From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 26 09:59:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 89A97D05 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:59:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost1.greenhost.nl (smarthost1.greenhost.nl [195.190.28.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C5702067 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:59:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.greenhost.nl ([213.108.104.138]) by smarthost1.greenhost.nl with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1VlFPx-0002TJ-Op for freebsd-arm@freebsd.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:58:54 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-arm description? References: <7DCF72F0-4072-46DD-A3F7-F33FC10055E9@neville-neil.com> <1385414670.1220.21.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <41B13191-0D41-4EA8-BBCE-3E6A440EF90A@neville-neil.com> <47088196-D4BE-4490-A4DA-C4EF6D4A27F3@bsdimp.com> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:58:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Ronald Klop" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <47088196-D4BE-4490-A4DA-C4EF6D4A27F3@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Win32) X-Authenticated-As-Hash: 5a5bc696c05b24d66fef48d694aeed0652e57d03 X-Virus-Scanned: by clamav at smarthost1.samage.net X-Spam-Level: / X-Spam-Score: 0.8 X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Scan-Signature: 4c3c8b3d32e7d0cfaf2d58264fc1daa3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:59:02 -0000 On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:26:02 +0100, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2013, at 2:28 PM, George Neville-Neil wrote: > >> >> On Nov 25, 2013, at 16:24 , Ian Lepore wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 16:07 -0500, George Neville-Neil wrote: >>>> On Nov 25, 2013, at 16:05 , Tim Kientzle wrote: >>>> >>>>> According to this page: >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm >>>>> >>>>> “[This mailing list] is for individuals actively working on >>>>> porting FreeBSD to the StrongArm Processor.” >>>>> >>>>> How do we change that to something a bit more accurate? >>>>> (I´ve recently heard from someone who passed over >>>>> this mailing list because they didn´t think it applied to >>>>> more modern ARM processors.) >>>>> >>>>> Maybe: >>>>> >>>>> “This is a technical mailing list for people working to >>>>> develop and support FreeBSD on various ARM >>>>> processors and SOCs.” >>>>> >>>> >>>> +postmaster@ >>>> >>>> I think they can do this. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> George >>>> >>> >>> It might be better to say "systems" or "computers" in place of SOCs. >>> Our focus historically has been on the chip/SoC, but increasingly ARM >>> processors are finding their way into off-the-shelf retail computers. >> >> I think if we leave off “and SOCs” we’ll run the correct gamut. > > You might want to toss 'modern' in front of the processors, since we > mostly talk about that here, with the odd question about legacy things > that have gotten broken. But I'm easy. > > Warner Drop the point that it is a list for people. It is about 'running FreeBSD on ARM processors' AFAIK. Ronald.