Cortex-A8 port

This section of the wiki documents contains information about the port of the shared-source branch of RISC OS to the new ARM Cortex-A8 processors.

Information for users:

• General information about the state of the port and who is doing what
• Generic OMAP port setup information – how to prepare an SD card containing a ROM image, and how to prepare the HardDisc4 disc image
• How to get started with a BeagleBoard – including note on avoiding incorrect charge for VAT on shipping
• ARMv7 software compatibility list
• Cortex-A8 hardware compatibility list
• OMAP3 port troubleshooting guide
• Let’s get started with a Pandora port forum thread – main discussion thread for all things relating to the Cortex-A8/OMAP3 port

Information for programmers:

• A guide for programmers on how they can update their code to run on Cortex-A8 CPUs
• Guide to getting and building the source code
• An overview of the OMAP3 HAL
• A collection of links to technical documentation regarding the Cortex-A8 port

Information for those wanting to port RISC OS:

• How to port RISC OS to new hardware