linux-kernel - Re: OpenRISC Architecture: Request for review

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Message-ID: <4E025D39.80600@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:23:05 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: OpenRISC Architecture: Request for review

On 06/19/2011 04:43 AM, Jonas Bonn wrote:
> Notes
> -----
> 
> See the file README.openrisc for information on getting a toolchain and
> simulator for building and running this code.
> 
> We currently have only a uClibc port to this architecture and this does
> not fully support the reduced set of generic syscalls.  In our upstream
> submission we have included only the reduced set of syscalls, while we
> will be carrying an out-of-tree patch that enables Linux to work with our
> uClibc port until we are able to sort this out.  This shouldn't, however,
> need to further delay beginning the code review.
> 
> There's a short TODO.openrisc file, as well.  Some of the items listed
> there could potentially be done before any pull request for the architecture
> is sent.
> 
> There are also fair number of places where we still have old test code
> laying about inside #ifdefs and comments.  The intention is to get all that
> cleaned up before the final pull request, but I didn't want to allow that
> to delay beginning the review process any further.
> 

Do you also have any ready-made ports for any common FPGA boards that
one can test it out on hardware with?

	-hpa
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