(update): psion series 5mx PDA port
"jc.sb" <[email protected]>
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A brief update on my progress with the psion 5mx port: I am putting updates on the sourceforge project. http://sourceforge.net/projects/netbsd-psionw I am slowly figuring out the internals of the netbsd kernel. First, I've called the architecture psionarm. Second, I'm creating new chip-specific stuff as arch/arm/clps7110. If there are any kernel docs I'm missing, please point them out now :-). Otherwise, it's a bit slow-going. The existing arm code is *exceptionally* clean, but low on comments; the machine-independence creates abstractions which are tricky to follow without explaination. The only bummer is that since the clps7110 is end of life'd, the chip specific stuff will likely not get any reuse. A tangent regarding the linux side of things: The linux guys are now working on getting the original Series 5 to boot. They have also recently had success with booting both the netBook (Series 7) and the OEM knock-off Malaysian netbook. See the above web page for more summarized info. --JC