Re: mips "Creator ci20" port

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:23:23 +0000
Justin Cormack <justin%specialbusservice.com@localhost> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:30 AM, Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 14:21:55 -0800
> > bch <brad.harder%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> >> I see that there is mention[1] of a porting effort for NetBSD to this
> >> device -- I quickly trawled the commit msgs in the repo and didn't see
> >> any obvious mention of it. Does anybody know the status of NetBSD on
> >> the ci20, or know where to get the status ?
> >
> > I committed very basic support about two weeks ago.
> > It boots a kernel, sets up one CPU and a serial port, talks to the
> > serial port so you can break into ddb and poke around.
> > I've got a few more things more or less working ( timer, interrupts,
> > bus attachments, dwc2 etc. ) that need to be brushed off and committed
> > but I only have time for this for a day or two per week.
> 
> Thanks! I didnt get a free one but I have ordered one now, but they
> are apparently not shipping until end January.

Hmm, I'm fairly sure that at least two other netbsd people got free
ones, apparently they didn't have time to play with them yet.

> Would be good to have support as it is the new standard mips dev
> platform.

Yeah, this looks promising, especially after the disappointment that
Loongson hardware turned out to be.

have fun
Michael