Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:35:56 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu <ganbold@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Cubieboard 2, UDOO and Galaxy Note 10.1 (Exynos). Message-ID: <1378866956.1111.608.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <CAGtf9xPDSy38_zDZssnfA8qqJjwUCQ_3yfoAm7DKYEzN3tdwUQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <C085FFE7-994E-4371-B754-4846008E2048@yahoo.de> <CAGtf9xPDSy38_zDZssnfA8qqJjwUCQ_3yfoAm7DKYEzN3tdwUQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 09:31 +0800, Ganbold Tsagaankhuu wrote: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Christoph Roland Murauer < > christoph_murauer@yahoo.de> wrote: > > > Hello ! > > > > I am new to FreeBSD - so, sorry if I ask something which others already > > asked. > > > > At the moment I use a iPad and the personal hotspot function (tethering) > > on it to provide internet access to my Mac Book Pro. The connection is done > > by the USB cord (also to charge the battery). > > > > My question is now, is it possible to run FreeBSD on a Cubieboard 2 ( > > http://cubieboard.org/2013/06/19/cubieboard2-is-here/) > > > As for cubieboard2, FreeBSD runs on it, however just basic stuffs. > Cubieboard2 has dual Cortex-A7 SoC, but SMP support is not there yet so it > is slow. You could try 3G usb dongle and usb wifi on it, but you have to > have powered usb hub, since cubieboard has only 2 usb ports. It may or may > not work depending from those drivers availability. > > > > > or the comming UDOO board (http://shop.udoo.org/pre-order/udoo-quad.html) > > to have a gateway / firewall on this device and between the other 2 devices > > ? > > > > UDOO seems to have i.MX6 SoC which support is not in src tree yet, although > ian@ is working on it iirc. > I have a single-core i.mx6 (wandboard) booting to multiuser mode with sdcard and ethernet drivers working. I don't have usb going yet, but someone else has it working on a quad-core, so that's more done than not. If we weren't in a code freeze I'd be thinking about getting this bare-bones support checked in so others can hack on it too. -- Ian > > > > > I don't want to run a full system (including GUI) on it - ok, if it works > > why not. I look for a solution to connect the iPad over USB on the one side > > and the Mac Book Pro over Ethernet on the other side to share a 3G internet > > connection. It is no solution to install a dual boot system on my Mac Book > > Pro and also not to use WIFI instead of the USB cord. > > > > My second question is, is there developing planned for the new / comming > > Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 edition) with the Exynos 5420 > > > As for Exynos, iirc we have basic support of Exynos 5250 (arndale board), I > don't know how that is different than 5420. > But please note that if I'm correct we don't have FreeBSD with graphics > running yet on any tablet. > > Correct me if I'm wrong here. > > Ganbold > > > > > ? > > > > Thanks for your answer. > > > > Regards, > > > > C. M. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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