I am seeking approval for a project for porting OpenSolaris to the MIPS architecture. Proposal: Provide code changes, tools, documentation, and other necessary artifacts for a port of OpenSolaris to the MIPS architecture. Movidis, a maker of MIPS based components and systems has expressed interest in support of this port, so it is likely that their products will be the initial supported platforms -- support for other MIPS based platforms may follow suit. The current project goal is to support the MIPS64 architecture, although the MIPS32 ISA may also be a possibility.
Among other deliverables, it is expected that this port will include integration of some or all of changes identified in the gccfss project: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=24934, and preserved here: http://cr.opensolaris.org/~devnull/6515400/. There may be additional key core kernel changes similar to those identified in the PowerPC port project. Some of these changes were necessary for support for a gcc based cross compilation tool chain. This cross compiler tool chain is necessary for boot strap of the port, but a self-hosting, native gcc tool chain is also a goal for the project. A discussion list and source repository are also requested. Mark
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