Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:50:53 -0700 From: Dan Raymond <draymond@foxvalley.net> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RPi 2 B+? Message-ID: <54D01B6D.9040309@foxvalley.net> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonVZB8=uwSSwpJTzdhDROu6WDrCMXYbzMgKu_o%2B5KFR2Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <20150202111352.GA2060@in-addr.com> <54CF5CC8.8050601@selasky.org> <20150202112205.GA29086@in-addr.com> <CAJ-VmonVZB8=uwSSwpJTzdhDROu6WDrCMXYbzMgKu_o%2B5KFR2Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/2/2015 9:08 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > From someone at the RPI foundation: > > "All peripheral blocks detailed in the BCM2835 datasheet are > applicable to BCM2836. The only thing that's changed in regards to > these bits is the peripheral register set base address - which I > believe is now placed at 0x3F000000." > > still requires an updated uboot and some new glue for the new SoC (DTS > files, for example.) > > > > -adrian Will any changes be needed for FreeBSD to take advantage of SMP now that the Raspberry Pi has 4 cores instead of 1? I imagine compiling for ARMv7 instead of ARMv6 will incur performance improvements. Will that be a simple transition? It will also be nice to have access to pre-compiled ports.
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