Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:05:44 -0400 From: Nate Dobbs <misconfiguration@gmail.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <CAGjvUo6q3qYe40JpzgLK9ULUHQ2fR1X6uzB=mG3P5rq6_DWd2w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111104015559.GE74831@dereel.lemis.com> References: <20111103092222.GN37036@e-new.0x20.net> <20111103155802.7bfc1df0.ray@freebsd.org> <CACqU3MWo%2B2PAqdm71rvsh4f09-nBCnLi7s-VaZo8iHd92L8q_w@mail.gmail.com> <CAGjvUo6UpcsiTa-cyGM_Q_Em-9WOJLqM%2Bn_U6exJy_w2z%2B52RQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACqU3MU5zdfuymo4JZn3JMT2=AARhwbc%2BrY3jTVzX8bD=aJnfA@mail.gmail.com> <20111104004007.GA74831@dereel.lemis.com> <CACqU3MVk47XAMvwSSie9nj%2BegFVXMnGCGMphqxuuHhKi=sVx2A@mail.gmail.com> <20111104015559.GE74831@dereel.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>wrote: > On Thursday, 3 November 2011 at 21:05:54 -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> > wrote: > >> On Thursday, 3 November 2011 at 11:33:25 -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Nate Dobbs < > misconfiguration@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> 10 year old core or not, the ARM is the worlds most widely used > processor; > >>>> > >>> Please read what I said correctly, I said "this ARM11 is obsolete" > >>> (even if still used, for sure) ... > >> > >> Clearly price is an issue for this device. What's so bad about ARM11 > >> that it shouldn't be used? > >> > > If you read my original comment, I did point out the $25 price tag was > > pretty much the only interesting thing. Now, what it has been designed > > for, multimedia, is going to be handled by a closed-source binary blob > > without datasheet, so let me turn back the question: what do you > > expect doing with it ? > > That's not turning back the question; that's a separate question. But > it's a good one. I don't really see it as a multimedia device. My > interest would be in little embedded agents in different parts of the > house, for things like measuring temperatures. I'm sure lots of other > applications will come to mind. > > And yes, I'll probably use the supplied Linux port. But if a FreeBSD > alternative becomes available, I'd certainly prefer that. > > Greg > -- > Sent from my desktop computer > Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft MUA reports > problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua > I agree with groggy, something I'd personally use it for is a small SSH server to allow a pinhole into my home network. It would serve as a very good replacement for the mac mini that's sitting in my DMZ simply handling connections for my SSH tunnel so I can bypass the proxy at work. Power savings would be significant and it would be plenty powerful to handle this task. A small webcam server comes to mind as well; there could be plenty of useful things I could think of outside the realm of multimedia. JMHO -- Cheers, Nate Dobbs RHCE
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