RE: ARM support
> -Original Message- > From: Daniel C. Sobral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:24 AM > To: Stephane Potvin > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ARM support > > > Stephane Potvin wrote: > > > > > M... have you tried ext2fs? > > > > Yes, loading from an ext2fs partition works fine. Well, I tried for the > > last 10 minutes to find a suitable way to tell in a manner that > would not > > sounds religious that using ext2fs is not really an option to no avail. > > I guess that my english skills are not that good :-) > > Thanks for the suggestion though. > > Hehhehe. :-) > > See, the *only* thing you need on ext2fs is /boot/*. You create a > fake root with fully-populated /boot on an ext2fs, and the real root > (including the kernel) on another partition. Since *loader* groks > ufs, you should be ok. > > Actually, /kernel, /kernel.old may also reside on ext2fs, as they > not used after being loaded by loader. > > Anyway, as the end result, your system will be running fully ufs > once booted. Special care will be needed when installing/upgrading > boot stuff, but... Amen. This will be far less complicated that what I had in mind originally. Thanks for the tip. I'll keep you posted on the developments. Steph -- Stephane E. Potvin InnoMediaLogic Inc. - http://www.multichassis.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
RE: ARM support
> -Original Message- > From: Daniel C. Sobral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 3:29 AM > To: Stephane E. Potvin > Cc: Mike Smith; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ARM support > > > "Stephane E. Potvin" wrote: > > > > Unfortunately no. It uses a stripped down linux kernel as firmware. > > In that case the source code is available, yes? I guess so, I didn't tried really hard to find out. Call me lazy but I didn't want to take the chance blowing up the existing firmware and have to program a new one using jtag :) > M... have you tried ext2fs? Yes, loading from an ext2fs partition works fine. Well, I tried for the last 10 minutes to find a suitable way to tell in a manner that would not sounds religious that using ext2fs is not really an option to no avail. I guess that my english skills are not that good :-) Thanks for the suggestion though. Steph -- Stephane E. Potvin InnoMediaLogic Inc. - http://www.multichassis.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
RE: gas pseudo-ops
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Polstra > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 1:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: gas pseudo-ops > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Stephane E. Potvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have any idea where I could find some documentation about > > the following gas pseudo-ops? > > .type ,@object > > There is a type associated with symbol in the object files. It can be > function (obvious), object (data), or other/unknown. This pseudo-op > sets the type of a given symbol. > > > .previous > > The assembler maintains a stack of sections. Each time you change > to a new section, it pushes the previous one onto the stack. The > ".previous" pseudo-op pops the stack and changes back to the previous > section. > Thanks for the answer! Do you think it would be possible to change the .type ,@object for .type ,object in gensetdef? By looking in the gas code I found that the assembler just ignores the @ character. The reason I ask this is because by default, the @ character is used by the ARM assembler to represent begin of comments. GCC/GAS could be hacked to avoid doing this but in the long run I think it would be easier just to remove the @ character. If I remember correctly it could be changed to `#object' or `%object' too but this could cause the same problem as with the @ character for other assemblers. P.S.: Sorry for the lack of diff, I'm currenty at work and don't have access to the source code Steph -- Stephane E. Potvin InnoMediaLogic Inc. - http://www.multichassis.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
