Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:41:25 +1000 From: John Nicholls <john@thinlinx.com> To: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD EABI ARM & Network boot image howto? Message-ID: <1281991285.717.14.camel@xeon.thinmesh.com> In-Reply-To: <20100816220440.68019f91@fubar.geek.nz> References: <1281869630.24339.63.camel@xeon.thinmesh.com> <20100815.085312.690091871549704621.imp@bsdimp.com> <20100816081533.30ff461f@fubar.geek.nz> <1281907405.27697.19.camel@xeon.thinmesh.com> <20100816220440.68019f91@fubar.geek.nz>
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On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 22:04 +1200, Andrew Turner wrote: > On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:23:25 +1000 > John Nicholls <john@thinlinx.com> wrote: > > Debian Linux have dropped support for the old ARM and moved to ARMEL, > > I hope FreeBSD moves in this direction also... > The idea is to allow the kernel to be compiled with gnueabi providing a > compat layer for older binaries. There will still be support for them > but as a module similar to how 32bit binaries are supported on various > 64bit architectures. Fantastic news to hear FreeBSD is moving in this direction, I think this will definitely accelerate the adoption of FreeBSD in embedded devices Thanks Andrew > Andrewhome | help
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