From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 15:37:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 997DE16A41A for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:37:38 +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 4CC2713C457 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:37:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l6OFaUBB070100; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:36:30 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:36:32 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20070724.093632.669285080.imp@bsdimp.com> To: ticso@cicely.de, ticso@cicely12.cicely.de From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20070724123225.GH564@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <76c271ae0707230522r2f0631bcm7264d5f6fa120ffb@mail.gmail.com> <20070724123225.GH564@cicely12.cicely.de> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:36:31 -0600 (MDT) Cc: powerman1st@gmail.com, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some question about freebsd-arm X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:37:38 -0000 In message: <20070724123225.GH564@cicely12.cicely.de> Bernd Walter writes: : On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 08:22:47PM +0800, PowerMan wrote: : > Dir sir, : > Because my first language is not English, please forgive me if I : > made some bad expression or words. : > : > I have learned from http://www.freebsd.org that FreeBSD can run : > on a kind of Intel board. Why there is no ISO-image released? : : ARM baords are typical ebedded hardware, each board has large : differences - there isn't even a GENERIC kernel, because it's simply : not possible to have one for all. : You need to cross compile an arm system, which isn't much different : from a usual buildworld. : : > If I want to study the source code of freebsd-arm, where can I get it? : : At the usual places: : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html : : The source for all architectures is the same, just look into the arm : subdirectories instead of e.g. i386, to see the arm specific code. : : > There are a lot of arm-core chip such as Samsung S3C2410, Atmel : > AT91RM9200, FreeScale i.MX21, etc. Would Freebsd-arm support them : > in the future? : : I know at least support for the AT91RM9200 and some XScale, but there : might be more controllers supported. There are also other controllers in the pipeline, but I can't talk about the specifics. : > Who is the maneger of freebsd-arm projects? Could directly contact with : > him? : : There is no single person, although there are a few major persons, such : as Warner Losh and Olivier Houchard. : You can safely assume that a person not reading this list isn't : important for the arm port anyway. I was going to reply to PowerMan, but everybody else's replies just about covered it. Warner