FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi 512MB (with U-Boot + ubldr)

[George Mitchell]

On 11/30/12 14:20, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
> On 11/29/2012 5:37 PM, George Mitchell wrote:
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>> I'm a newcomer to the Raspberry Pi, but I've been running FreeBSD for
>> over fifteen years.  Since I don't have a Pi yet, I am trying to
>> emulate one with qemu.  Here is the command line I'm currently trying:
>>
>> qemu-system-arm -cpu arm1136-r2 -m 256 -M versatilepb -serial stdio
>> -hda freebsd-pi-20121130.img.gz
>>
>> It tells me "Kernel image must be specified".  How can I get a kernel
>> image to satisfy this request?
>
>      Unfortunately this image is not suitable for qemu. qemu emulates
> versatile platform board which is
> hardware-wise is completely different from raspberry pi. All they have
> in common is CPU.  Both Pi
> and qemu can run same userland  but kernel should be compiled for each
> platform individually.
>
> I'm woking on VersatilPB support for FreeBSD since it can make good
> kernel development
> and package building platform. No clear estimates for it though:
>   http://pastebin.ca/2255232

Thanks again for your attention.  I've decided to go ahead and buy a
Raspberry Pi for myself for Christmas, so the question has become moot.
-- George

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>
>>
>> Many thanks to the people performing this work, and also the beagleboard
>> and beaglebone work!  I hope to live long enough to see the day these
>> platforms are promoted to tier 1 status in FreeBSD!   -- George Mitchell
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