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Date:      Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:00:35 -0500
From:      Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com>
To:        Werner Thie <werner@thieprojects.ch>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: RFC: "Crochet" build tool
Message-ID:  <167CF57D-01E3-4857-BF0E-C40B00FED226@netgate.com>
In-Reply-To: <5151D9DB.7050001@thieprojects.ch>
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On Mar 26, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Werner Thie <werner@thieprojects.ch> =
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.)=



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