Thank you Mark and Jonathan for the information and advice. When I get another device I will try out OpenBSD. However, the appeal of these devices is the tight integration of the onboard devices. If one has to add a USB hub and peripherals the devices become unwieldy and of little use.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Mark Kettenis Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 2:51 PM To: s_g...@telus.net Cc: j...@jsg.id.au; arm@openbsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD for NTC CHIP > From: "Stephen Graf" <s_g...@telus.net> > Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:01:43 -0700 > > Is the Raspberry PI Zero W a better choice to use with OpenBSD? Is > there OpenBSD support for the onboard WIFI? OpenBSD will not (ever) run on the Pi Zero as we target ARMv7 and up. > I chose the CHIP device because of the neat hardware package, CPU, > RAM, NAND, WIFI and USB all on one board. > I was able to take the device out of its package, use my cell phone > charger cable to plug it into my PC and was literally able to start development! > Within a few minutes I had the WIFI configured and was using SSH > network connectivity. It is possible to run OpenBSD on the CHIP, but basically only USB will work. Someone did some work on getting the NAND working, but I think that work has stalled. WiFi is unsupported and while there is some interest in getting it working, don't count on it.
