RE: BSD on iPAQ?

Well, it booted netbsd in the past, but not on an iPaq (or am I wrong on
this?). I thought NetBSD has only been booted on the SA-110-based Skiff
boards.

In any case, if Robert is this far along on the bootloader already, it would
be nice if the bootloader did compile on platforms besides linux. However, I
do agree with Jim in that there is no shame in using a Linux-compiled
bootloader to get the kernel port off the ground; Linux did the reverse for
the hpc/mips port anyway so they owe NetBSD one. :) We can always make the
bootloader compile under NetBSD once other people have started hacking on
the kernel and getting userland to work.

Now, if I could only get an iPaq in the first place so I can help.. *sigh*
:)

-Edwin

>The bootloader already knows about a.out (it booted netbsd in the past):
>there may be a few lines of code that need change, as it hasn't been
exercised
>this way recently. George France is the expert. Plan9 has been loaded
>on the iPAQ using the bootloader recently, so things may (or may not) be
>all set already.

>You don't have to solve the "build the bootloader on NetBSD" problem
>before working on the iPAQ port itself unless you want to be religous.
> - Jim
Received on Thu Sep 28 08:11:18 2000