svn commit: r49847 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Fri Jan 13 06:41:40 UTC 2017

Author: bjk
Date: Fri Jan 13 06:41:38 2017
New Revision: 49847
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49847

Log:
  Add Minnowboard hardware support entry from gonzo

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml	Fri Jan 13 06:34:42 2017	(r49846)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml	Fri Jan 13 06:41:38 2017	(r49847)
@@ -849,4 +849,39 @@
 	committing.</task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='kern'>
+    <title>I2C, GPIO, and SPI support for MinnowBoard</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Oleksandr</given>
+	  <common>Tymoshenko</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>gonzo at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://kernelnomicon.org/?p=767">Blog Post</url>
+      <url href="https://www.minnowboard.org">MinnowBoard Website</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>The Minnowboard is an Atom-based x86 board (Intel E38xx
+	Series SoC) in a maker-friendly form-factor: it provides
+	convenient access to pins that can be used to connect
+	peripherals using one of the standard buses: GPIO, SPI, or I2C.
+	These buses are more common in the ARM/MIPS world than in x86,
+	so while &os; was able to boot just fine, it lacked support for
+	these buses on the MinnowBoard.</p>
+
+      <p>As of r310645, HEAD support all three buses via
+	<tt>ig4(4)</tt>, <tt>bytgpio(4)</tt>, and <tt>intelspi</tt>
+	drivers.  The <tt>ig4(4)</tt> and <tt>bytgpio(4)</tt> changes
+	were backported to 11-STABLE; <tt>intelspi</tt> will be MFCed in
+	couple of weeks.</p>
+    </body>
+  </project>
 </report>
