Re: GSOC - Interested in making u-boot compilable on NetBSD

[Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256

On 12.03.2016 21:34, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 06:21:44PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>>>> 2. Reproducibly and reliably boot a full NetBSD system using
>>>> U-Boot from an emulated x86 system under QEMU. - This is
>>>> faster to test than actual hardware, and may allow for easier
>>>> compatibility of NetBSD with coreboot in the future. It also
>>>> has the advantage of sidestepping any issues with cross 
>>>> compilation that may occur.
> 
> I am a bit confused about this step (and showing my ignorance) -
> what x86 systems are there that qemu can emulate and NetBSD support
> that are usefully bootable by u-boot?
> 
> I would prefer to see concrete systems named here, or just skip
> this step (if it is not practically usefull).
> 
> However, ignore this if it just shows my ignorance (but maybe add
> explanatory comments in that case).
> 

Embedded x86 uses U-Boot, for example Intel Galileo.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2
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=DP31
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----