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Date: Tue,  1 May 2012 17:55:07 -0700
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From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] new arm port: teg2
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Fantastic!

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, wrote:

> After you pull, you should see a new directory,
> /sys/src/9/teg2.  From the _announce file:
>
> This is a preliminary Plan 9 port to the Compulab Trimslice,
> containing a Tegra 2 SoC: a dual-core, (truly) dual-issue 1GHz
> Cortex-A9 v7a-architecture ARM system, *and* it comes in a case.  VFP
> 3 floating-point hardware is present, but 5l doesn't yet generate
> those instructions.  This is the first multiprocessor ARM port we've
> done, and much of the code should be reusable in future ports.  There
> are still things to be done but it can run both processors and is
> believed to have adequate kernel support for VFP 3 floating-point.
>
>

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Fantastic!<span></span><br><br>On Tuesday, May 1, 2012,   wrote:<br><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc =
solid;padding-left:1ex">After you pull, you should see a new directory,<br>
/sys/src/9/teg2. =A0From the _announce file:<br>
<br>
This is a preliminary Plan 9 port to the Compulab Trimslice,<br>
containing a Tegra 2 SoC: a dual-core, (truly) dual-issue 1GHz<br>
Cortex-A9 v7a-architecture ARM system, *and* it comes in a case. =A0VFP<br>
3 floating-point hardware is present, but 5l doesn&#39;t yet generate<br>
those instructions. =A0This is the first multiprocessor ARM port we&#39;ve<=
br>
done, and much of the code should be reusable in future ports. =A0There<br>
are still things to be done but it can run both processors and is<br>
believed to have adequate kernel support for VFP 3 floating-point.<br>
<br>
</blockquote>

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