Re: LG Nexus 5

[Shao Miller <netbsd%sha0.net@localhost>]

On 2022-10-18 19:13, Shao Miller wrote:
> On 2022-10-18 18:08, Chuck Silvers wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 08:40:54AM -0700, Shao Miller wrote:
> > > Good day, NetBSD "core."
> > >
> > > I am tinkering with porting NetBSD to:
> > > - LG Nexus 5
> > > - Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
> > > - Quad-core Krait 400
> > > - https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/hammerhead/
> > >
> > > A Nexus 5 variant of EFIDroid permits NetBSD's bootarm.efi 
> > > ("efiboot") to
> > > run.
> > >
> > > I read that this effort ought to be announced "here" and it was 
> > > implied that
> > > I ought to ask: Is anyone else attempting the same?
> > >
> > > Thank you for your time.
> > >
> > > - Shao Miller
> >
> > Hi Shao,
> >
> > I have not heard of anyone already working on this.  you are pretty 
> > safe
> > working on a relatively old piece of arm hardware like this one.
> >
> > To get help with any technical questions about making NetBSD work on
> > this hardware, or to share any progress you've made, you can use the
> > mailing list <port-arm%netbsd.org@localhost>.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Chuck
>
> Very well.  Thanks, Chuck.  - Shao

Has anyone any thoughts about a NetBSD font to use (in the kernel) with 
1,080 pixels wide by 1,920 pixels high?  I'm about ready to set 
something up in cn_tab in initarm() in sys/arch/evbarm/fdt/fdt_machdep.c

- Shao Miller