Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:48:29 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: lev@freebsd.org Cc: Nate Dobbs <misconfiguration@gmail.com>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <CACqU3MUbkoTkcNGusHSKivLz8qhtU4LS2Ws3cKJpK2NLoXT9DQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1101963570.20111104135610@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org> <CACqU3MWo%2B2PAqdm71rvsh4f09-nBCnLi7s-VaZo8iHd92L8q_w@mail.gmail.com> <CAGjvUo6UpcsiTa-cyGM_Q_Em-9WOJLqM%2Bn_U6exJy_w2z%2B52RQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACqU3MU5zdfuymo4JZn3JMT2=AARhwbc%2BrY3jTVzX8bD=aJnfA@mail.gmail.com> <20111104004007.GA74831@dereel.lemis.com> <CACqU3MVk47XAMvwSSie9nj%2BegFVXMnGCGMphqxuuHhKi=sVx2A@mail.gmail.com> <20111104015559.GE74831@dereel.lemis.com> <CAGjvUo6q3qYe40JpzgLK9ULUHQ2fR1X6uzB=mG3P5rq6_DWd2w@mail.gmail.com> <CACqU3MVVV=rBz4EyzF5LL8da8TO9iAG5ppa6o=0SrxswUMQ_4Q@mail.gmail.com> <1101963570.20111104135610@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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Hi, 2011/11/4 Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>: > Hello, Arnaud. > You wrote 4 =D0=BD=D0=BE=D1=8F=D0=B1=D1=80=D1=8F 2011 =D0=B3., 6:30:18: > >> $89, 700MHz Cortex A8, 256MB DRR2, micro-SD. However, do not expect >> being able to run FreeBSD on it before a few years :) > =C2=A0What is so special about A8? > It is the consumer technology of today. The best people can afford without being in ARM's R&D centers. Let me tell you what is going to happen. ARM11 has been around for years, it will take you a year or two to complete the project, nice, hacker thrill, you did it. However, by the time you release it, the Raspberry Pi will be sold-out and will be replaced by an ARMv7 core, smaller, faster, eventually cheaper. By that time, the current technology will be a 64bits MP-core ARMv8, And you will be in the exact same situation as today, FreeBSD lagging one or two generation behind Linux, keep up. Now, I agree, no battle is lost if there one fool to fight for it. - Arnaud
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