Experimental ABLE firmware support
Chris Gilbert <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:48:01 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.arm,gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cats |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi, Just a quick email to let people know that -current now has support for ABLE firmware. Both running a.out and ELF kernels. Note that currently there are issues with ABLE that I'm working with simtec to resolve. These include: Not booting from ffs bootargs not being passed in Note my testing hasn't been that thorough, I can boot kernels from tftpboot via my tulip/de card, but you have to enter by hand the root device, etc. So I'd not recommend ABLE for those who need a system that just boots. Something I'm still looking into is how to handle symbol support on ELF kernels. Not sure if we need to do the SYMTAB_SPACE trick still. Cheers, Chris