Cortex-A8 port

This section of the wiki contains information about the port of RISC OS to the ARM Cortex-A8 architecture. The initial target is the OMAP 3 family of system on chip devices from Texas Instruments, which are in turn used in their ‘Beagleboard’ reference designs.

Getting started with the OMAP 3:

• Status of the OMAP 3 port – what does work, what doesn’t
• Hardware compatibility list – peripherals seen to work with OMAP 3 motherboards
• Starting from nothing – how to prepare an SD card containing a ROM image, and how to prepare the HardDisc4 disc image
• Forum discussion thread – main discussion for all things relating to the Cortex-A8/OMAP3 port

Technical information for the OMAP 3 specifically:

• OMAP3 port troubleshooting guide
• An overview of the OMAP3 HAL

General Cortex-A8 information:

• Software compatibility list
• A guide for programmers on how they can update their code to run on Cortex-A8 CPUs
• A collection of links to technical documentation regarding the Cortex-A8 port