On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Mark Martin <storycrafter at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Cyril Plisko <cyril.plisko at mountall.com>
> wrote:
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>> do you have enough hardware documentation to do this ?
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> At the moment that is a gap. This was also a gap for other platforms
> considered for the PowerPC platform (Sony PS3, Apple PowerMacs), but I
> believe our advantage here is that we may have a platform where the vendor
> is willing to work with us. Movidis has offered to field technical
> questions, and I have a request in to Cavium Networks for more detailed
> documentation on the Octeon. I wonder if we will get similar access to
> documentation if the Qube is also considered as a target.
>
Isn't Qube too old to be considered a viable target for this project ?
One of the lessons I've learned from the PPC port is to make sure the
hardware is readily available and not going to die soon. Otherwise the
software will follow the hardware :-(
The platform vendor willingness to cooperate is not always enough -
with PPC Genesi was as cooperative as one could possibly dream,
however the system logic was not their part and Marvell (their chip
was there) just couldn't care less.
The platform itself looks quite interesting. Are there any other
possible _modern_ platform this project can target ?
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>> Who will be the initial project members ?
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> For the moment, myself, but I'll certainly welcome other volunteers. I do
> plan to reach out to the Linux, NetBSD, and OpenBSD communities for help
> from their MIPS porting folks.
Very well.
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Regards,
Cyril
