the new charter for NetBSD/sandpoint
"Toru Nishimura" <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:08:57 +0900
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sandpoint |
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| Message-ID | <000301c81190$72a073e0$1718a8c0@tpad3> |
Greeting, NetBSD/sandpoint is now assigned a new charter. This port is going to cover a range of Moto/Freescale MPC8240/8245 equipped products; - one of Moto/Freescale MPC8240/8245 eval, in specific, "SANDPOINT X3". - AmPro "ENCORE PP1" eval. - a range of comsumer grade NAS box. This port has been left in dark for long time and is now under renovation work. None of the above mentioned target has reached at single user mode booting mile stone so far. The first two are badly suffered from "haunting southbridges" which were/are total nightmares for many. The last group would be rather promising since they are very straight applications of 8240/8245 without any reckless attempts. Then this port is now expected to become a host for popular and inexpensive 8245 NAS products. "sandpoint" name is honoured since it was the first and is still floating around as a synonym 8245. It remains undetermined whether this port will cover Freescale's attractive 8313/8349 (SoC w/o QE) family. in behalf of NetBSD/sandpoint portmaster, Toru Nishimura