build on beagle board

Hi

Is it possible to build riscos on beagle board ?

I am going to start a port to our arm hardware: http://www.genesi-usa.com

/Michael Grunditz

Yes! RISC OS already runs on the BeagleBoard, but it needs more work on it. This work is ongoing and someone, better qualified than I, will come along shortly and tell you much more. I run RISC OS on my BB, but am just a user/tester. It’s good to here that you are joining in.

Is it possible to build riscos on beagle board ?

Yes – although a couple of the build tools aren’t ARMv7 compatible yet so you’ll have to work around those. I think the two posts here summarise what needs to be done (make sure alignment exceptions are off, make sure you’re using the right version of egrep, and everything else is the same).

I am going to start a port to our arm hardware: http://www.genesi-usa.com

Good luck!

There’s a very rough porting guide on the wiki, along with various other bits of technical documentation. Don’t hesitate to ask for help if you need any help working out how something works.

I am going to start a port to our arm hardware: http://www.genesi-usa.com

Brilliant! I take it you’ve probably already discussed this with Matt Sealey, and may also have access to any relevant internal information arising from previous discussions.

Brilliant! I take it you’ve probably already discussed this with Matt Sealey, and may also have access to any relevant internal information arising from previous discussions.

I work for Genesi :)

I hope to afford the compiler after christmas.

I work for Genesi :)

So I saw.

I hope to afford the compiler after christmas.

And I take it that this is a personal project then, rather than a corporately funded one! Thanks so much for looking into this. I’m sure you’ll get plenty of help around here.

I work for Genesi :)

I hope to afford the compiler after Christmas.

Shouldn’t they buy it for you as a Christmas present?

A decent RISC OS port would certainly generate extra sales.

Do your machines have SATA (or even PATA) access to the SSD?

If so, that would be a big advantage over the BeagleBoard.

Presumably the thing would be able to dual boot with some sort of Linux?

Your laptop certainly looks tempting, how long do you reckon I have to save up for one, before you have a decent port?

And I take it that this is a personal project then, rather than a corporately funded one! Thanks so much for looking into this. I’m sure you’ll get plenty of help around here.

Shouldn’t they buy it for you as a Christmas present?

This is a hobby project and I don’t know how long time it will take. From what I can see many drivers are in assembler so I need to brush up my armcode :)