Re: Ericsson MC16 (HP 360LX) RUN NetBsd ?

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 06:33:37PM +0100, Sigismondo Cenni wrote:
> Hi and thanks for the feedback.
> 
> I'm a newbie on NetBSD, I would like run NetBSD on my MC16 as WebServer.
> 
> I have a PCMCIA NE2000 ethernet card and a CF Memory, Is it possible to 
> do it?
> 
> I read that it's possible... (Valery E. Ushakov and Christer O. 
> Andersson) but it's not easy cause win ce 2.0 and 8MB RAM..
> 
> 
> I have got hpcboot20 but with out the right kernel the device reboot, 
> reboot, reboot you know what I mean...
> 
> Where I can find the right binary kernel (net drive included) for my 
> device? Is it only a dream?
> 
> Thank for the answer.
> 
> Sigismondo Cenni
> [email protected]

Hi,

Today it is not possible to have any real use of NetBSD on MC16. It is
possible to change the kernel enough to boot NetBSD on MC16, but it
requires quite a lot of work. Once that work is done, the rest, net
drive, would probably work. The MC16 uses another chip than HP620 and
the Jornadas. It is a single chip instead of a processor with companion
chip as used by the newer designs. This means that the interrupts work
differently. I think it also lacks support for other than 5V PCMCIA
cards.

I was able to boot a stripped down, modified kernel on my MC16, but only
with an embedded miniroot. I was never able to use it to anything
meaningful. As of now, I have given it up.

BR,
Christer

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Christer O. Andersson
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