From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 23:11:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F52D1065670 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:11:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joshua.piccari@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A7A8FC08 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:11:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so4231145iwn.13 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=AXlE+XJh0du1LwbceGY+HBvIXYdkLwS9ganSQWrWSOI=; b=nudnw1UMCfLz++gmm2LQdu6DAETGp3LSulnSzQp4NASy4VWt+SMwmZRlFBb7jSWF3D /VtxCAUfElMQdnsK0MebJKZQwrikP88KbW3cN7gngOISvnbspmqmgFXPlSyAaD1Tjf+E qWJyBx5cnv/odnWF3kbAf1ZhkZ31JNg62zJJU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; b=orPt5qglIYvsuLwwdzmlrQDkASMD9aHW3BmmG+ckoQEsXsDqHypbZtv0G+0AZfLYxi jc6hnsZJooLI9fTaeAndxR5L7Du38p4vMC8UtZMlOxXaahon0wwdQ5MVo+Rzirir0GiD KXptzjA8EZaIuupEujg154Ck8PeC0o/HUXvpk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.11.69 with SMTP id t5mr9420742ict.405.1288393913321; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Sender: joshua.piccari@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.33.193 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wdQ9LZZBlTiytMzclN9ADCEJoBw Message-ID: From: Joshua Piccari To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Boot sequence question X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:11:54 -0000 Hi all, I've been working on getting FreeBSD to boot from a CF card on a RouterBoard rb800 (cpu is a MPC8544). I've learned that the it can load the contents of the first with the sysid of 39 (0x27). The partition contents are expected to be a raw ELF image which will be loaded and then run. Can someone point me to (or take the time to outline) the boot sequence in more detail than what is provided in the handbook. I'm looking for something a bit more technical. Or if anybody has done this before and can lend some advise on booting FreeBSD, that would be wonderful. -- Joshua Piccari /dv/