From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 18:46:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58154106566B for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:46:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy7.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 189C88FC08 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:46:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 10167 invoked by uid 0); 8 Mar 2012 18:46:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy7.bluehost.com with SMTP; 8 Mar 2012 18:46:29 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=yVXPNYyEgYqbtVWe8wfKUzhrvUrxgBjeHNgfYHiaz+s=; b=J5IJKcK5XC7iC7eudToE42vHsgJN4gmxFCIOlBhnS3TMABjyENZxnbvR/b/isgrPtdXrBC1o1MtiCTOGjE8Xow5we1fFle+/olO6Yh/oi+vGD3KPBTMdqV00RrtG4tnG; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1S5iM9-0003Ni-9z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:46:29 -0700 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:46:28 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD-Questions Message-ID: <20120308184628.GB8035@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-Questions References: <20120307204923.GA19514@hemlock.hydra> <20120307214008.GA25783@hemlock.hydra> <4F5872F7.6040908@qeng-ho.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F5872F7.6040908@qeng-ho.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:46:30 -0000 On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 08:51:03AM +0000, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 03/07/12 21:40, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > >If anyone has more information about planned BSD Unix ports to Raspberry > >Pi, or comes up with more in the next few weeks, I'd appreciate it if > >someone would let me know (perhaps with URIs or contact information for > >people and projects working on this). > > There was a discussion about it over on hackers@ last November. The > thread starts at > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2011-November/036742.html > > TL;DR summary: some are wildly in favour of it, others are > completely negative. I.e. the usual network response to anything :-} I'm curious about the reasoning for the negative. I'll have to go skim that thread. Thanks for pointing it out to me. > > Unless someone capable and willing to do the port managed to get one > of the first production batch, the next lot won't be available for > 7-8 weeks at the earliest. My order is currently expected to be > delivered the second week in May. That helps me get sort of a timeline in mind, I think. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]