Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:22:55 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: John.Kitz@xs4all.nl Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD distribution for ARM processors. Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmon_DSmyMMVnpWiZc%2B4vK2LkVdfiaC9sLUQL-STjn4aGPw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <526831dc.e3f9c20a.188e.fffffd02SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> References: <526831dc.e3f9c20a.188e.fffffd02SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
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Hi! On 23 October 2013 13:30, John W. Kitz <John.Kitz@xs4all.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Can someone please explain the rationale behind not providing a > distribution > for arm based systems, as it seems somewhat illogical to me that > distributions are available for ia64, powerpc, sparc64 (see > http://www.freebsd.org/where.html) which are considered Tier 2 > architectures > while the official reason for arm being a Tier 2 architecture is the fact > that no distribution is provided for it (see > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/arm.html). > > It's happening. It may not happen for 10.0 but the vague plan is to get generic MIPS/ARM install environments with customisations for how you get the image onto various devices. -adrian
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