FreeBSD on BeagleBoard-xm

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Hello all,

Does anybody could advice me how to prepare an FreeBSD image from
sources for a Beagle-xM?

I could not find any tutorial or guide to do that.

Best regards,

Flavio

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According to google...

https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2012/FreeBSDonBeagleBoardxM

https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm

Regards,

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I have already seen those links.

Maybe a new information: I am not an expert on FreeBSD.

I have experience in Linux, but not with BSD. Even in the workstation.

I’m looking for a tutorial, similar to those that we can find about Linux.

Best regards,

Flavio

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For general FreeBSD info, the Handbook [1] is very good. Also see
Lucas' Absolute FreeBSD [2]. I own the Lucas book and it's worth
reading.

[1]:http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
[2]:http://www.amazon.com/dp/1593271514/

-Andrew

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Does this support### AM37x 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 ?the previous bbxm is with omap, and the current is with am37x.

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The BBXM has never been built with the AM37xx. It has always been the DM37xx.

Gerald

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Uhmmm. either the bbxm website or you made a mistake:

quote from http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBoard-xM:

What is BeagleBoard-xM?

The $149 MSRP BeagleBoard-xM delivers with the help of its AM37x 1GHz ARM processor,

I believe that the bbxm website made a mistake, since from the manual:

http://beagleboard.org/static/BBxMSRM_latest.pdf

The BeagleBoard-xM processor is the DM3730CBP 1GHz version and comes in a .4mm

pitch POP package.

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Have you asked the freeBSD guys? I'd really hope that if they wrote
support for the "bbxm" they support the rev c as that revision has
been out for a few years... At this point it would be pretty stupid of
them not too..

Regards,

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I think I got the answer now. The OMAP3530 and the DM3730 are compatible regarding the software running on it. Therefore, the freeBSD port for omap3530 SHOULD support the current bbxm.

I will keep this updated if I can try on the bbxm.