Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:07:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Stephane E. Potvin" <sepotvin@videotron.ca> Cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD arm port Message-ID: <199810292307.PAA00560@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:17:20 EST." <3638BF40.304CB4F0@videotron.ca>
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> 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
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