New architecture support (fwd)

[Robert Watson]

Since embedded is both driving (and reliant on) new architecture support, does 
it make sense to create some documentation on what hardware ports involve?  I 
mean both "from scratch" and "incremental".  If someone has notes, I'm sure we 
could get some help in converting it into a developer's handbook chapter or 
article.  Since new hardware ports for FreeBSD appear to be done with moderate 
frequency, the knowledge is definitely out there.

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:07:56 +0530
From: Aditya Godbole <aag.lists at gmail.com>
To: freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: New architecture support

On 6/27/06, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:

> > If I have to add support for a new architecture, how do I start?
> 
> Well, you'll need a toolchain. :)  Then you can start working on building
> a minimal kernel filling in missing bits in sys/<arch> as you go.

Is there any documentation regarding the interface between the machine
independant and machine dependant parts of the kernel. Also what
functionality does the machine independant part expect to be in place?

-aditya
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