Attachment 85363 Details for Bug 121533 – arm.diff

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>Index: www/en/platforms/arm.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /usr/ncvs/www/en/platforms/arm.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.11
>diff -u -r1.11 arm.sgml
>--- www/en/platforms/arm.sgml	3 Dec 2006 18:15:18 -0000	1.11
>+++ www/en/platforms/arm.sgml	9 Mar 2008 15:17:58 -0000
>@@ -10,25 +10,63 @@
> <html>
>   &header;
>     
>-    <p>FreeBSD/ARM is a port of FreeBSD which aims to run
>-      on the ARM architecture and hardware.
>-      The project's goal is to provide support for the
>-      architecture and hardware surrounding it.</p>
>+    <h3><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h3>
> 
>-    <h3>FreeBSD/ARM Hardware Notes</h3>
>+    <p>This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to the
>+      ARM architecture and hardware.  Discussion of the ARM port takes
>+      place on the
>+      <a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm">freebsd-arm</a>
>+      mailing list.</p>
>+
>+    <h3><a name="toc">Table Of Contents</a></h3>
>+
>+    <ul>
>+      <li><a href="#status">Status</a></li>
>+      <li><a href="#hw">Hardware List</a></li>
>+      <li><a href="#todo">What Needs To Be Done</a></li>
>+      <li><a href="#links">FreeBSD/ARM Related Links</a></li>
>+      <li><a href="#miniinst">Mini-Install Guide</a></li>
>+      <li><a href="#list">FreeBSD/ARM mailing list</a></li>
>+    </ul>
>+
>+    <h3><a name="status">Status</a></h3>
>+
>+    <p>ARM is officially a
>+      <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">
>+      Tier 2</a> architecture, as the <a href="&base;">FreeBSD</a> project
>+      does not provide official releases or pre-built packages for this
>+      platform due to it primarily targeting the embedded arena.  However,
>+      FreeBSD/ARM is being actively developed and maintained, well supported,
>+      and provides an excellent framework for building ARM-based systems.</p>
>+
>+    <h3><a name="hw">FreeBSD/ARM Hardware Notes</a></h3>
>     
>-    <p>Currently FreeBSD should work on the i80321 based Intel
>+    <p>FreeBSD should work on the i80321 based Intel XScale&reg;
>       devboards, which includes the IQ31244 and IQ80321 boards.
>       Support is still minimal, covering only the CPU, PCI-X bus,
>       em(4) Ethernet adapters, the UART and timer devices.</p>
> 
>+    <p>The i80219 XScale processor is supported, as is the EP80219
>+      devboard.</p>
>+
>+    <p>The IXP425 is supported, as is the Avila GW2348-4 devboard.</p>
>+
>+    <p>The Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU/Microcontroller range is supported.
>+      Support is provided for the Kwikbyte KB9202 devboard range, the
>+      Hot-e HL200 devboard, and the BWCT board.</p>
>+
>     <p>Minimal support for the StrongARM 1100 CPU is provided, but
>       only within the limits of what Simics emulate: CPU,  UART and
>       clock.  It is theoretically possible to boot on the Assabet board,
>       the one Simics emulates; no attempts, successful or unsuccessful,
>       have been reported.</p>
> 
>-    <h3>What Needs To Be Done</h3>
>+    <p>Additionally, support for the Technologic Systems TS-7200 devboard
>+      is in the works, as is support for the Atmel AT91SAM926x CPU and
>+      the Marvell Orion ARM SoC, the Samsung S3C2XX0 range, and Cirrus
>+      Logic EP93XX CPUs.</p>
>+
>+    <h3><a name="todo">What Needs To Be Done</a></h3>
> 
>     <ul>
>       <li>SATA support needs to be added.</li>
>@@ -37,7 +75,7 @@
>         from NetBSD.</li>
>     </ul>
> 
>-    <h3>FreeBSD/ARM Related Links</h3>
>+    <h3><a name="links">FreeBSD/ARM Related Links</a></h3>
> 
>     <ul>
>       <li><a href="http://tisu.mit.jyu.fi/embedded/TIE345/luentokalvot/Embedded_3_ARM.pdf">
>@@ -46,7 +84,7 @@
>       <li><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm32/">NetBSD Arm/32 project</a></li>
>     </ul>
> 
>-    <h3>Mini-Install guide</h3>
>+    <h3><a name="miniinst">Mini-Install guide</a></h3>
> 
>       <p>&a.cognet; (cognet@FreeBSD.org) has written a mini-install guide for the
>         current FreeBSD source.  It is

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