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

Hi all,

Am 04.06.2025 um 17:00 schrieb Warner Losh <[email protected]>:

>> Seriously, why is there so little interest/engagement with that platform in FreeBSD?
> 
> Because Mike Karels died. He was spearheading those efforts, and all the life
> went out of them (or most of it) when he tragically passed returning home from
> BSDcan last year.

I did not know he was so essential for that part of the project. Bless him.

> [...]
> I fully recognize this is a supply / demand imbalance. But it's where we are.

Understood. Thanks for the explanation.

I remember getting in a bit of an argument with Mike over the recommended
way to generate a MAC address on a Pi.

Thankfully ronald@ took it to himself to implement the method using the serial
number. My argument at the time was that we should not give the user a worse
experience than Linux.

I wasn't aware the Pi foundation was difficult to deal with if not overtly hostile.

Kind regards,
Patrick