From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Sep 24 16:46:57 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2580BE2B378 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 16:46:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ws@au.dyndns.ws) Received: from ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.139]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "IronPort Appliance Demo Certificate", Issuer "IronPort Appliance Demo Certificate" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67FAB7E8FA for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 16:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ws@au.dyndns.ws) Received: from ppp103-111.static.internode.on.net (HELO lillith-iv.ovirt.dyndns.ws) ([150.101.103.111]) by ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 25 Sep 2017 02:11:41 +0930 X-Envelope-From: ws@au.dyndns.ws X-Envelope-To: bsalai@gmail.com Received: from predator-ii.buffyverse (predator-ii.buffyverse [172.17.17.136]) by lillith-iv.ovirt.dyndns.ws (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id v8OGfaVs013642; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:11:37 +0930 (ACST) (envelope-from ws@au.dyndns.ws) Message-ID: <1506271295.2905.2.camel@au.dyndns.ws> Subject: Re: ESP8266 with Arduino IDE From: Wayne Sierke To: Kyle Evans Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List , Brad Salai Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:11:35 +0930 In-Reply-To: References: <5070A4D6-BB0D-423E-8CE4-92C501D78AE7@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.24.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (lillith-iv.ovirt.dyndns.ws [172.17.17.142]); Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:11:37 +0930 (ACST) for IP:'172.17.17.136' DOMAIN:'predator-ii.buffyverse' HELO:'predator-ii.buffyverse' FROM:'ws@au.dyndns.ws' RCPT:'' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (lillith-iv.ovirt.dyndns.ws [172.17.17.142]); Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:11:37 +0930 (ACST) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 172.17.17.142 X-Scanned-By: SpamAssassin 3.004001(2015-04-28) X-Scanned-By: ClamAV X-Spam-Score: -1 () ALL_TRUSTED X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 16:46:57 -0000 On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 22:37 -0500, Kyle Evans wrote: > On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Brad Salai wrote: > > > I installed the Arduino 1.6.12 package on FreeBSD 11. The install > > went > > fine. I added the appropriate URL to the preferences dialog, but > > the "Board > > Manager" doesn't appear at the top of Board pop up menu. Has anyone > > solved > > this? > > Brad > > > > > > My apologies, I meant to CC the list originally. An explanation, for > anyone > else curious: > > I actually explicitly patch out the board manager because it won't > necessarily function the way you would expect it to on other > platforms > since it downloads not only the core but platform-specific tools, and > FreeBSD isn't officially supported upstream. > > Brad indicated to me off-list that he's wishing to use an > ESP8266/NodeMCU > board- this is a WIP at the moment now that I have a unit to test > with. > Obstacles in the form of binutils strangeness and life have gotten in > the > way since I received the unit, but work is resuming on this and I > hope to > have an esp8266 toolchain worked out fairly soon. > > Thanks, > > Kyle Evans Hi Kyle, I've just started investigating the options for doing EPS8266 development on FreeBSD (in the first instance using a WeMos D1 R2 board) and found this message. Has there been any progress? Thanks, Wayne