Subject: SH4 port
To: None <port-sh3@netbsd.org>
From: Jerome CARRERE <jerome.carrere@netcourrier.com>
List: port-sh3
Date: 11/27/2000 18:31:15
I know there is some work done on Dreamcast port. 
Isn't the Dreamcast based on Hitachi SH4 processor ?

I'd like to have your point of view about how it might be difficult to
move from the Dreamcast port to a Compaq Aero 8000 port ?

Let me tell you that the Compag Aero 8000 is an handeled PC sold with
Windows CE, I'd like to put NetBSD on it. 

Is there someone already working on that port ? 
Have have never done any port before. So can you tell me where I can get
more info to start porting NetNSD on this machine ? Do I need the
technical documentation of the Aero 8000 ? 

reagards,
Jerome


Here are more details about the Compaq Aero 8000 :

processor : Hitachi SH4 processor, told to be designed for Windows CE (I
doubt)
RAM : 16Mb up to 64Mb
ROM : 16Mb or 32Mb(Japan edition)
Video : 1Mb
Display : 800x600 SVGA screen (video output to external monitor)
Expansion Slots : 
 1 PC Card(Type II),
 1 Compact Flash(Type I & II)
 1 standard SDRAM DIMM
 1 Internal flash card slot 
Communications : 
 Integrated 56Kbps v90
 Serial port
 IR port : IrDA, up to 4Mbits/second
Audio : internal microphone & speaker + external jacks
One smart card slot (might be interresting for access control
restriction)

The interesting part is that have from 7h to 14h of battery life. 
Instant on (no boot sequence)

http://www5.compaq.com/products/handhelds/8000/feature.html
http://www5.compaq.com/support/techpubs/maintenance_guides/Aero8000.html



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