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/. 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
Mark,
do you have enough hardware documentation to do this ?
Who will be the initial project members ?
Anyhow, +1 for this project.
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Regards,
Cyril
