Re: Synology DS109+ booting NetBSD (to root prompt)

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 9 August 2012 10:58, Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost> wrote:
> Matt Thomas wrote:
>>
>> [..new port..]
>>> I'm open for suggestions. ;)
>>
>> synppc
>
> Sounds like Synology? There are certainly more NAS vendors, which would fit
> into that category. Maybe "nasppc"?
>
> You could also think about moving all BOOKE boards out of evbppc and make a
> new port, called "booke"?
>
>> note that OEA and BOOKE can't be shared in the same kernel.
>
> Indeed, you're right! For a moment I thought that e300 is BOOKE as well, but
> it is just the usual 603e core, like sandpoint.
>
> But I hesitate to put mpc83xx boards into sandpoint, because the Sandpoint
> reference platform means mpc824x based boards only.

arm32 was split into acorn32, shark and various others (quite some
time back), so maybe it makes sense to just rename sandpoint and split
(some ports out of) evbppc. It might not, but its at least worth
considering.