From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Thu Feb 11 09:45:45 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD73AA4970 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:45:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: from mail.blih.net (mail.blih.net [212.83.177.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.blih.net", Issuer "mail.blih.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB6EE1386 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:45:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: from mail.blih.net (mail.blih.net [212.83.177.182]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 6d643be5; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:45:35 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=Vgsfjdq7DYKpwYzwX6jEVbCrtxM=; b=WktKHRZe/MaVZLpHZoG1wav6ojma lTpkXJkkYuLOZCSYX0Aqx91/a5KxdbVLM5sSHNavtIJlDgLmm2BSvOUbYadZ1MM5 zzeuUdHeOH+GLx2zZLHRJT5eT8+I0dDKS7eTRmw+Gc5mZn/WkNxOG0n6yajzanmv m9fg5SXqEFNXDMI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= mail; b=SLsiV3tIF7Nhr/VTllsCpws+vqCuxy9XptgQJ22cWIje8MEAQi2VqXCd lmS0SX1E3HU2aAGvbM2d6eaNDCRQ1Auiyfb84dHqCpeIJ7Ko8fcYXI9NS0JW7Eo6 EDzDiq9Or75ljkBOQuxDmYZDSzCcXAq+PQAC5aVn3Uc7GeXTNys= Received: from atlantis.staff.bocal.org (163.5.250.239 [163.5.250.239]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id fd8840bb TLS version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:45:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:45:34 +0100 From: Emmanuel Vadot To: Kris Cc: werner@thieprojects.ch, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the $9 C.H.I.P Message-Id: <20160211104534.5c18d1d32b3b55fdc458f6a5@bidouilliste.com> In-Reply-To: <56BBD6B9.3090703@interia.eu> References: <56BBD0B0.7040407@thieprojects.ch> <56BBD6B9.3090703@interia.eu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.3 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:45:45 -0000 The R here does not stand for the RealTime profile from ARM, it's just one Allwinner chip line. The R8 is basically an A13 which is basically an A10 which FreeBSD support, so it should be easy to port FreeBSD on the R8. On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:32:57 +0100 Kris wrote: > Hi Werner, > Basically there is interest (I am waiting for x2 CHIP boards, they are > due in March, but I think they will be slightly delayed). > Before I get boards the only reasonable thing for me to do is to get as > much out of existing tree to see how it can be ported, but no actual work. > > Please be careful - there is no such a thing like Cortex A13. A13 is > just a marketing name Allwinner gave to their product. And I believe > CHIP put Allwinner R8 on their board (normally in ARM nomenclature, > R=for deeply embedded devices, A=for applications, but again, it is > Allwinner so you can expect anything from their naming convention). > However R8 is indeed equipped with Cortex A8 core, for which I believe > some work has been done - see Allwinner A20 in repo - it has the same > core if my memory serves right (it is even pin compatible with single > core Allwinner A10 -> again Cortex A8 :) > > Kris > > On 02/11/16 01:07, Werner Thie wrote: > > Hi all > > > > is there any interest or work going on making FreeBSD available on the > > $9 CHIP from nextthing.co? > > > > Basically it's a Cortex A13, 1GHz ARM V7A with 512MB RAM, NAND flash > > and a slew of peripherals, the datasheet can be found on > > > > https://linux-sunxi.org/images/e/eb/A13_Datasheet.pdf > > > > Werner > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Emmanuel Vadot