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Re: [MiNT] Firebee & FreeMiNT
is anyone able to give an short introduction on how to setup freemint
with the firebee (testing environment, of course)
Currently, FreeMiNT on the FireBee requires FireTOS and a v4e kernel
(such as the one found in the daily builds). FireTOS' internal XHDI
driver does not support ext2 partitions yet, so currently only FAT16
partitions are usable. However, FireTOS has its own
IDE/CompactFlash/SD-Card driver, no HDDRIVER is needed. Also, FireTOS
features an internal fVDI.
Basically, from another computer, format a CompactFlash card with a
single FAT16 partition. Setup a MiNT boot partition as usual (AUTO
folder, etc.). Put it into you your FireBee, boot, and you're done.
Thanks to the 680x0 emulation abilities of FireTOS, only the kernel has
to be partially patched for ColdFire (the v4e one). Other components can
be classic 680x0 binaries.
Long ago, Olivier Landemarre gave me an old MiNT setup with FreeMiNT and
MyAES. I have upgraded it with the latest v4e kernel and XaAES, it still
works fine.
Jo Even also made a MiNT setup from scratch, it works as fine as mine.
My goal is to patch every FreeMiNT component for ColdFire only (I mean
assembler files). When it is done, I replace the 680x0 component from my
working setup with the ColdFire one, and check it still works.
Currently, I have xaaes.km, moose*.adi, and ext2.xfs (however I can'
test that one due to lack of support in FireTOS). The kernel itself
still needs to be fully patched (I do it step by step). Also all the
FreeMiNT makefiles needs to be reworked to allow recompilation for ColdFire.
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Vincent Rivière