Re: noob question ....

[Stephan <stephanwib%googlemail.com@localhost>]

Regarding the Pi 2 model, I wonder where to find a datasheet for this
new 2836 chip. It seems that it has been developed for the Pi in the
first place, but I couldn´t find any documentation. As far as I
understand, they changed mainly the CPU core, which leaves hope for
existing 2835 drivers to be reusable.

It might also be possible to use virtualization on that chip because
it is a Cortex-A7.

2015-02-04 9:41 GMT+01:00 Nick Hudson <skrll%netbsd.org@localhost>:
> On 02/04/15 03:44, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
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>>
>>
>> .... I am so new to NetBSD that I am not (yet) using it. I plan to buy a
>> Raspberry Pi B+ & a Pi-2 model B specifically to try out NetBSD.
>
>
> rpi2 isn't supported yet, but I got one yesterday, so it shouldn't be long.
>
>
>> I (think I) would like to run 6.1.5 for presumed stability and
>> fit-&-finish. I poked around in
>> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.5/evbarm/binary/sets/ & noticed
>> an RPI kernel. However, in
>> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.5/evbarm/binary/gzimg/ I see no
>> pre-built image, which would definitely ease installation. I do notice
>> images in Daily & NetBSD7. How much trouble would it be to supply prebuilt
>> images for 6.1.5-RPi ? For that matter, how about ARM v6 & v7 (again like
>> Daily & NetBSD7) :-) ? TIA for any info.
>
>
> You really need NetBSD 7 or -current for rpi.
>
> http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/
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> Should help.
>
> Let us know if you think it needs improving.
>
> Nick