Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:15:51 +0100 From: Aleksander Dutkowski <adutkowski@gmail.com> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Raspberry PI? Message-ID: <CABkKHSadN2AOJXeE0-0QMqrJwPgY8V0HaN7rx%2ByZ4qw1t72E9g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F32CA9D.4000305@freebsd.org> References: <4F32CA9D.4000305@freebsd.org>
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Hi Stefan! Here you have some topics from freebsd-hackers: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2011-November/036742.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2011-November/036748.html I am going to purchase one, so I could also help porting:) On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> wrote: > The Raspberry PI has just been announced to become available at the end > of February and I'm just curious, whether it will be a good platform > for FreeBSD. > > It is based on a Broadcom BCM2835 (ARM1176JZFS) for which a Technical > Reference Manual and a "BCM2835 ARM Peripherals" document exist. The > latter has just been announced in: > > http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/615 and can > > be found at: > > http://dmkenr5gtnd8f.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BCM2835-ARM-Peripherals.pdf > > Linux sources have also been published: > > https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux > > I'm going to get one, anyway, and would like to support a porting > effort to this platform. Video will not be possible, I'm afraid, but > the Raspberry PI looks like a nice base for a cheap, small server > (800k Dhrystones, some 60% of a BeagleBone AFAIK). > > Regards, STefan > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- pozdrawiam Aleksander Dutkowski
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