create x86_64 BSP

[Hesham ALMatary]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Gedare Bloom <gedare at gwu.edu> wrote:
> An x86_64 BSP would be a welcome addition for testing purposes, which
> Amar is interested in, and for getting another 64-bit target ported.
> The best place to start would be to read the CPU supplement and BSP
> porting guide. Any new architecture will need a GCC toolchain, which
> is relatively straightforward but takes some time to add the correct
> config lines into GCC. I've CC'd Hesham, as he has the most recent
> experience with porting RTEMS to new architectures, so he might know
> where you can find more information.
>
You can imitate these commits [1, 2] for your new target. Newlib may
need some work if it doesn't support the bare-metal architecture also.

[1] https://github.com/adapteva/epiphany-gcc/commit/30f4c63c9530628a5a131f5c5d08c8a0253c0772
[2] https://github.com/adapteva/epiphany-gcc/commit/f7051762470c42ce7f01baa7edeb113d51c7dd72
> Gedare
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 2:19 AM, punit vara <punitvara at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have thought of creating BSP for x86_64 but unfortunately I was busy
>> in my exam and class hectic schedule.Shall I create or work on  BSP
>> for X86_64  ?
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Hesham