Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:42:28 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Retiring two more: Atmel and Xscale Message-ID: <CANCZdfp9OCmQtaJUaJa5YLbuiJp1Y529RQ4O%2BksTqLEeVgMtLQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180713173520.GE40394@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <CANCZdfqMzSEsrw4n-ciBRWP8%2BB5uBBvF872bJZM38ucQDBWoUg@mail.gmail.com> <20180713171210.GD40394@cicely7.cicely.de> <CANCZdfpcYn_tDwtPf7D=EtrmsY-GELbQ9zke%2BVbMAyV-9RTUWw@mail.gmail.com> <20180713173520.GE40394@cicely7.cicely.de>
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:16:52AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> > > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:15:02PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > I'd like to retire Atmel and Xscale support prior to 12. The atmel > stuff > > > > has been dodgy for a long time and generally lacks the memory to run > > > > FreeBSD well. We have no current users of it. > > > > > > [1]beaver.cicely.de> uname -a > > > FreeBSD beaver.cicely.de 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Nov > 22 > > > 07:52:33 CET 2009 ticso@beaver.cicely.de:/mnt2/ > > > arm-2009-04-17/head/sys/arm/compile/BEAVER arm > > > > > > But yes, I think it is - unfortunately - a dead end with them and if I > > > ever intend to go for a more recent FreeBSD version I will also change > > > the hardware. > > > > > > Atmel does have a A5-based family, but nobody has done the work to port. > If > > someone does, we can mine the repo for driver code that will be a good > > starting point. > > I know - I have a devboard, but iit wasn't attractive to me as an > application SoC. > Yea. It's kinda cool, but not cool enough to be useful. > I do like and still use their ARM microcontroller series however. Cool.
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