Re: armv5tel support

[tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost]

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 02:24:15PM -0800, Wim Lewis wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:38:51 +0100 tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:
> > I'm new to ARM based machines and I have an already old Iomega NAS
> > that I would like to convert to a NetBSD based file and http server
> > (it's an experiment for now, not something I plan to put into
> > production).
> > 
> > For now, the NAS has its original installation, that is Linux and here
> > is the dmesg (so that knowledgeable persons can hopefully tell me if
> > it can, in theory, be partially or totally supported by NetBSD):
> 
> (snip)
> > CPU: Feroceon 88FR131 [56251311] revision 1 (ARMv5TE)
> 
> It might work with a tweaked MARVELL_NAS config? NetBSD runs on other
> Feroceon 88* cpus common in NAS appliances, and it runs on other ARMv5t
> cpus, and although a few minutes' looking didn't turn up any existing
> ports to ARMv5t Feroceons, there could be one there.

OK, thank you. I will start to investigate, starting by the beginning:
u-boot...

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