From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Wed Jun 20 04:51:50 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59AC11025423 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:51:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA02C86E44 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:51:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id A54B61025422; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:51:49 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93AA91025421 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:51:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1937386E42 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:51:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id w5K4pe6H072813; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:51:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id w5K4peq1072812; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:51:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201806200451.w5K4peq1072812@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: De-orbit Allwinner A10/A20/A31 for 12.0 In-Reply-To: <20180620035146.GC29485@lonesome.com> To: Mark Linimon Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:51:40 -0700 (PDT) CC: Emmanuel Vadot , "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:51:50 -0000 > So now that Kyle has volunteered to look after A20, I'd like to > continue this thread: > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:32:48PM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > I want to remove A31 support for FreeBSD 12: > > - My A31 board (BananapiM1) just died today after a long time of being > > my arm32 reference board. > > Is someone willing to pick up A31, or should we still phase it out? > > > - I don't want the code to stay like the old 32 bits rockchip or > > amlogic code that can't even boot nowadays. > > I think this would be a good time to drop support for things that have > gotten into this state. Do you have a complete list? Does anyone else > have any objections? > > fwiw, I've updated the wiki to note that A20 will continue to be > supported, and A10 probably will be. Kyle Evans who stepped up to do the A20 has agreed to take on the A10 if I get him an appropriate board. We (Kyle and I) have come to the decision that this should be a CubieBoard 1. I am presently hunting the back dark corners for one, they are avaliable on ebay here and there for not too much money still as well. > But there are still a number of boards listed there as "supported" that > probably have not seen updates for years (specificially, some of the > development boards). I'd rather let people know what we recommend for > new arm users. I expect RPi, Pine64, OrangePi, and BeagleBone to be > in that list ... are the CubieBoard and WandBoard still popular? > > What do people think? > > mcl > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org