OpenBSD/zaurus: pocket-sized BSD
The article discusses the development of OpenBSD for the Zaurus handheld device. It highlights the early stages of the porting process and the technical challenges faced by the developers. The conversation among developers reflects their progress and the need for specific hardware accessories to facilitate further development.
- ▪The Zaurus port of OpenBSD is in its early stages as of December 2004.
- ▪Developers are working on configuring the system and addressing issues with the serial driver.
- ▪A serial cable is required for console access, and the USB functionality is limited.
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(Follow this link to go back to the main zaurus page, and this link to go back to the previous part.) OpenBSD/zaurus: pocket-sized BSD It was time to work on the real objective: the Zaurus port. Its early infancy can be seen in this teaser from Rahn on december 14th (still 2004): <drahn> hi theo <drahn> OpenBSD/pxaarm (zaurus) booting ... <drahn> initarm: Configuring system ... <drahn> physmemory: 16384 pages at 0xa0000000 -> 0xa3ffffff <drahn> Allocating page tables <drahn> freestart = 0xa0009000, free_pages = 503 (0x000001f7) <drahn> IRQ stack: p0xa01d1000 v0xc01d1000 <drahn> ABT stack: p0xa01d0000 v0xc01d0000 <drahn> UND stack: p0xa01cf000 v0xc01cf000 <drahn> SVC stack: p0xa01cd000 v0xc01cd000 <drahn> Creating L1 page table at 0xa01fc000 <drahn> Mapping kernel <drahn> Constructing L2…
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