Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:58:22 -0600 From: Paul Becke <pbecke@javagear.com> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: Devin Butterfield <dbutter@wireless.net>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Subject: Re: StrongARM support? Message-ID: <3A3FCBEE.144E4DA5@javagear.com> References: <78656.976769151@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <3A3862E4.5A46E14C@wireless.net> <20001218151235.D69041@peorth.iteration.net> <3A3EA852.A668B554@wireless.net> <20001219125657.A94588@peorth.iteration.net> <3A3FB4AF.106716C6@javagear.com> <20001219135140.B29492@peorth.iteration.net>
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> I do not see much difference between the Brutus and the Assabet. > Do you? I have never looked at the Brutus so I don't know. > > > | platform. Based on my experience with NetBSD, I think that I could be of > | assistance in initiating a FreeBSD port. I actually do most of my > | development unsing an Arm cross compliler on a FreeBSD platform. What does > > Do you have a shell script or a FreeBSD Ports skeleton for a cross compiler? > The first thing to do would be to establish a toolchain. If you can > send me the necessary information to build "your" crossgcc, I will > get the port done and send it into usr/ports/. I do have shell scripts. One version produces code for a generic aout and another produces code for the NetBSD aout. I think for FreeBSD we would want to move to elf right away. I'll work to clean up the scripts a bit and then stick them on a ftp server. I'll send out a URL when I have them ready. > > For those interest in the ARM/StrongARM port and lacking hardware, buying > a Psion seris7 or a Compaq iPaQ would be the el cheapo^W^Weconomical > solution. You would have a little more trouble with reseting, but the > other functions work. If you get a CF slot and a CF disk for the iPaQ > and a serial connection, then you are set for development > An iPaQ is probably the best platform to work on for porting FreeBSD. As you point out, it is relatively inexpensive and readily available, and Compaq seems to be relatively forth coming with technical information. I have heard that is it is very difficult, if not impossible to get information on the Psion. > > Do wavelan devices work on NetBSD/ARM? I am not familiar with wavelan devices. So far I have ignored much of the Networking code in NetBSD because my particular application does not require it. Paul Becke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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