Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Roadblocks to further widespread adoption of NetBSD in embedded systems (at least in my neck of the woods)

["Marcin M. Jessa" <lists%yazzy.org@localhost>]

On 03/27/2010 05:33 AM, Masao Uebayashi wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Rafal Jaworowski <raj%semihalf.com@localhost> 
> wrote:
>   
> > FWIW: FreeBSD has recently grown an extensible NAND framework, which is in 
> > quite decent and usable state at the moment already (includes a full ONFI 
> > device system simulator):
> >
> > http://p4db.freebsd.org/changeList.cgi?FSPC=//depot/projects/nand2/...
> > http://wiki.freebsd.org/NAND#head-9a32aaa85046b2f9f9219e36ba34947ca47a4153
> >
> > Among the already supported are NAND controllers found in Marvell and Freescale 
> > devices.
> >     
>
> This looks promising.  Thanks for working on this.
>   
This is FreeBSD detecting NAND on an Avila Gateworks 2348-4 board [1]:

cfi0: <Intel/Sharp - 16MB> on ixp0
cfid0 on cfi0

> (I'll consider to port this to NetBSD oneday(tm).)
>   
Please do today!
:)


[1]: http://www.gateworks.com/products/avila/gw2348-4.php


Marcin