NetBSD/sh5 Frequently Asked Questions

NetBSD Questions

• How can I start cross-builds?

Hardware Questions

• Are there evaluation cards available for the SH-5?

Readings

• Suggested readings?

Other sources of information

• port-sh5 mail list - if you have any additional questions please subscribe.
• General NetBSD Documentation - for questions not specific to NetBSD/sh5.

NetBSD Questions

How can I start cross-builds? (top)

See Cross-building NetBSD for cross build in general.

Unfortunately, there is no generally available toolchain for building sh5 binaries at this time. The port was brought up using a heavilly modified port of gcc 2.97 by SuperH.

Work is on-going in gcc-current to provide a usable and stable sh5 compiler.

Hardware Questions

Are there evaluation cards available for the SH-5? (top)

We are only aware of SuperH's Cayman board at this time. If you have any additions, please submit those to the port-sh5 mailing list.

The best place you could contact is your local SuperH office (like SuperH US, SuperH UK, whatever). They may have evaluation boards to sell to customers (since they would like to sell the SH5 chips), possibly with localized documents.

Readings

Suggested readings? (top)

SH-5 Documentation (webpage)

Covers the SH-5 cpu family core architecture, the implementation of current silicon, the on-chip peripherals, and the high-level programming language ABI.

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