Subject: RE: Port of NetBSD to XScale
To: 'Chris Gilbert' <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk>
From: Bruce Martin <brucem@cat.co.za>
List: port-arm32
Date: 03/28/2001 08:54:26
There is a port to XScale in the pipeline: the Wasabi guys are busy talking
to some of the Intel people (incl. Kyle Unice) about a joint development
effort at the moment...

-----Original Message-----
From: port-arm32-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-arm32-owner@netbsd.org]On
Behalf Of Chris Gilbert
Sent: 28 March 2001 12:45
To: John Clark; port-arm32@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Port of NetBSD to XScale


On Tuesday 27 March 2001 11:30 pm, John Clark wrote:
> I'm interested if anyone has begun a port to the XScale, Intel's rename
> of the Strong Arm 2 processor.

It's on the list of things we'd like to do (perhaps it's time to update the
todo list :)  probably be more a matter of when the hardware is around,
there's a few potential Risc-OS based boxen that'll run Xscale as well as
xscale dev boards and affordable hardware really :)

> I have a just beginning to work linux port, but I'd like a more BSD
> style derivative for potential future projects.

I thought linux was running on xscale (aka i80310) see:
http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-announce/2001-February/000
033.html

Cheers,
Chris