From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 4 01:26:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 033E5106564A for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2011 01:26:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rcm@fuzzwad.org) Received: from mail2.volente.us (mail2.Volente.us [66.219.48.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4848FC1A for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2011 01:26:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.27.3.4] (nobody@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.volente.us (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p3418wJl029982; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 20:09:00 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4D991A29.40609@fuzzwad.org> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:08:57 -0500 From: Ron McDowell User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Sallmann References: <1301858565.4d98c902b7663@webmail.uni-regensburg.de> In-Reply-To: <1301858565.4d98c902b7663@webmail.uni-regensburg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:26:30 -0000 Erik Sallmann wrote: > Hi, > I posted this already on embedded@. I hope I can find someone who can > give me some advice on this list. > I'm a student at the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg, > Germany. I'm studying computer engineering and would like to > participate in gsoc2011. > I'm especially interested in your embedded project of creating a "NAND > Flash driver support". Originally, I wanted to apply at the NetBSD > Project and suggest to port it to a new plattform (SheevaPlug). But as > I've seen there's already a lot of code in the CVS and as it's not > possible to run any of the BSDs from flash, I would like to apply for > this project. It would still be a necessary contribution to the efforts > of porting them to the SheevaPlug. > I would like to discuss this Project in my diploma thesis. > So what i need to know is whether it's still an undone task and whether > it would be enough work to cover it in a thesis. And as I've already > written to "imp" and he told me that he doesn't have time this year, i > would be very grateful if someone could be my mentor. :-) > > Kind regards > > Erik > Hi Erik, I'm afraid I wouldn't be much of a mentor but I will be cheering from the sidelines and happy to beta anything you come up with. This would be a big plus for all the BSDs. I have an original Sheeva that I had a tftp+nfs version of FreeBSD running on, that's available for testing. As soon as I find it again, that is...now which drawer did I stuff that thing in... :) -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX