A couple of questions

[Alexander Timoshenko]

Olivier Houchard (cognet at ci0.org) wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 06:36:53PM +0300, Alexander Timoshenko wrote:
> > Olivier Houchard (cognet at ci0.org) wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 02:51:15PM +0300, Alexander Timoshenko wrote:
> > > >     Sorry, for distrubing the silence of this templ^W mailing list :) I
> > > > have a couple of questions regarding arm port of freebsd. I'm playing
> > > > with intel development board these days and going to try to run freebsd
> > > > on it, but want to know more before i start.
> > > > 
> > > >     - How to build image suitable for loading on developemnt board. Are
> > > >       there any instructions? Or could someone share his scripts with
> > > >       me?
> > > > 
> > > >     - Could someone describe the generic cycle of development for arm
> > > >       CPU? e.g: edit/compile/build image/reset board. What kind of
> > > >       bootloader should i use?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks in advance. Sorry for the kind of lame questions.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > It all depends of what your board is.
> > > Generally speaking, you won't be able to run FreeBSD, because each board is
> > > too different.
> > > What is on the CVS should support the Assabet board, as this is what Simics
> > > emulate, however I have no clue on how to get FreeBSD on it, as Simics was
> > > loading the kernel for me.
> > > These days, I'm working with an IQ31244 (if you have an IQ80321, it should be
> > > fine too). I cross-build the kernel on an i386 box (gcc/binutils in the base
> > > does not support arm, but I provide patches for that), and use Redboot to
> > > bootp, download the kernel via TFTP and run it (for some definition of run).
> > 
> >     Thanks for answers. Where could i get your patches(if it is
> > possible, of course)?  Are devel/arm-elf-* ports is good enough for
> > kernel  cross-building?
> > 
> > 
> 
> Patches against latest current are available here : (I've never try to apply
> them since the gcc 3.4.2 import, so maybe it lacks something, so please let me
> now if it doesn't work) :
    .. a lot of usefull info skipped ..
Thanks for help, i'll try to build kernel tonight.

> Just out of curiosity, what board(s) do you have access to ?
    Ugh, it is big and gray :) Im a kind of newbie in the area
of development boards, so i could be wrong, but it seems to be 
Intel PXA27x Processor Developer's Kit.

> Cheers,
> 
> Olivier
> 

-- 
gonzo