Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 06:41:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49847 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201701130641.v0D6fcWe000199@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Fri Jan 13 06:41:38 2017 New Revision: 49847 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49847 Log: Add Minnowboard hardware support entry from gonzo Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Fri Jan 13 06:34:42 2017 (r49846) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Fri Jan 13 06:41:38 2017 (r49847) @@ -849,4 +849,39 @@ committing.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>I2C, GPIO, and SPI support for MinnowBoard</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Oleksandr</given> + <common>Tymoshenko</common> + </name> + <email>gonzo@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://kernelnomicon.org/?p=767">Blog Post</url> + <url href="https://www.minnowboard.org">MinnowBoard Website</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The Minnowboard is an Atom-based x86 board (Intel E38xx + Series SoC) in a maker-friendly form-factor: it provides + convenient access to pins that can be used to connect + peripherals using one of the standard buses: GPIO, SPI, or I2C. + These buses are more common in the ARM/MIPS world than in x86, + so while &os; was able to boot just fine, it lacked support for + these buses on the MinnowBoard.</p> + + <p>As of r310645, HEAD support all three buses via + <tt>ig4(4)</tt>, <tt>bytgpio(4)</tt>, and <tt>intelspi</tt> + drivers. The <tt>ig4(4)</tt> and <tt>bytgpio(4)</tt> changes + were backported to 11-STABLE; <tt>intelspi</tt> will be MFCed in + couple of weeks.</p> + </body> + </project> </report>
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