[Barrelfish-users] How barrelfish can run on ARMv8 simulator such as Foundation model which supports 64 bits ARM instruction set

[Wang Wei]

Hi, Kornilios
	
Thanks for your reply.  The ARMv8 porting project will be difficult. We think we will need your help in someday.

Thanks

Wei Wang

On 2013/5/22 21:19, Kornilios Kourtis wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 02:10:26PM +0800, Wang Wei wrote:
>> Dear:
>>
>> We are researching on ARMv8 simulator such as Foundation model which
>> supports 64 bits ARM instruction set. We want to let barrelfish can run
>> on it. First, we need to reprogram barrelfish codes and
>>
>> let barrelfish can support 64 bits ARM instruction set. Second, we want
>> to let reprogramed barrelfish can run on ARMv8 simulator such as
>> Foundation model. Now we want to know whether who has studied on
>>
>> ARMv8 simulator such as Foundation model which can provide a hardware
>> platform on which barrelfish can run.
>>
>> Does anyone interested in this project?
> 
> This sounds like a very interesting project, and I'm not aware of any
> other projects or plans to port Barrelfish on ARMv8. Currently, our ARM
> efforts are focused on ARMv5 and ARMv7 platforms, but we would be very
> happy to offer advice and feedback on an ARMv8 port, and also collaborate
> on integrating it to the Barrelfish tree.
> 
> cheers,
> Kornilios.
> 
>> Thanks!
>> Xiaoke Wu
>> Xiaoke wu
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