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Subject: RE: Creating FreeBSD/arm bootable SD card for Cubieboards from
 FreeBSD 11.0 image files for Wintel only users.
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Warner,

> In lieu of the availability of an image file for one of the more =
recent Cubie products I am planning to give it a try on a cubieboard2.

You're unlikely to have a good day doing that.

JKi: Please elaborate. The names =
"FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-arm-armv6-CUBIEBOARD.img.xz" and =
"FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-arm-armv6-CUBIEBOARD2.img.xz" do suggest that =
these particular images are specifically aimed at cubieboard 1 and 2 =
hardware or am I overlooking something?

> Does anybody on this list happen to know if future FreeBSD releases =
are planned to include images for more recent Cubie hardware?

Which specific hardware? In the embedded space, there's no =
standardization, so even minor variants can need their own u-boot.  We =
may have a u-boot ready for that...

JKi: At this point either the cubieboard 3 or 4 seem to suite my =
requirements best, but given that the image naming convention does seem =
to suggest that there is no image available for either yet, I thought =
I'd give it a try using the cubieboard2 first.

Regards, Jk.