Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:10:24 -0500 From: Silverton Aron-C1710C <Aron.J.Silverton@motorola.com> To: "'freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FYI: rudimentary loader for ppcbug-based systems Message-ID: <6F8DFFA2C996D711945800065BFC9E4A013D68D9@il02exm11.corp.mot.com>
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Jaworowski Rafal-ARJ004 wrote: > In case anyone would be interested.. > > I have put together a rudimentary third-stage loader that is tied > to PPCBug firmware. I took the existing FreeBSD/powerpc loader, > divorced it from OF and bound to PPCBug. The low level pieces are > based on NetBSD/mvmeppc port which also utilises PPCBug > interface. > > The first piece of functionality I want to achieve is netbooting > the kernel. At the moment the loader is able to mount > nfs-exported directory, browse it and load elf files across the > network. I didn't get to execute the actual powerpc kernel yet > but that's the next step. I'm using a compactPCI MCP750 board if > you're interested. > > I'll keep you posted about the progress. > > Rafal Congratulations Rafal! This is a great step to getting FreeBSD-PowerPC running on embedded boards. Once I get enough power in our facility to turn on our equipment, we'll want to give your code a try on our MCP805s. Regards, Aron
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