Thanks Patrik, Marcan, and Theo... Interesting project... OpenBSD on the M1 :) ... best of luck with it
On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 22:11, Patrick Wildt <patr...@blueri.se> wrote: > 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. > > -- Kindest regards, Tom Smyth.
