Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:27:46 +0530 From: Rakesh Sharma <rakesh.mails2@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port FreeBSD to a smartphone (any make and model) for GSoC15 Message-ID: <CAJTUhwimqnRN5m8oxaMz9xK_eZdHP5jub9cGJgz62wfm9oO_Cg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJTUhwijYWtfK4Qn38AYkHs3CK6wtag8bQOLdZkbeDD_v4fqNA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJTUhwhdrrSykMVb7PJDCa=p_z=17aunJfMKjBpHJci1wLvX8g@mail.gmail.com> <CAJTUhwijYWtfK4Qn38AYkHs3CK6wtag8bQOLdZkbeDD_v4fqNA@mail.gmail.com>
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Respected sir, I ve forwarded it to freebsd-hackers mailing list. Is their any other mailing list where i should send it ? please let me know. i am really interested to work on this project Thank You Rakesh Kumar Sharma On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:54 AM, Rakesh Sharma <rakesh.mails2@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am Rakesh Kumar Sharma, an engineering Student of NIT Karnataka. > > I Am Interested in working on porting Free BSD to a smartphone (any make > or model).sorry for late writing, i wasnt aware of GSoC, my friend recently > suggested me about it. I am not much into the field, but I believe i can > pull it off as I am hardworking and have good technical skills. > > one idea is to dual boot the free bsd like ubuntu touch, we need to > install the BSD to the memory of the device, and than loading the kernel > from inside the android kernel. this process should kill all the android > processes except the ones really needed. the BSD kernel will load the > required files and overtake the android kernel. I Checked BSD have its ARM > version support, so i think instruction porting wont be needed. > > The second idea is to entirely replace the original kernel and operating > system, in this case i need to do some research, but i believe i should be > able to modify the boot loader to boot the BSD RISC Kernel stored in my > memory, with problems of course, then i can modify the kernel to fix the > bugs. I idea is not to replace the entire operating system, as if something > goes wrong i can return to my old os, This can be changed later. > > Please provide me suggestions, and comments on my idea. i am really > looking forward to working on it, I have an old device which i can work on, > and a new intel x86 phone, which stand more chance of success. > > Thank you > >
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