Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:10:57 -0400 From: The Lost Admin <thelostadmin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on R-Pi and BBB: Odds and ends Message-ID: <2E5FD93C-C6EE-46DE-9D9B-BE2EAB566EC5@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160316122433.1b9532af@zee.home> References: <20160315213246.00a9cbc9@gmail.com> <20160316035220.0C49F406057@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net> <20160316112710.2065ac2c@zee.home> <20160316093403.GZ35640@home.opsec.eu> <20160316122433.1b9532af@zee.home>
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The Lost Admin thelostadmin@gmail.com > On Mar 16, 2016, at 6:24 AM, Borodin Oleg <onborodin@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:34:03 +0100 > Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >>>> onborodin@gmail.com said: >>>>>> There is nothing on the R-Pi web page that tells you that there are 2 >>>>>> different packages to download for the Raspberry Pi: RPI-B and RPI2. >>>> >>>>> RPI2 in development. >>>> >>>> OK. I was commenting on the wiki page for Raspberry Pi at: >>>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Raspberry%20Pi >>>> >>>> It doesn't use either "RPI2" or "development". >>>> I was pointing out what confused me in case anybody wanted to improve that >>>> page. >>> >>>> I think a paragraph that said something like >>>> "FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-arm-armv6-RPI-B" works on B and B+. >>>> For Pi 2, you need "FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-RPI2". >>>> would have been very helpful to me. >>>> >>> >>> I agree, the page can misinform novices and have some information >>> lag. Sorry, I have not right to edit this. >> >> Please create a wiki account and fix the wikipage: >> >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/action/newaccount/FrontPage?action=newaccount >> > > Hmm, I made login to the wiki and check right for editing _before_ send mail to maillist. > I have on top "Immutable Page" and "You are not allowed to edit this page" after raise edit action. > > > With best regards, > > Oleg Borodin > onborodin@gmail.com I noticed that same problem (the lack of direction for downloads depending you which model Pi you have) and tried to fix it myself. I discovered that I couldn’t as well and then noticed the need for a sponsor. I can’t say I blame the team for wanting to make sure people don’t make a mess of the wiki but I didn’t find any instructions on how to obtain a sponsor (not that I looked very hard). > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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