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Date:      Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:20:56 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi
Message-ID:  <20111104102055.GP37036@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org>
References:  <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 03:58:02PM +0200, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:22:22 +0100
> Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote:
>=20
> >> Hi Hackers,
> >>=20
> >> maybe you've heard of the upcoming Raspberry Pi, a credit card sized
> >> ARM computer which is about to get sold for 25$ - 35$ from december
> >> on.
> >>=20
> >> http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/302
> >>=20
> >> Hardware details: http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard#Hardware_Details
> >>=20
> >> The first charge will be 10,000 pieces, so there's a fair chance that
> >> one can actually buy a board.
> >>=20
> >> If someone is willing to port FreeBSD to the Raspberry, I'd try to
> >> get one of the boards and send it to the porter.
> >>=20
> >> Cheers
> >> Lars
>=20
> Hi Lars,
>=20
> I seen info about Raspberry Pi, this is very nice hardware. It will be
> fun to port FreeBSD on it, since I already have experience with
> Broadcom SoC's. But device have undocumented parts, so writing driver
> for it maybe impossible or very hard (through a lot of RE).
>=20
> Anyway, it would be nice to play with it.

Okay, I will see what I can do to get one for you. If it's not possible
to port FreeBSD to it, it wouldn't be the end of the world. I just read
of the thingy and thought that it would be nice thing to have. :)

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