From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 01:31:46 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 487571065692 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:31:46 +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 DCC978FC25 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:31:45 +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 o0I1VU95015595 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:31:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rrs@lakerest.net) Message-Id: <32E84648-CE0C-4BCA-894A-A37B2160480F@lakerest.net> From: Randall Stewart To: Song Li In-Reply-To: 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 17:31:24 -0800 References: <44C3FEF4-A572-42C4-8032-62A17A4239A6@lakerest.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: 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 01:31:46 -0000 On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Song Li wrote: > Thank you for the quick reply. It seems that the mailing list is > active!! > > Sorry I know nothing about RMI/XLR. I am generally interested in > porting the whole system instead of individual packages. By that I > mean, porting the set of all commonly used applications like what the > current FreeBSD 8.0 x86 release contains. RMI is an 8 core mips processor.. > > Sorry I might be too ignorant about OS porting to be realistic -- > never done that before. > > I surely have the GXEmul but I also have a real hardware, Loongson, > which is relatively new with not so competitive performance but > hopefully it will be better in the future. > > Yes, I am from the bay area but I am currently in German. I may come > back in a few weeks though. We can surely meet then if you also live > nearby. Where do you live? When you get back give me a ping and we can chat R > > cheers, > > Song > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Randall Stewart > wrote: >> Song Li: >> >> Good to here from you ;-) >> >> Well our general conspirator and coordinator is >> >> bsdimp.. imp@freebsd.org aka Warner Losh. >> >> 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. >> >> 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) >> >> > ------------------------------ Randall Stewart 803-317-4952 (cell) 803-345-0391(direct)