From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 01:15:49 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 0D716106566C for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:15:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A55308FC0A for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:15:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o0I1CCNA086569; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:12:12 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:13:00 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20100117.181300.487329959621890134.imp@bsdimp.com> To: rrs@lakerest.net From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <44C3FEF4-A572-42C4-8032-62A17A4239A6@lakerest.net> References: <44C3FEF4-A572-42C4-8032-62A17A4239A6@lakerest.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: lisong@stanford.edu, freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 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 01:15:49 -0000 cCan gIn message: <44C3FEF4-A572-42C4-8032-62A17A4239A6@lakerest.net> Randall Stewart writes: : Good to here from you ;-) : : Well our general conspirator and coordinator is : : bsdimp.. imp@freebsd.org aka Warner Losh. Don't forget gonzo@freebsd.org Oleksandr Tymoshenko and wkoszek@freebsd.org Wojciech Koszek as well.a : Warner is currently working on the cavium. : : I am working in my spare time on RMI/XLR : : There are bunches of other folks as well that contribute we : can all be found on #bsdmips in IRC. There's also good support for the Atheros AR71xx processors, the ADM5120 processors and a few others. Warner : What hardware do you have available to play with... since you are : at stanford you must be in the bay area ;-) : : If you want to meet some time let me know ;-D : : R : On Jan 17, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Song Li wrote: : : > 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 : > _______________________________________________ : > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list : > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips : > To unsubscribe, send any mail to : > "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" : > : : ------------------------------ : Randall Stewart : 803-317-4952 (cell) : 803-345-0391(direct) : : _______________________________________________ : freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list : http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips : To unsubscribe, send any mail to : "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" : :