From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 29 15:08:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09561 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:08:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09554 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:08:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00560; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:07:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810292307.PAA00560@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Stephane E. Potvin" cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD arm port In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:17:20 EST." <3638BF40.304CB4F0@videotron.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:07:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Also, some pointers as to what are the main steps for doing such a port > (FreeBSD port as a whole) would be greatly appreciated. Crucial to bringing up any new port is the ability to tighten the build/ debug cycle. If you have an emulator, that's excellent. If you can boot diskless, that's almost as good. Copying kernels onto floppies and lugging them back and forth gets old _really_ quick. You want to start with a skeleton of the new system-specific code, and flesh it out as you go. The first goal is to get enough infrastructure in place to build the kernel. The alpha port is probably a good place to look first, as it's only just starting to put on weight, and has a lot of new architectural stuff in it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message