Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:53:22 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology>, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Points to ponder Re: Showstoppers for RPI3 Message-ID: <f5c815e512ae1d5721bca88775510b1e5d0c2bf4.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <d8acedc8-8acd-4e7b-a2c9-7c3f1d7cf4d3@localhost> References: <11951E01-EC13-4FBB-938A-AEB5700C4281@yahoo.com> <CACNAnaEiv5NZZz%2BxfETkhSZ-zbjZ3Ya6z7pyteheP4zj3EK1Gg@mail.gmail.com> <20200226052045.GA79939@www.zefox.net> <E866B6BE-7948-4412-82EF-999A2F8C0DF9@googlemail.com> <04e8e290e5d7bb810f76ece4ff33d6e1006e63cd.camel@freebsd.org> <280455B5-E201-494F-A4EB-2426A12B7E2C@googlemail.com> <20200226235908.GD22189@lonesome.com> <F4EB9ED4-017D-4CDC-A927-035E1C595CD4@googlemail.com> <A13BFE46-0D14-465D-9139-CB208616AF80@kronometrix.org> <5AD91C8A-F4A2-4C53-9D03-CB83EDAC9C0A@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20200228010924.GA87999@www.zefox.net> <d8acedc8-8acd-4e7b-a2c9-7c3f1d7cf4d3@localhost>
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On Fri, 2020-02-28 at 11:03 +0000, Greg V wrote: > > Feb 28, 2020 4:09:43 AM bob prohaska : > > > In a thread entitled "how to get freebsd on a new board?" it's > > suggested that a port of FreeBSD to a new platform would cost > > $20-50K, presumably with manufacturer support. Let's suppose > > it'll cost $100K if the manufacturer won't help. > > It's funny to hear massive cost estimates for something that's been > hobbyist/volunteer work a lot of the time :) > It may not always be as "hobbyist" as you think. I put a lot of hours (er, months) into helping get freebsd running on armv6/v7 hardware in general and on imx6 in particular. The company I contract to paid in the $50-100k range for my time in doing so. I easily spent that many more hours of my own time working on it that I didn't bill them for, so all in all it worked out to be about half-hobbyist. :) And most of what I do in ongoing freebsd work now is pure hobbyist, except for the rare occasions when we start using some new i2c chip or something at $work that needs a driver written. -- Ian
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