Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:58:35 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-arm description? Message-ID: <op.w65hzxm58527sy@ronaldradial.radialsg.local> In-Reply-To: <47088196-D4BE-4490-A4DA-C4EF6D4A27F3@bsdimp.com> References: <D8D11C17-21CE-4F90-BC6E-7991BC6B21F2@freebsd.org> <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>
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:26:02 +0100, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2013, at 2:28 PM, George Neville-Neil wrote: > >> >> On Nov 25, 2013, at 16:24 , Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 16:07 -0500, George Neville-Neil wrote: >>>> On Nov 25, 2013, at 16:05 , Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> 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.
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