Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:04:18 +0100 (CET) From: Stephane Legrand <Stephane.Legrand@wanadoo.fr> To: sepotvin@videotron.ca Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD arm port Message-ID: <199810292204.XAA00645@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> In-Reply-To: <3638BF40.304CB4F0@videotron.ca> References: <3638BF40.304CB4F0@videotron.ca>
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Stephane E. Potvin writes: > For a project I have here I need to port FreeBSD to an arm architecture > (SA110 processor with a 21285 as pci/memory controller). Is there anyone > currently working on this? I remember some discussions about arm support > a few weeks ago but I can't quite remember is someone was actively doing > it. I'll search the archives later on this afternoon... > > Before I RTFM and try to learn how to add the support to the FreeBSD gcc > compiler to cross-compile from our i386-unknown-freebsd3.0 to > arm-unknown-freebsd3.0 I wanted to check if anyone had already done this > or was in the process of doing so. I guess it would be easier to do the > port using netbsd as host but as the hw is not yet ready we are using an > ebsa285 board to do the prototyping and I was told that netBSD doesn't > support it natively (though I could be mistaken). > > Also, some pointers as to what are the main steps for doing such a port > (FreeBSD port as a whole) would be greatly appreciated. > > Comments, pros, cons are welcome :) > Just for information, will this futur port be available on an open license (GPL, BSD...) and with the sources ? It could become a good base for a possible port of FreeBSD to the Netwinder computer. P.S : there is a better mailing-list for this kind of subject, the list called... freebsd-ports :) -- Stephane.Legrand@wanadoo.fr | systeme d'exploitation FreeBSD http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stephane.legrand/ | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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