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From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>
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Subject: Re: Support for the Friendly Arm (mini 2440) development board
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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:53:08 -0700 (PDT)
Donn Miller <hackr_d@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I also attached the output from the serial console, showing an
> attempt to boot a Linux arm kernel.  Note that mounting root was
> unsuccessful (didn't install a small embedded distribution yet).
> 
> I figured this dmesg, though from Linux, will suffice to sufficiently
> describe what this device is and if I can boot FreeBSD-arm on it.
I have run FreeBSD on a mini2440 board before. Support for it is still
in development as I've been working on support for NAND flash.

Unfortunately the kernel appears to not boot anymore due to an
alignment fault early on in the boot process.

Andrew