From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 07:09:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A96C16A4B3 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from motgate6.mot.com (motgate6.mot.com [144.189.100.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DA6E43F93 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:09:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Aron.J.Silverton@motorola.com) Received: from il06exr03.mot.com (il06exr03.mot.com [129.188.137.133]) by motgate6.mot.com (Motorola/Motgate6) with ESMTP id h9DE9rSk015108 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:09:53 -0700 (MST) Received: from il02exm10.corp.mot.com (il02exm10.corp.mot.com [10.0.111.21]) by il06exr03.mot.com (Motorola/il06exr03) with ESMTP id h9DE9mBo004234 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:09:49 -0500 Received: by il02exm10 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.2) id ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:10:00 -0500 Message-ID: <6F8DFFA2C996D711945800065BFC9E4A013D68D9@il02exm11.corp.mot.com> From: Silverton Aron-C1710C To: "'freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org'" Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:10:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.2) Content-Type: text/plain Subject: RE: FYI: rudimentary loader for ppcbug-based systems X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:09:55 -0000 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