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FreeBSD/MIPS Project

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 freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org mailing list. To subscribe to the list, send a message to freebsd-mips-subscribe@FreeBSD.org.

Task	Responsible	Last Updated	Status
Update contrib bits for toolchain.	Juli Mallett	08 November 2002
Add toolchain glue for FreeBSD/MIPS.	Juli Mallett	08 November 2002
Merge ARCBIOS kernel driver from NetBSD.	Justin Wojdacki	08 November 2002
Write a GEOM module for SGI fx-labelled disks.	Juli Mallett	08 February 2003
Fill in stub kernel headers.	Juli Mallett	13 February 2003
Fill in stubs for all MD functions.	Juli Mallett	14 February 2003
Get a kernel booting on real hardware.	Juli Mallett	14 February 2003
Merge FreeBSD/MIPS configuration into FSF GCC tree.		08 November 2002
Flesh out loader(8)'s ARC support.		08 November 2002

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