From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 12:57:47 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 912C71DF for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:57:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x231.google.com (mail-ig0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53821D1C for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:57:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igbud6 with SMTP id ud6so100234724igb.1 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:57:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=7T+LgGAbFQ3UmWy1bfEZrVmr5eYAyPMrGbudsCbwg9w=; b=ecSSK+itNtWDXNXht8Y2jOMTJcXm6kYTFqBs7zXtpGVkHg9Kl2Eff5lPOxK9g6QrKS RbIRDL3/YW2/0L1eFkJhLRf87xhlx6q5mp+ujC2QuZRiqrHf5k/7dlwkn1tJGa5QJdTr c8KwTtGdK91hnwEcbbBtgVv1lmNMW+12/nreUiangdGBGlroefIz6QGE782MWjde4Cuz 1xwZc2H0x2dR4F0Hwv+57FGH/a/2ThWN8Gu0GnWtpiMomka00K9PPXtxF+MSu0CtOONY kdJ3hXqF3I5YcsBMHC51CF+YZjP538LlqJUkDr2s1IfhBchfhFdlgZFYjNsiSbVhp1OR vVNw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.135.212 with SMTP id r81mr14048222ioi.38.1427288266845; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:57:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.73.7 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:57:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:27:46 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Port FreeBSD to a smartphone (any make and model) for GSoC15 From: Rakesh Sharma To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:57:47 -0000 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 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 > >