Re: RPI 4/5 u-boot new port, is there any interest?

Hi Björn, yes, we talked about it in German language
..great to know that you were able to get it to version 2025.04[-rc3].
which leads to the question, what would you think about putting it into an official port sooner or later?…
Yeah, interesting links from Evgenii ... 

Hi Bob,
Just speaking for myself I`m not looking for a sponsor :-) -
but it`s too early to say what issues could occur if e.g. the RP1-driver 
is too hard to manage for us here…  
Maybe some developer needs a sponsor after all, I don't know—but I don't think the RPI Foundation will support FreeBSD or u-boot…
Well, you know my English is not the best, possibly I understood you wrong..


I hope the discussion stays heated and we(or better: FreeBSD) come to decisions about what to do next…

Best Regards
K.

> Am 05.06.2025 um 00:21 schrieb Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@freebsd.org>:
> 
> I have a rebase of that for 2025.04[-rc3];  the single patch file I put
> into a local port in Feb still applies to the 2025.04.
> Need to go and see; had a few other minor changes.
> 


> Am 05.06.2025 um 00:28 schrieb bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>:
> 
> I was surprised to find at
> https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp1-the-silicon-controlling-raspberry-pi-5-i-o-designed-here-at-raspberry-pi/
> the quote "...it’s there to help you port an operating system and make use of the features of Raspberry Pi 5." 
> 
> I don't know how sincere those words are, but taken at face value they suggest a more 
> cooperative approach to external developers. Clearly, if you need a sponsor for your 
> work, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is much wealthier than the FreeBSD Foundation. 
> 
> bob prohaska