Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:41:18 +0100 From: Song Li <lisong@stanford.edu> To: Randall Stewart <rrs@lakerest.net> Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Current development status of FreeBSD MIPS and how to contribute? Message-ID: <eb5a58bd1001171741x28d8efe9k20dfbaeaa872c7b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <32E84648-CE0C-4BCA-894A-A37B2160480F@lakerest.net> References: <eb5a58bd1001171618i487086c2n59dc1391ee39a532@mail.gmail.com> <44C3FEF4-A572-42C4-8032-62A17A4239A6@lakerest.net> <eb5a58bd1001171728y561d661dn421a7c1e01decc22@mail.gmail.com> <32E84648-CE0C-4BCA-894A-A37B2160480F@lakerest.net>
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Sure, will ping! On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Randall Stewart <rrs@lakerest.net> wrote: > > 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 =A0individual 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 <rrs@lakerest.net> wrot= e: >>> >>> 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) > >
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