:!: Would someone //please// come up with a better name.

==== FreeBSD on small systems (standalone boxes) ====

This page attempts to gather some information about devices that %%FreeBSD%% runs on that are neither traditional 'desktops' nor traditional 'servers'.

The best known of this class of devices is the [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/|Raspberry Pi]].

However, there is a long history of standalone boards in the computer business.  Most of them have been known by the vague phrase **embedded devices**.

==== Architectures ====

Of special interest to this page is the [[http://www.arm.com/products/processors/instruction-set-architectures/index.php|ARM]] architecture and the [[http://imgtec.com/mips/architectures/|MIPS]] architecture.  In particular, we focus on boards/boxes that are commercially available at hobbyist-friendly prices.

=== ARM boxes ===

  * A full list, including the Raspberry Pi, can be found [[/arm|here]].

=== MIPS boxes ===

  * Many of these can be found as commercial routers that can be repurposed.  A full list can be found [[FreeBSD/mips|here]].

==== Build Technologies ====

Several different methods exist for building images suitable loading into Flash memory.

TODO: the author is not familiar with any of them.  Could someone please help elaborate?

  * [[https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/nanobsd/|nanobsd]] in the [[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/tools/tools/nanobsd/|FreeBSD source tree]].
  * [[https://github.com/freebsd/crochet/wiki/How-to-Build-a-Disk-Image|crochet]] on Github.
  * [[https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-wifi-build|freebsd-wifi-build]] on Github.

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