From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 29 13:32:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA25526 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:32:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA25521 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:32:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA18297; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:30:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199810292130.NAA18297@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Stephane E. Potvin" Cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD arm port Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:30:56 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:20:10 -0500 "Stephane E. Potvin" wrote: > I was told that it wouldn't work natively because of the lack of > BIOS/RTC. Maybe they use the Angel PBL to load the image even if there's > no BIOS. I'll check it out later on tonight. BIOS? What's that? :-) You have to have console firmware, yes. That which loads the firmware doesn't have enuf smarts to load the kernel. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message