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Re: Embedded NETBSD Driver Devolpment




On Feb 9, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost> wrote:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, KunalGoel wrote:

So how to do similar things on NETBSD. i mean what to install and how to
go
ahead.

I don't know what a BSP is, but for general development, see
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/part-compile.html

A BSP is a Board Support Package, ie, all you will need to build the
software you'll run on the target board. The include cross-compiller,
scripts to prepare image, sources... In short, our common work
environment (with some tweaking) :-)

I have chosen netbsd because the documentation truly reflects the experience. I'm totally serious one can follow the documentation for setting up a tftp server with dhcp and it works. I would recommend installing netbsd on your target device following the directions at


Look on this page for the processor that most resembles your host. I think the arm stuff is under the acorn family.

If you find that you are able to install netbsd then try to install the pkgsrc.


http://netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/index.html

pkgsrc is a centralized package management system that is used to distributes packages to netbsd. It can be used by other OSes

Although I have never tried to do this my experience with netbsd is that it should just work and if not someone can explain exactly what the current issue is.

Good luck,

Ben



 - Arnaud



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