FreeBSD on R-Pi and BBB: Odds and ends

[The Lost Admin]

The Lost Admin
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> On Mar 16, 2016, at 6:24 AM, Borodin Oleg <onborodin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:34:03 +0100
> Kurt Jaeger <lists at opsec.eu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>>>> onborodin at gmail.com said:  
>>>>>> There is nothing on the R-Pi web page that tells you that there are 2 
>>>>>> different packages to download for the Raspberry Pi: RPI-B and RPI2.      
>>>> 
>>>>> RPI2 in development.    
>>>> 
>>>> OK.  I was commenting on the wiki page for Raspberry Pi at:
>>>>  https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Raspberry%20Pi
>>>> 
>>>> It doesn't use either "RPI2" or "development".
>>>> I was pointing out what confused me in case anybody wanted to improve that 
>>>> page.  
>>> 
>>>> I think a paragraph that said something like
>>>>    "FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-arm-armv6-RPI-B" works on B and B+. 
>>>>    For Pi 2, you need "FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-RPI2".
>>>> would have been very helpful to me.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I agree, the page can misinform novices and have some information
>>> lag. Sorry, I have not right to edit this.  
>> 
>> Please create a wiki account and fix the wikipage:
>> 
>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/action/newaccount/FrontPage?action=newaccount
>> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> Oleg Borodin
> onborodin at 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’t as well and then noticed the need for a sponsor. I can’t say I blame the team for wanting to make sure people don’t make a mess of the wiki but I didn’t find any instructions on how to obtain a sponsor (not that I looked very hard).

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