From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 23:15:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1DF16A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:15:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from april.chuckr.org (april.chuckr.org [66.92.151.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0767143D31 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:15:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from april.chuckr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by april.chuckr.org (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j19NQPIw003467 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:26:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost)j19NQPBp003464 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:26:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) X-Authentication-Warning: april.chuckr.org: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:26:24 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050209181438.D84804@april.chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: porting X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 23:15:18 -0000 I have a computer, I teeny0tiny little bug of a system, one for which the term "palmtop" is quite literally true. It (and it's called a Zaurus) comes from the manufacturer with a version of Linux already installed. The version in my hand right now is a SL-C3000, which has a 4 GB hard disk inside it, but I also have a 760, which isn't so well endowed. Suffice to say, I want to port FreeBSD onto the Zaurus. I am in a little bit of a quandary ... I don't like the idea of asking others to do my work for me, but if you folks would *like* the idea of helping, then neither do I want to be piggish about it, and keep all the fun to myself. Please, write me, and tell me where you stand on this, will you be happy to stand off to the side and cheer, or do you really want to help, or maybe you could care less about this Zaurus-centric. If you want to do a project that doesn't work ont he Zaurus, more power to you, fella, but please don't bet in my way. As soon as I find out the list of folks, my first question is going to be, does anyone know where there might be English language descriptions of the Zaurus booting process. Couple years back, I ran a FreeBSD-based system on a i86 based board; this'll be my first armpbased project, but that doesn't daunt me much. IF I can get the booting process documented well enough, thbe rest if really in the bag, in my own opinion. Wouldn't it be GREAT to have FreeBSD in your palm? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------