This really has shown how much interest there is in having OpenBSD running on those machines. Still, we would all not be here without the OpenBSD project itself. Not being able to host hackathons due to COVID-19 leaves an impact, and I hope that soon(TM) we'll be able to get back together to shut up and hack.
I'm sure you all love using OpenBSD and hacking on OpenBSD as much as I do, so to help OpenBSD run infrastructure, organize hackathons and to flourish even more, please consider donating! https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html https://www.openbsd.org/donations.html Also a shoutout to marcan, who'll be doing a lot of reverse engineering on the M1. He's pretty good, and I'm supporting his project by being a patron. I'm looking forward to his work, because of all the people out there who can do it, he's definitely one of them. https://www.patreon.com/marcan Patrick Am Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 02:33:34PM -0700 schrieb Ben Goren: > Oh, wow — it hasn’t even been a full day since I sent this out...and already > enough of you have chipped in enough to buy not just a single M1 system for > Patrick, but also a second one for his partner in crime, Mark Kettenis. > > Thank you to all! This show of generosity and support and excitement is most > welcome. (And, frankly, a bit overwhelming.) > > If anybody reading this still wishes to donate to the cause, despite the > immediate needs being met, the money will be put to good use. There are other > developers who will eventually need their own hardware, and there are always > other sorts of expenses related to development. Feel free to chip in at > Patrick’s original link: > > https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8uPSkfNJMp > > ...or, of course, to the OpenBSD general fund (which can *ALWAYS* use > donations): > > https://www.openbsd.org/donations.html > > Thanks again, everybody! > > b& > > > On Dec 2, 2020, at 2:59 PM, Ben Goren <b...@trumpetpower.com> wrote: > > Greetings, all! > > > > Patrick Wildt has set up a PayPal pool to raise funds to purchase an M1 Mac > > mini so he can start porting OpenBSD to the platform. If you’d like to be > > able to run OpenBSD on an M1 system, now would be a great time to throw > > some pennies his way. > > > > The donation link: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8uPSkfNJMp > > > > Read below for an idea of what one might expect if we can get a machine > > into Patrick’s hands. > > > > Cheers, > > > > b& > > > > Patrick wrote: > > > >> Yes, kettenis@ and me are the two ones doing the major work on porting > >> to new devices. Not sure if kettenis@ is interested, but I can ask him. > >> I definitely am, a Mac Mini as a dedicated machine to do stuff with and > >> not care about what is installed would really help. > >> > >> Marcan has started a crowdfunding on Patreon. He's a really capable > >> person, and he'll definitely lay a lot of groundwork needed for porting > >> OpenBSD to the platform. He apparenetly will also do his work in a > >> dual-licensed fashion, so the BSDs will easily profit from it. > >> > >> So, the first steps are basically to follow Marcan's work and use all > >> that information and code to port OpenBSD as well. > >> > >> This *will* take some time, because essentially there are only the > >> binary drivers, but it's doable and I think with a bit of patience > >> we will have OpenBSD running on the M1 as well. > >> > >> Biggest hurdle, as always, will be support for graphics acceleration.
