From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 01:21:49 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 BF55F1065692 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rrs@lakerest.net) Received: from lakerest.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:240:585:2:213:d4ff:fef3:2d8d]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 613D88FC0C for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:21:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.233] (pool-96-238-218-60.snfcca.dsl-w.verizon.net [96.238.218.60]) (authenticated bits=0) by lakerest.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0I1LZZA015200 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:21:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rrs@lakerest.net) Message-Id: <4AFC24C2-2442-422A-A1BD-C8334A5F4B15@lakerest.net> From: Randall Stewart To: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20100117.181300.487329959621890134.imp@bsdimp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:21:29 -0800 References: <44C3FEF4-A572-42C4-8032-62A17A4239A6@lakerest.net> <20100117.181300.487329959621890134.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) 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 01:21:49 -0000 Yep.. like I said lots of contributors.. and we all in general hang out on #bsdmips.. Of course you are our ring leader ;-D R On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:13 PM, M. Warner Losh wrote: > 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" > : > : > ------------------------------ Randall Stewart 803-317-4952 (cell) 803-345-0391(direct)