FYI: rudimentary loader for ppcbug-based systems

[Silverton Aron-C1710C]

Jaworowski Rafal-ARJ004 wrote:
> In case anyone would be interested..
> 
> I have put together a rudimentary third-stage loader that is tied
> to PPCBug firmware. I took the existing FreeBSD/powerpc loader,
> divorced it from OF and bound to PPCBug. The low level pieces are
> based on NetBSD/mvmeppc port which also utilises PPCBug
> interface.    
> 
> The first piece of functionality I want to achieve is netbooting
> the kernel. At the moment the loader is able to mount
> nfs-exported directory, browse it and load elf files across the
> network. I didn't get to execute the actual powerpc kernel yet
> but that's the next step. I'm using a compactPCI MCP750 board if
> you're interested.     
> 
> I'll keep you posted about the progress.
> 
> Rafal

Congratulations Rafal!  This is a great step to getting FreeBSD-PowerPC running on embedded boards.  Once I get enough power in our facility to turn on our equipment, we'll want to give your code a try on our MCP805s.

Regards,

Aron