Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 23:17:00 -0500 From: Kenny Drobnack <kdrobnac@columbus.rr.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handspring. Message-ID: <3A84C0BC.666A97F5@columbus.rr.com> References: <3A849074.76C43CEC@penix.org> <20010209164958.A22634@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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Do you mean getting FreeBSD ported to the Handspring, or do you mean using FreeBSD to sync with it? As for porting FreeBSD to it it sounds like Brooks knows what he's talking about. As far as syncing a Handspring Visor with FreeBSD - dunno. Tried using the coldsync program which was meant for syncing Palm Pilots, and the coldsync web page claims that it works with Visors too. When I run coldsync, I get a message "Please press the hotsync button" and when I hit the button I get the message two more times, and then either it locked up or the whole system locks up. Same results using a serial cradle instead of the USB cradle that came with it. I noticed Linux has a Handspring Visor driver, not sure what's up with that. > > What are the chances of porting to this baby? > > None what so ever. The processor on the Handsping (and all other current > PalmOS based devices) doesn't have an MMU and most UNIX-like OSes assume > you have one. There is a Linux port of some sort and I've heard mention > that there's some intrest in the NetBSD community, but itty-bitty, > feature-poor processors don't really fit with FreeBSD's server/embedded > (generally high-end embedded systems) focus. In the future there may > be PalmOS based devices that you could port FreeBSD to, but that will > be after then finish the hardware abstraction layer. Once someone gets > around to doing the work, the StrongARM port should work on HP iPAQs, > but that's not what you were asking. > > -- Brooks > > -- > Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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