From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 2 13:22:11 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3068148; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 13:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C9F23E; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 13:22:11 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0MKM00A00Q7J2B00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:22:11 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-1, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2013.4.2.130951, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-67-228.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.67.228]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0MKM007XUQGXFW00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:22:10 -0500 (CDT) X-Wisc-Sender: whitehorn@wisc.edu Message-id: <515ADB81.7090908@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:22:09 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130317 Thunderbird/17.0.4 To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: RFC: "Crochet" build tool References: <5DFA61DB-70E4-4C3D-ACA0-995A175706C8@neville-neil.com> <5151B454.9090402@ceetonetechnology.com> <1CBF1416-3237-4DCE-8D61-7E998265C887@neville-neil.com> <1364311809.36972.27.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <5151D045.80305@thieprojects.ch> <5151D9DB.7050001@thieprojects.ch> <167CF57D-01E3-4857-BF0E-C40B00FED226@netgate.com> In-reply-to: Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 02 Apr 2013 13:22:11 -0000 On 03/26/13 14:38, Adrian Chadd wrote: > NanoBSD isn't specifically x86 only. > > The startup script stuff is x86 only. > > The build/installworld part of nanobsd can be refactored out and made > platform portable. > > The UFS image building part can be refactored out and made platform portable. > > The startup script stuff can be refactored out and made platform portable. > > The disk image stuff can be refactored out and made platform portable. > > These aren't unsolvable problems. :-) > > > It's probably worth noting here that release(7) can do cross-builds, including disk image generation, with no problem. If that's the part you're looking at, it's already solved. -Nathan