From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 00:49:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 429911065672 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lisong.pine@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com (mail-fx0-f227.google.com [209.85.220.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE4DA8FC12 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:49:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so1805622fxm.3 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:49:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=yAOfmVntJ94o4tt3+263EvWx24y81oDtekrv8QVMzoE=; b=cRYTsLHw6z1fHRAB4qhG3xXCH/EAP8toCOwS+6yyWBx6ZJajZ9FIaWvHuIUgCR01Gt GkiaUuydpgffIs+Ul52Wtm+euKL8b5x61gHPZqh5KZrErmuVrw7SLPcs7f4KMlyT1J1c pP6SQfGRtGKrA0MhQn2L/REtG1qdkxKT5NrCU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; b=DnzRcOaVYbxQ1tFQjko5Ty1KvuAjBRjD2YDhMAjEYBr8YPOnHLWjqxE5wCwkPpqLJ/ ZmiaShEQoC51z42Pro+skfoBItMli8X4jivBPUYFuR3wnIVuVI0uRqFVljrCt1oS4zMo mzOWHU3hfmPMM1Ih+QIXY4vZWxxDK+fhoA3ew= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lisong.pine@gmail.com Received: by 10.239.187.211 with SMTP id m19mr624951hbh.10.1263773897047; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:18:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:18:17 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bc8835b06cdb248e Message-ID: From: Song Li To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Current development status of FreeBSD MIPS and how to contribute? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:49:47 -0000 Hi fellow gurus, May I ask who are actively involved in porting FreeBSD to MIPS? I am interested in working on it. May I ask how to contribute to the FreeBSD MIPS port? I checked the wiki page http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/mips but do not see much info there. What's the current plan/timeline? What hardware is it gonna support in a near future? Anywhere I can start from? Thanks. I have some experience working on FreeBSD kernels a few years ago (probably still FreeBSD 4.x at that time). I also worked with x86 and (teaching) ARM assmebly before. I have some general knowlege on assmebly language but limited knowledge on MIPS though. I have also experience on writing OS (more like at the toy/instructional level though) and the understanding of all the major concepts OS in general for sure. Is this good enough to start contributing? Or if not then any comments where I should catch up? Thanks. Best, Song