Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:35:58 -0800 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> Subject: Re: Showstoppers for RPI3 Message-ID: <20200226173558.GB82128@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <e7ca78ce3e244746da86b41b608d0fa194521dd7.camel@freebsd.org> References: <20200225175446.GA77976@www.zefox.net> <11951E01-EC13-4FBB-938A-AEB5700C4281@yahoo.com> <CACNAnaEiv5NZZz%2BxfETkhSZ-zbjZ3Ya6z7pyteheP4zj3EK1Gg@mail.gmail.com> <20200226052045.GA79939@www.zefox.net> <E866B6BE-7948-4412-82EF-999A2F8C0DF9@googlemail.com> <04e8e290e5d7bb810f76ece4ff33d6e1006e63cd.camel@freebsd.org> <20200226164559.GA82128@www.zefox.net> <e7ca78ce3e244746da86b41b608d0fa194521dd7.camel@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 10:07:12AM -0700, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Wed, 2020-02-26 at 08:45 -0800, bob prohaska wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 08:33:24AM -0700, Ian Lepore wrote: > > > > > > If you want to run freebsd on arm hardware, try using hardware that > > > people are actually working to support. If you must use crappy rpi > > > hardware, either run linux on it, or consider paying someone to do > > > the > > > freebsd support you need. > > > > How much money is involved? Personally I can't afford to hire > > somebody, > > but earmarked contributiions to the FreeBSD Foundation are feasible. > > > > What would be required to attract useful attention? > > > > I don't think earmarked contributions are allowed, at least not > something earmarked to a specific task or piece of work (as opposed to > something generic like "use these funds for advocacy"). If they were > allowed, a company could effectively use an earmarked contribution as a > way of hiring a contractor to write code, while writing off the money > paid to her as a charitable contribution to the foundation. > Ok, let's leave out the charitable aspect. It's not the main point. Permit me to rephrase the question: How would one go about attracting meaningful developer attention to making low-power ARM a Tier-1 platform for FreeBSD? I do not have the skills to develop. I'd like to use low-power ARM and want to encourage, so far as I can, the work of those more able. Is there a bottleneck somewhere outside FreeBSD, perhaps compiler development? Thanks for reading! bob prohaska
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