Arm64 Tier 1 FreeBSD 13 Phones

[John F Carr]

On Apr 12, 2021, at 03:10 , Valery Seys <valery at vslash.com> wrote:
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> I'm affraid that FreeBSD do not run on a PinePhone.
> The dmesg from nycbug comes from a pine64 board, not from a pinephone.

Is it known not to run, or merely untested?  It looks like every Pine device needs a different configuration.  At $200 it is tempting to get one to experiment on.  Maybe after my current time sink ends in a few weeks.

The original message (subject line) reflects a misunderstanding of what "Tier 1" means.  It means the FreeBSD team will try hard not to break rack mount servers.  Tier 1 status doesn't make FreeBSD any more suited to phones than Tier 2 status.  It doesn't add device or CPU support.  See all the difficulties with Raspberry Pi.  It doesn't add a UI for a small screen.  The potabi PinePhone project by its own admission hasn't accomplished anything but starting a UI design.  But maybe by end of year we can have something that works when plugged into a power supply.