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Date:      Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:10:57 -0400
From:      The Lost Admin <thelostadmin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on R-Pi and BBB: Odds and ends
Message-ID:  <2E5FD93C-C6EE-46DE-9D9B-BE2EAB566EC5@gmail.com>
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> On Mar 16, 2016, at 6:24 AM, Borodin Oleg <onborodin@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:34:03 +0100
> Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote:
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>> Hi!
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>>>> onborodin@gmail.com said: =20
>>>>>> There is nothing on the R-Pi web page that tells you that there =
are 2=20
>>>>>> different packages to download for the Raspberry Pi: RPI-B and =
RPI2.     =20
>>>>=20
>>>>> RPI2 in development.   =20
>>>>=20
>>>> OK.  I was commenting on the wiki page for Raspberry Pi at:
>>>>  https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Raspberry%20Pi
>>>>=20
>>>> It doesn't use either "RPI2" or "development".
>>>> I was pointing out what confused me in case anybody wanted to =
improve that=20
>>>> page. =20
>>>=20
>>>> I think a paragraph that said something like
>>>>    "FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-arm-armv6-RPI-B" works on B and B+.=20
>>>>    For Pi 2, you need "FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-RPI2".
>>>> would have been very helpful to me.
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> I agree, the page can misinform novices and have some information
>>> lag. Sorry, I have not right to edit this. =20
>>=20
>> Please create a wiki account and fix the wikipage:
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>> =
https://wiki.freebsd.org/action/newaccount/FrontPage?action=3Dnewaccount
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> Hmm, I made login to the wiki and check right for editing _before_ =
send mail to maillist.
> I have on top "Immutable Page" and "You are not allowed to edit this =
page" after raise edit action.
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> With best regards,
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> Oleg Borodin
> onborodin@gmail.com

I noticed that same problem (the lack of direction for downloads =
depending you which model Pi you have) and tried to fix it myself. I =
discovered that I couldn=E2=80=99t as well and then noticed the need for =
a sponsor. I can=E2=80=99t say I blame the team for wanting to make sure =
people don=E2=80=99t make a mess of the wiki but I didn=E2=80=99t find =
any instructions on how to obtain a sponsor (not that I looked very =
hard).

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