FreeBSD on Gumstix Overo / Beagle Board (TI OMAP3530)

[Patrick Oeschger]

alexander,
read briefly about the project on google code page
seemed yet uncomplete to me
but if you succeeded to kompile a kernel for OMAP ...
guess i have to have a look at the code again ;D
this is really good news mate
thx for the hint
/pat

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 06:11:06PM +0400, Alexander Samarin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> > anybody interested in porting freebsd to
> > - gumstix overo
> (http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/index.php?cPath=27)?
> > - beagle board (http://beagleboard.org/project)?
> > 
> > both boards are based on texas instruments OMAP35x (ARM Cortex based)
> > guess both boards would be fun to run freebsd on it
> > especially the gumstix 'stick' which is really small (see link)
> > running at 600mhz and offers (onboard):
> > - 256mb ram
> > - 256mb flash
> > - microSD slot
> > - bluetooth / wlaa
> > - 600mhz TI OMAP3530 processor
> > 
> > thx for any feedback/interrest
> > /pat
> 
> I am interested in this too. I already have one BeagleBoard rev.C4 and
> one Zippy Expansion board v1 (with 10-Mbit Ethernet).
> 
> Also there is a project: http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard-freebsd/
> I tried to merge 9-CURRENT and that code. As result, I have bootable
> kernel with working SD/MMC interface, but no userspace (probably, my
> mistake during merge).
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Alexander Samarin
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