Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:41 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Neo1973 (arm920t) Message-ID: <20070918195341.160a590b@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <46EFFB5E.9040407@semihalf.com> References: <20070918115334.569521c1@sol.hackerzberg.local> <20070918.080043.-1625879466.imp@bsdimp.com> <46EFFB5E.9040407@semihalf.com>
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:22:54 +0200 Rafal Jaworowski <raj@semihalf.com> wrote: > For FreeBSD/powerpc running with U-Boot we have loader(8) running as a > second stage bootloader on top of it (as a standalone app), which loads > and runs the kernel, providing it with full metadata etc. This however > needs changes to U-Boot itself, and they were not merged with its > mainline yet, but I can provide patches if you're intersted. For the > loader(8) piece you can have a look at some preliminary approach in the > e500 branch in P4 for reference: in particular it has a common library > that is intended to be used also on ARM, MIPS etc., only the lowest > level gluing needs equivalent asm routines. > Do you plan to submit these patches to the u-boot ML? Or directly to Wolfgang Denk? I knows he's very interested in getting some *BSD support into u-boot. Or maybe you've already done that? -- Gary Jennejohn
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