Re: Ericsson MC16 (HP 360LX) RUN NetBsd ?

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 06:33:37PM +0100, Sigismondo Cenni
wrote:
> Hi and thanks for the feedback.
> 
> I'm a newbie on NetBSD, I would like run NetBSD on my
MC16 as WebServer.
> 
> I have a PCMCIA NE2000 ethernet card and a CF Memory,
Is it possible to 
> do it?
> 
> I read that it's possible... (Valery E. Ushakov and
Christer O. 
> Andersson) but it's not easy cause win ce 2.0 and 8MB
RAM..
> 
> 
> I have got hpcboot20 but with out the right kernel the
device reboot, 
> reboot, reboot you know what I mean...
> 
> Where I can find the right binary kernel (net drive
included) for my 
> device? Is it only a dream?
> 
> Thank for the answer.
> 
> Sigismondo Cenni
> sicennifreemail.it

Hi,

Today it is not possible to have any real use of NetBSD on
MC16. It is
possible to change the kernel enough to boot NetBSD on MC16,
but it
requires quite a lot of work. Once that work is done, the
rest, net
drive, would probably work. The MC16 uses another chip than
HP620 and
the Jornadas. It is a single chip instead of a processor
with companion
chip as used by the newer designs. This means that the
interrupts work
differently. I think it also lacks support for other than 5V
PCMCIA
cards.

I was able to boot a stripped down, modified kernel on my
MC16, but only
with an embedded miniroot. I was never able to use it to
anything
meaningful. As of now, I have given it up.

BR,
Christer

-- 
Christer O. Andersson
Odensbacken