On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Mark Martin <storycrafter at gmail.com>wrote:
> I am seeking approval for a project for porting OpenSolaris to the MIPS > architecture. > Proposal: > Provide code changes, tools, documentation, and other necessary artifacts > for a port of OpenSolaris to the MIPS architecture. Movidis, a maker of > MIPS based components and systems has expressed interest in support of this > port, so it is likely that their products will be the initial supported > platforms -- support for other MIPS based platforms may follow suit. The > current project goal is to support the MIPS64 architecture, although the > MIPS32 ISA may also be a possibility. > > Among other deliverables, it is expected that this port will include > integration of some or all of changes identified in the gccfss project: > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=24934, and preserved > here: > http://cr.opensolaris.org/~devnull/6515400/<http://cr.opensolaris.org/%7Edevnull/6515400/>. > There may be additional key core kernel changes similar to those identified > in the PowerPC port project. Some of these changes were necessary for > support for a gcc based cross compilation tool chain. This cross > compiler tool chain is necessary for boot strap of the port, but a > self-hosting, native gcc tool chain is also a goal for the project. > > A discussion list and source repository are also requested. > > Mark > +1 Except that it would be nice if somebody would make the Polaris port functional, before starting a new port. Also, why MIPS, not ARM? Isn't MIPS dead a bit? %martin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/powerpc-discuss/attachments/20081019/ffab5d22/attachment.html>
