Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:30:43 +1200 From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> To: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OMAP3 patch Message-ID: <20110426073043.66af0c9d@fubar.geek.nz> In-Reply-To: <E1QEPZl-0006Tm-Ir@groundzero.grondar.org> References: <20110425163549.2bcc8551@fubar.geek.nz> <20110425170105.37c7d853@fubar.geek.nz> <E1QEKCz-0005xT-5R@groundzero.grondar.org> <20110426035423.1b4b592c@fubar.geek.nz> <E1QEPZl-0006Tm-Ir@groundzero.grondar.org>
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:27:57 +0100
Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Andrew Turner writes:
> > After the script has built FreeBSD copy ${KERNEL_FILE}.boot to a FAT
> > formatted sd card as uImage. e.g.:
> > cp ${KERNEL_FILE}.boot /mnt/uImage
> > ${KERNEL_FILE}.boot is printed at the end of the build script.
> > U-Boot should load FreeBSD without any input from the user.
> >
> > The root file system is loaded off USB from /dev/da0s1. It is a
> > standard buildworld/installworld with TARGET=arm.
>
> I presume that the USB is in this case also FAT formatted? I'm
> wondering how the installworld will deal with links etc.
The USB stick is formatted with UFS. The reason the DS card is fat
formatted is so the kernel cam be laded by U-Boot while the USB stick
is read by FreeBSD.
> Have you tried any CortexA8-specific compile options?
No. My understanding is our toolchain it too old to have Cortes-A8
specific options.
Andrew
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