From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 23 14:01:04 2010 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 553991065670 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:01:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kristof@sigsegv.be) Received: from yorgi.telenet-ops.be (yorgi.telenet-ops.be [195.130.133.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168A88FC18 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:01:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from georges.telenet-ops.be (georges.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.68]) by yorgi.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233F35885E8 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:49:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from triton.sigsegv.be ([213.119.65.102]) by georges.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id lRpW1d00B2CNSFp06RpWLo; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:49:31 +0100 Received: from nereid (nereid.neptune.sigsegv.be [IPv6:2001:470:c8f4:0:200:ff:fe00:8]) by triton.sigsegv.be (Postfix) with SMTP id 967D71C1F0; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:50:43 +0100 (CET) Received: by nereid (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:49:29 +0100 Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:49:28 +0100 From: Kristof Provost To: Matthias Rampke Message-ID: <20100223134928.GJ3631@nereid> References: <31d643301002230334h17c03d0dg9f61b4ed9ae6724b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31d643301002230334h17c03d0dg9f61b4ed9ae6724b@mail.gmail.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B6E 5EED 8ECF FAE7 1F61 7458 5046 7D0E 11B0 0EE8 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-03-31) Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the state of FreeBSD on the SheevaPlug? 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: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:01:04 -0000 On 2010-02-23 12:34:23 (+0100), Matthias Rampke wrote: > Hello, > > I've been considering installing FreeBSD on the Marvell SheevaPlug for > some time, but I can't seem to find any recent info on what works and > what doesn't. The various wiki pages [1][2][3] all seem to be more or > less out-of-date. > > So, I'd especially like to know which devices work and where > installation is possible, both in 8-STABLE and 9-CURRENT, and if > someone already made a binary distribution of some kind. I tried a little while ago with 9-CURRENT and got it to boot with an NFS mounted rootfs (loading the kernel over tftp, from U-boot). The network interface obviously works but I haven't tested anything else. As far as I'm aware there are no binary distributions for it. Regards, Kristof