Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:12:56 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: mestery@visi.com Cc: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk>, jabley@patho.gen.nz, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 32-bit sparc port Message-ID: <378D1978.C839FD90@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9907141717410.11192-100000@isis.visi.com>
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mestery@visi.com wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Robert Swindells wrote:
>
> > I am more interested in getting FreeBSD running on my StrongARM system
> > though since it is more like a PC.
> >
> > My feeling is that it makes more sense to concentrate on porting FreeBSD
> > to other PCI bus systems than to add support for extra bus types.
> >
> I began an attempt at this (porting FreeBSD to StrongARM based systems)
> last winter, but didn't make it very far. I instead took Linux and got
> it running on our StrongARM hardware, with modifications. I am now
> familiar enough with the StrongARM and Linux that I think I could assist
> with a StrongARM FreeBSD port. I have some time to spend on this, also.
> If anyone else is interested, let me know. I don't have much experience
> porting from the ground up, as Linux was already running on ARM
> hardware, but I'm learning as I go so far.:)
The Digitial Network Appliance, the "reference design" for the StrongArm,
ran a BSD variant that was reported at different times as being either
NetBSD or FreeBSD. The truth seems to be a NetBSD-ARM kernel with some
FreeBSD utilities. You can probably still find it floating around
somewhere.
I'd buy a NetWinder if I could get either NetBSD or FreeBSD on it. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://softweyr.com/ wes@softweyr.com
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