Marvell

[Edward Cherlin]

On Jan 11, 2008 10:10 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I got tied up in a contract and lost site of this thread for a while.
> I'm game to start up again.
>
> On Sep 10, 2007 5:53 PM, Alex Gibson <agibson at eng.uts.edu.au> wrote:
> > Quoting Bernardo Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>:
> >
> > > Dan Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > > Somebody needs to take ownership of the issue and run with it.  There's
> > > > no bandwidth right now to do that at OLPC.

OK, my hand is up.

I started a Wiki page, Marvell microkernel, and pulled together
various references to what we know and don't know, including a link to
the 88W8388 page, which says that it is the only public documentation
in the world on that chip.

First thing, we need to know who has OLPC's copy of the Marvell
developer's kit, and what's in it.

Do we have to sign an NDA to use the kit?

We apparently need more detail on the particular version of the
ARM946E-S core on the chip. There are a number of hardware options.

The code evidently mixes 32-bit ARM instructions and 16-bit thumb
instructions with data. We need a fairly smart disassembler. And a
legal opinion about reverse engineering.

What are the options for a cross-compilation toolchain?
-- 
Edward Cherlin
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