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The primary purposes are to clean up duplicated author definitions in
both share/xml/authors.ent and share/xml/developers.ent, and as a added
bonus simplify writing up author names/email addresses in web pages.
Apart from merging developers.ent into authors.ent, removing the former,
and updating the Committers Guide there should be little user-visible changes:
- a.portmgr renamed to a.portmgr.members
- a.doceng renamed to a.doceng.members
- team.re renamed to a.re.members.email and moved from
share/xml/freebsd.ent to share/xml/authors.ent
- a.core updated and moved from share/xml/mailing-lists.ent to
share/xml/teams.ent
- share/pgpkeys/{addkey.sh|README} updated
Translations are untouched except for build fixes.
Approved by: doceng (gjb)
Approved by: gjb (mentor)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional-Based Extension//EN"
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"http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/doc/share/xml/xhtml10-freebsd.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/ARM Project">
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<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-arm'>
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]>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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</head>
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<body class="navinclude.developers">
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<h3>Introduction</h3>
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<p>This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to the
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ARM architecture and hardware. Discussion of the ARM port takes
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place on the
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<a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm">freebsd-arm</a>
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mailing list.</p>
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<h3>Table Of Contents</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#status">Status</a></li>
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<li><a href="#hw">Hardware List</a></li>
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<li><a href="#todo">What Needs To Be Done</a></li>
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<li><a href="#links">FreeBSD/ARM Related Links</a></li>
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<li><a href="#miniinst">Mini-Install Guide</a></li>
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<li><a href="#list">FreeBSD/ARM mailing list</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="status">Status</a></h3>
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<p>ARM is officially a
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">
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Tier 2</a> architecture, as the <a href="&base;">FreeBSD</a> project
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does not provide official releases or pre-built packages for this
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platform due to it primarily targeting the embedded arena. However,
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FreeBSD/ARM is being actively developed and maintained, is well supported,
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and provides an excellent framework for building ARM-based systems.</p>
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<h3><a name="hw">FreeBSD/ARM Hardware Notes</a></h3>
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<p>FreeBSD should work on the i80321 based Intel XScale®
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devboards, which includes the IQ31244 and IQ80321 boards.
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Support is still minimal, covering only the CPU, PCI-X bus,
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em(4) Ethernet adapters, the UART and timer devices.</p>
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<p>The i80219 XScale processor is supported, as is the EP80219
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devboard.</p>
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<p>The IXP425 is supported, as is the Avila GW2348-4 devboard.</p>
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<p>The Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU/Microcontroller range is supported.
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Support is provided for the Kwikbyte KB9202 devboard range, the
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BWCT board and the Hot-e HL200 thin client device.</p>
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<p>Minimal support for the StrongARM 1100 CPU is provided, but
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only within the limits of what Simics emulate: CPU, UART and
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clock. It is theoretically possible to boot on the Assabet board,
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the one Simics emulates; no attempts, successful or unsuccessful,
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have been reported.</p>
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<p>Additionally, support for the Technologic Systems TS-7200 devboard
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is in the works, as is support for the Atmel AT91SAM926x CPU and
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the Marvell Orion ARM SoC, the Samsung S3C2XX0 range, and Cirrus
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Logic EP93XX CPUs.</p>
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<h3><a name="todo">What Needs To Be Done</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li>SATA support needs to be added.</li>
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<li>Other devices, such as watchdog, i2c and bus should be merged
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from NetBSD.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="links">FreeBSD/ARM Related Links</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://esd.et.ntust.edu.tw/downloads/2008_Embedded_Programming/2008_ESW/Embedded_3_ARM.pdf">
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Brief history of ARM</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm32/">NetBSD Arm/32 project</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="miniinst">Mini-Install guide</a></h3>
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<p>&a.cognet.email; has written a mini-install guide for the
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current FreeBSD source. It is
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<a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~cognet/arm.html">available here</a>.</p>
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<h3><a name="list">FreeBSD/ARM mailing list</a></h3>
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<p>To subscribe to this list, send mail to <tt class="
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EMAIL"><<a href="mailto:freebsd-arm-subscribe@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-arm-subscribe@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>
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or visit <a href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm">mailman interface</a>.</p>
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<h3>What musicians say about FreeBSD/ARM</h3>
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<p>With FreeBSD/ARM, you can enjoy the silence from running your
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(embedded) computer. There's even a song of that name, "Enjoy
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The Silence", by Depeche Mode:</p>
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<pre>All I ever wanted
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All I ever needed
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Is here in my ARMs
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Words are very unnecessary
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They can only do harm</pre>
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</body>
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</html>
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