Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 08:38:56 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: announcing the availability of packages for the Arm architecture Message-ID: <162A6F5A-8CC4-44DE-9B46-D9D6D8CC00CE@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <50983301.9040406@jetcafe.org> References: <CANuCnH_pKuUPhYe-AQ6MpK_XXPSdpft5zhQzEjFBSpfWAPRqKA@mail.gmail.com> <1351606727.1120.17.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <5097263F.5090802@jetcafe.org> <1D4ECD72-D01D-48D3-B837-735176CC49D3@kientzle.com> <50983301.9040406@jetcafe.org>
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On Nov 5, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: > On 11/05/12 07:33, Tim Kientzle wrote: >>=20 >> On Nov 4, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: >>=20 >>> On 10/30/12 07:18, Ian Lepore wrote: >>>> All in all, I have the impression that not many people "use" = freebsd on >>>> arm at all. >>>=20 >>> Just getting to the point of "using" it is quite time intensive. I = ran out of time trying to get my dreamplug to where I want it. These = issues were in my way (this was some time ago, check the list for = dates): >>>=20 >>> - install requires non-trivial patches and kernel config >>=20 >> There are a few people working on build systems to >> simplify this. My scripts work pretty much "out-of-the-box" >> for RaspberryPi and BeagleBone now and should be easily >> extensible to other platforms. >=20 > Where are these scripts? I'd like to try them. github.com/kientzle/freebsd-beaglebone > Part of my problem is that I routinely build customized versions of = FreeBSD for specific applications, so I don't like just using a canned = script...I like to understand the process.=20 Sounds like you are someone I really want feedback from then. I'm looking for ideas for how to make it easier to customize the results from these scripts. (They have a few hooks for different kinds of customization but I need feedback to figure out if those hooks are sufficient.) The key piece right now is a concept of "board" that encapsulates how to partition a disk image for a particular system and what boot bits it requires. Cheers, Tim
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