Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:20:14 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: "Crochet" build tool Message-ID: <97CF16D5-8FD1-41F1-B2AE-5A36A3B856B3@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <167CF57D-01E3-4857-BF0E-C40B00FED226@netgate.com> References: <CFBA557F-3DB9-40BA-B222-8E8C67707C9B@freebsd.org> <5DFA61DB-70E4-4C3D-ACA0-995A175706C8@neville-neil.com> <5151B454.9090402@ceetonetechnology.com> <1CBF1416-3237-4DCE-8D61-7E998265C887@neville-neil.com> <1364311809.36972.27.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <CAJ-Vmomcaoe4cBFtFbXHSe2ygWA9JZnMkE_zoy80unuT-L1Axg@mail.gmail.com> <5151D045.80305@thieprojects.ch> <CAJ-Vmomk0aGykV2Zv_9nW9Lg9THHspkfjHhiu7dEz1k1nPAibw@mail.gmail.com> <5151D9DB.7050001@thieprojects.ch> <167CF57D-01E3-4857-BF0E-C40B00FED226@netgate.com>
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On Mar 26, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: >=20 > On Mar 26, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Werner Thie <werner@thieprojects.ch> = wrote: >=20 >> Is nanoBSD or tinyBSD fit as basis for a cross platform effort? >=20 > No, not really. >=20 > They're very x86-specific, but then, so was FreeBSD for the longest = time. Actually, they aren't. I've built nano images for both arm and mips....=20= > Given the recent advances including a flash-based filesystems for = FreeBSD, and being able to co-opt the cross-compiler chain from linux = where clang does not yet support cross compilation (e.g. mips) has = brought FreeBSD to a point where (finally) the issues around embedded = finally are illuminated. Yes, but external cross compile patches have been available for a long = time... Warneer > tl;dr: This has been anticipated for a long time. >=20 > Jim >=20 > (Other BSDs? I know not of any other BSDs. There can be only one.) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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