Subject: Re: Porting to PowerPMC-280?
To: None <port-powerpc@NetBSD.org>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sebastian_Br=FCckner?= <sb@thebackend.de>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 01/11/2007 19:44:47
Hello again,

I according to the cvs logs the marvell driver hasn't been alter =20
since 2003... I guess I will have to do the work myself  :-)

Sebastian

Am 11.01.2007 um 18:48 schrieb Sebastian Br=FCckner:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to get NetBSD working on Motorola/Force Computers =20
> PowerPMC-280 boards. They are PMC modules holding mainly a MPC7447 =20
> PowerPC G4 cpu and a Marvell Discovery II mv64360 system =20
> controller. I am quite new to NetBSD kernel hacking so no idea if =20
> this is a realistic project. At the moment I am gathering the =20
> required docs (Marvell apparently requires people to sign a NDA to =20
> get the data sheets).
>
> I thought of using evbppc and the ev64260 board as my starting =20
> point. Is that the right(tm) choice?
>
> Before I start digging throug the code: Does the current marvell =20
> driver support the mv64360? Is there any place where I can find =20
> that kind of info? The total lack of comments in the sources often =20
> leaves me guessing what hardware a specific driver supports.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sebastian