RE: RE: [Bootldr] netbsd support

Robert,

Thanks for the info.

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Swindells [mailto:rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:35 AM
> To: Hicks, Jamey
> Cc: battlej@luminous.groove.com; netbsd@handhelds.org
> Subject: Re: [Netbsd] RE: [Bootldr] netbsd support
>
>
>
> Jamey Hicks wrote:
> >I know what the bootldr does. I helped write that code.
> I'm interested
> >in what the netbsd executable expects.
>
> >Having the MMU on when jumping to MMU, the mmutable for netbsd, and
> >jumping to 0xf0000020 were all dictated by NetBSD. This
> code did work,
> >with NetBSD version 1.3something.
>
> It works fine for NetBSD-current too, just not with
> NetBSD/hpcarm kernels.
>
> I have been working on using the device drivers written by the hpcarm
> group to produce a standalone sa11x0 port, in the same way that
> NetBSD/algor (embedded MIPS boards) differs from NetBSD/hpcmips (WinCE
> MIPS).
>
> I have still got a problem with the serial driver, but can generate
> a snapshot if anyone wants.
>
> The other major task that needs doing is to write an equivalent of or
> port JFFS2. I have just been putting a read only FFS filesystem into
> flash.
>
> The NetBSD new toolchain work isn't finished for arm yet, so there is
> no rush to add bootldr support for ELF NetBSD kernels. There is also a
> script that will convert ELF kernels to a.out for use with CATS or
> DNARD firmware.
>
> Robert Swindells
>
Received on Fri Feb 8 04:54:03 2002