From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 18 17:53:45 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C14A16A469 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:53:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout0.freenet.de (mout0.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 056A313C4B3 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:53:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from [195.4.92.10] (helo=mx0.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.68-dev) (envelope-from ) id 1IXhGY-0000Ta-T5; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:42 +0200 Received: from r9db0.r.pppool.de ([89.54.157.176]:61064 helo=peedub.jennejohn.org) by mx0.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.68-dev #12) id 1IXhGY-0000Bc-OG; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:42 +0200 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:41 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org 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> Organization: DENX Softwre Engineering GmbH X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.13; amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Neo1973 (arm920t) X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:53:45 -0000 On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:22:54 +0200 Rafal Jaworowski 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