On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 11:34 AM, Allen Briggs wrote:
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 11:31:28AM -0800, Henry B. Hotz wrote:No, it shouldn't, comparatively. But booting it might be, again comparatively.It actually should be pretty easy to boot, I'd think.
That's what I would think too but since I have not done much programming at this point I am not sure how to go about it. I am learning C right now so that I can work on this but I know it is quite a daunting task for being a first major project. I have received some excellent suggestions as to where to look for information and I have ordered some books that should help but I am still going to need to learn much more about powerpc assembly and that type of thing.
It seems like most of the code is already in NetBSD to deal with most everything at least partially except for possibly the North bridge chipset (Articia S), the IBM 750CXe G3 processor, and the PPCBoot booting mechanism.
I would really like to see this board and future versions work so that there is a low cost powerpc solution for those that would like to use the powerpc platform for NetBSD in the form of servers or other systems at a reduced cost compared to buying new Apple hardware. The advantage is that this board is much more open than Apple's designs.
Any suggestions? I am willing to do what it takes to get this working but it will take me longer than many of you because I have little to no experience at this type of thing.
Bryan