The FreeBSD/MIPS Project aims to port FreeBSD to MIPS R4000 and newer processors, with support for both desktop platforms (e.g. SGI MIPS) and embedded systems. The ideal is for it to be as clean of a port as possible, with as few historical mistakes as are required, and to provide ports to major platforms where it makes sense for FreeBSD to maintain them, while providing a good "working base" for any third-party vendors to build their own platforms on top of FreeBSD/MIPS.
Initially, development is being done in the FreeBSD Perforce repository, but once the port has reached a relatively working state, it will be merged into the FreeBSD CURRENT branch. Changes made which are not MIPS specific but which are required for the port should be merged in gradually over time.
The project is always looking for additional contributors. If you wish to participate, the best way to find out what is happening is to subscribe to the freebsd-mips mailing list. If you are working on a specific task relating to the project, you should contact jmallett@FreeBSD.org with a description of the task so that your task can be listed below.
General MIPS information is available from MIPS Technologies, Inc.
Most discussion relating to this project takes place on the &a.mips; mailing list. To subscribe to the list, send a message to &a.majordomo; with "subscribe freebsd-mips" in the body of the text.
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Update contrib bits for toolchain. | &a.jmallett; | 08 November 2002 | &status.done; |
| Add toolchain glue for FreeBSD/MIPS. | &a.jmallett; | 08 November 2002 | &status.done; |
| Merge ARCBIOS kernel driver from NetBSD. | &a.jwojdacki; | 08 November 2002 | &status.done; |
| Write a GEOM module for SGI fx-labelled disks. | +&a.jmallett; | +08 February 2003 | +&status.done; | +
| Fill in stub kernel headers. | &a.jmallett; | 08 November 2002 | &status.wip; |
| Fill in stubs for all MD functions. | 08 November 2002 | &status.new; | |
| Merge FreeBSD/MIPS configuration into FSF GCC tree. | 08 November 2002 | &status.new; | |
| Flesh out loader(8)'s ARC support. | 08 November 2002 | &status.new; | |
| Write a GEOM module for SGI fx-labelled disks. | -- | 08 November 2002 | -&status.new; | -
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| &status.new; | Not yet started |
| &status.blocked; | Blocked awaiting completion of another task |
| &status.wip; | Work in progress |
| &status.done; | Task completed |
| &status.n-a; | Not planned |
The remainder of this page is structured as a reverse-chronological log.
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