From owner-freebsd-ia64 Tue Sep 26 15: 1: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9215F37B42C; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:01:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nlsys.demon.co.uk ([158.152.125.33] helo=herring.nlsystems.com) by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13e2mV-000Gzm-0W; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:00:56 +0100 Received: from salmon.nlsystems.com (salmon.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.3]) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA76940; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:05:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:00:40 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Marcel Moolenaar Cc: Peter Wemm , freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Native ski [Re: freebsd-ia64 list is live] In-Reply-To: <39D11740.18E114B9@cup.hp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > [BTW: Thanks Peter] > > Doug Rabson wrote: > > > > This is appropriate timing. I executed my first (simulated) ia64 > > instructions today. I managed to get as far as mi_startup() before > > panicing because the linker sets were busted (probably something odd with > > the toolchain which I can fix). > > I've been in contact with the ski developers and it looks like they let > me port ski to FreeBSD. I intend to make both an Intel version and an > Alpha version (if time allows). I don't consider the port definite yet, > but it's sufficiently realistic that I thought I could let you know > already. > > I'll keep you posted! This is excellent news. Its proving quite useful for debugging the really low-level parts of the kernel. I just wish it was a bit faster - it spends up to 20 seconds at a time doing symbol lookups. Possibly given source access that could be improved. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message