From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 09:54:17 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 9147A106566B for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:54:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A118FC0C for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:54:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NmlHU-0000bM-Ak; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:54:16 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NmlHU-0004fp-3W; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:54:16 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o239sFmq096566; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:54:15 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.3/Submit) id o239sF3i096565; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:54:15 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:54:15 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Mark Tinguely Message-ID: <20100303095415.GA96548@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100302222307.c7253369.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <201003022330.o22NUueA029385@casselton.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201003022330.o22NUueA029385@casselton.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to start? 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: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:54:17 -0000 On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 05:30:56PM -0600, Mark Tinguely wrote: > > ARM is a family of cores. Within each ARM core version there are several > implementations with their own the buses/devices that surround the core. > Each chip family is a major port. > > As mentioned, the core ports that exists - for example the SheevaPlug, > Linksys NSLU2, and the old Gumstix (PXA255), make great small stand-alone > applications server, routers. > > Besides the PDA, smartphones, there is an ARMv7 handhold called the Pandora > (http://www.open-pandora.org/) running Linux. IMO, it would take some serious > money to support it under FreeBSD. I think ARM is not for me. many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423