really tempted to buy a DragonBoard 410c to help FreeBSD in its > efforts to > support ARM64. What tasks would I need to accomplish to get it supported? > > Also, if there's a better ARM64 board out there that's equally affordable > (sub-$100 USD), let me know. > Not sure about boards but there are some boxes soon seem to be getting out. For example following seems very cheap box: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1123481999/remix-mini-the-worlds-first-true-android-pc I'm not sure about whether uart pins can be easily exposed or not though. I think it is just matter of time and soon there will be many cheap boxes and boards with arm64 SoC. Only thing is the documentation they can provide. Ganbold > Thanks, > > -- > Shawn Webb > HardenedBSD > > GPG Key ID: 0x6A84658F52456EEE > GPG Key Fingerprint: 2ABA B6BD EF6A F486 BE89 3D9E 6A84 658F 5245 6EEE