From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 22 03:06:56 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17E7146E for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta2.delivery9.ore.mailhop.org (pmta2.delivery9.ore.mailhop.org [54.148.30.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD82F34 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:06:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.ore.mailhop.org (172.31.18.134) by pmta2.delivery1.ore.mailhop.org id ht53t420u50a for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2015 02:56:51 +0000 (envelope-from ) Received: from c-73-34-117-227.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([73.34.117.227] helo=ilsoft.org) by smtp1.ore.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1YPMiv-0002iy-3A; Sun, 22 Feb 2015 02:56:49 +0000 Received: from fb864.hippie.lan (fb864.hippie.lan [172.22.42.242]) by ilsoft.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t1M2ul8Q014157; Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:56:47 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP X-Originating-IP: 73.34.117.227 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@duocircle.com (see https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+UUP8qt1p+3S3nEunnKG70 Message-ID: <1424573807.56366.5.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: arm xdev question From: Ian Lepore To: Peter Garshtja Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:56:47 -0700 In-Reply-To: <54E941CE.3010704@ambient-md.com> References: <54E941CE.3010704@ambient-md.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.8 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:06:56 -0000 On Sat, 2015-02-21 at 21:41 -0500, Peter Garshtja wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Could someone explain me the arm arch support. For instance the > xdev is ARMv6 and the main question how is FreeBSD working on BeagleBone > where on board the cpu is ARMv7? > > Thanks in advance, > Peter For historical and probably not-very-good reasons all support for armv6 and armv7 is lumped together under the armv6 name. These days the right arch to use for both v6 and v7 is armv6hf (hardfloat). The only true armv6 platform we support is RPi, everything else armv6[hf] runs on is really v7. -- Ian