On 24-Oct-08, at 7:20 AM, Mark Martin wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:12 PM, William Kucharski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > wrote:
> So if there is sufficient interest in a MIPS project, I would be
> happy to get the ball rolling by formally proposing the creation of
> such a project under the Emerging Platforms CG.
>
> I thought we had enough votes as it was: Martin B., John S., John
> G., and Cyril P. all registered +1 votes. Of course, I don't know
> if those were all from the Emerging Platforms CG, so thank you for
> picking up formal adoption of this.
Just so we're clear, in case anyone cares enough to try to derail this
( which I doubt, but rules is rules ), +1 to the project creation
under the emerging platforms CG.
>
>
> I'd just need to know the charter and who wants to be the project
> leads.
>
> I had trouble finding a project charter template, so I stole a rare
> example from John P. (thanks John!). Besides myself, nobody else
> has stepped forward, so I would certainly welcome volunteers.
>
> ===== OpenSolaris on MIPS Project =====
>
> Name
> OpenSolaris on MIPS Architecture
>
> alias: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Synopsis
> A project to port the OpenSolaris operating system to the MIPS
> architecture and related platforms.
>
>
> Sponsor
> Emerging Platforms CG
>
> Description
>
> Charter: To develop a port of OpenSolaris suitable for running
> on MIPS based platforms. Primary efforts will be focused on
> identifying a development environment and target platforms,
> creating changes to the ON consolidation to support MIPS32
> and possibly MIPS64 builds, and creating recommendations
> for follow on projects to produce a distribution as well as
> other
> necessary projects.
>
>
> Related Projects
>
> OpenSolaris for PowerPC port.
>
> Expected deliverables
>
> - Provide a cross linking build environment
> - Identify candidate hardware and software emulation
> platform(s) targets. One goal here is to provide a simple
> development environment that is easy to obtain and
> maintain.
> - Build of portions (or all) of the ON consolidation and
> provide kernel and userland portions to a minimal identified
> run state
> - Investigate and port tools used in the OpenSolaris PowerPC
> port project ("Polaris").
>
>
> Context
>
> ON/Nevada OpenSolaris Development Process
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/os_dev_process/
>
> Preliminary discussions regarding project proposal
>
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/emerging-platforms-discuss/2008-October/000002.html
>
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/powerpc-discuss/2008-October/002532.html
>
>
> ===== end =====
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