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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: NetBSD on TS-7300
From: "epsiloncubed" <>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:26:46 -0000
Excellent news, thanks!

M

--- In  "Jesse Off" <> wrote:
>
> I will be doing this port eventually with what free time I can 
> scrounge up since I enjoy working on NetBSD.  Most of the ep93xx 
> stuff is already in current NetBSD and the latest 3.0 release (and 
> has been for around 18 months) so its just a matter of writing a 
> simple bootstrap and drivers for SD, 2nd ethernet, FPGA, and COM 
> ports.
> 
> The SD drivers will have to be made binary-only since the SD card 
> association won't allow open-source drivers, but since NetBSD is not 
> GPL there is no problem there.  On Linux, there is a 
> convoluted "initrd" to load the SD driver modules post-bootup that 
> won't be necessary on NetBSD (and thus save some time on bootup and 
> in design effort)
> 
> //Jesse Off
> 
> --- In  "epsiloncubed" <epsiloncubed@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey folks
> > 
> > What is the current state of NetBSD on the TS-7300?
> > 
> > I've been looking for an ARM/FPGA prototyping system for a wee 
> while
> > now, and the TS-7300 looks like the answer to my prayers! NetBSD 
> would
> > be the cherry on the cake for me.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > M
> > -- 
> > Mark R V Murray
> >
>








 
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