Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:02 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: gnn@freebsd.org Cc: db@freebsd.org, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Port: U-Boot for BeagleBone Message-ID: <CAJ-VmoksuRiSnRYyQ=TYAqXDsRw4TiwrvMgk_jkE1Qb2=HqJdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86vc6hpb5r.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> References: <3B16A2E5-C92B-4248-BE98-DD5C1194CB05@freebsd.org> <CALCpEUGY-RNq1BoChYeVR%2Bf8Tfm-=pfyNncRzKOwV9hfuFKTcg@mail.gmail.com> <86vc6hpb5r.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>
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... so how do I do a userland build of a bootloader? :-) Does crochet have extra stuff in it to build ports with alternate roots and install-as-user options set? Or does it now require you have them installed before you can build images? Thanks, adrian On 17 May 2013 14:08, <gnn@freebsd.org> wrote: > At Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:33 -0700, > hiren panchasara wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > I'm trying to move the actual building of boot loaders out of Crochet and into FreeBSD ports. >> > >> > Here's the first attempt at such a port (many thanks to Diane Bruce for patiently tutoring me through this): >> > >> > http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/u-boot-beaglebone.tgz >> > >> > I'd appreciate any feedback: >> > * Can you build this? >> >> Yes. >> >> Its fetching things and I can see uboot generated in >> work/u-boot-2013.04/ > > It claims to require a cross building compiler in /usr/obj so I'm > waiting for that to build on my laptop. > >> > * Suggestions for improving it? >> > >> > If this works, I plan to use it as a template for U-Boot for other >> > platforms (RaspberryPi, Pandaboard, etc.). Crochet would then >> > rely on these ports instead of building boot loaders itself. Even >> > better, these will eventually be built by the package system and >> > available through packages. >> >> sweet! >> > > Works for me. Thanks to both of you. > > Best, > George > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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