From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 26 18:08:44 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A27CB7FB for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:08:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jim@netgate.com) Received: from mail-qe0-f51.google.com (mail-qe0-f51.google.com [209.85.128.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61EBB1AE for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:08:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qe0-f51.google.com with SMTP id nd7so4025046qeb.38 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:08:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=bBm+fpyhFOO/yTMO3JcdrSEqGbcfHV43NNrRUGSNiWE=; b=lCG7sXhSBSdBgORXn2WprwCv3Xo6T/HuzuMhTwH1D9Ck8C4gb47Tc8Pz1WwfcBSBkr R4NyMtziTJVJ1zHijV228Ml1l9GgMrpg315eB3vZ/RuIBbn8aWpoIwcxwdoKbGH0M/TJ 8g4q2iRgPND+QfWWuqkJJaaF4QpAsvUnS/6hcsAfO26vmTY6PMubnEkOTnLjlftFWJwL JcxMIolTe4JXXBkilhJ6rEB5XLroOCFidPKI8Dfbq5RNer48pwqwm3ZUxT0ew/VrUHdo w93fkzmeH8s/Ud+C+vSuTzFnRdt3+MoSKUsO2QT/V8XQfPd/QJzw2yiz8zNIUYr/3cyG Aiqw== X-Received: by 10.49.117.7 with SMTP id ka7mr9364970qeb.38.1364320828537; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:00:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.21.0.93] (24-155-177-88.dyn.grandenetworks.net. [24.155.177.88]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o6sm8401412qek.3.2013.03.26.11.00.26 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Subject: Re: RFC: "Crochet" build tool From: Jim Thompson In-Reply-To: <5151D9DB.7050001@thieprojects.ch> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:00:35 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <167CF57D-01E3-4857-BF0E-C40B00FED226@netgate.com> References: <5DFA61DB-70E4-4C3D-ACA0-995A175706C8@neville-neil.com> <5151B454.9090402@ceetonetechnology.com> <1CBF1416-3237-4DCE-8D61-7E998265C887@neville-neil.com> <1364311809.36972.27.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <5151D045.80305@thieprojects.ch> <5151D9DB.7050001@thieprojects.ch> To: Werner Thie X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmyF4JTsFE1/kDz0AyHbe6+fpmXsDAyVrUall68WvSF7FpYUFc3b9le3394RHNSddBtzdI6 Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:08:44 -0000 On Mar 26, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Werner Thie = wrote: > Is nanoBSD or tinyBSD fit as basis for a cross platform effort? No, not really. They're very x86-specific, but then, so was FreeBSD for the longest = time. Given the recent advances including a flash-based filesystems for = FreeBSD, and being able to co-opt the cross-compiler chain from linux = where clang does not yet support cross compilation (e.g. mips) has = brought FreeBSD to a point where (finally) the issues around embedded = finally are illuminated. tl;dr: This has been anticipated for a long time. Jim (Other BSDs? I know not of any other BSDs. There can be only one.)=