From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 14 13:33:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D63116A440 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:33:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.ntplx.net (mail.ntplx.net [204.213.176.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A87B43D46 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:33:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from sea.ntplx.net (sea.ntplx.net [204.213.176.11]) by mail.ntplx.net (8.13.5/8.13.5/NETPLEX) with ESMTP id jAEDXHwq008879; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:33:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:33:17 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen X-X-Sender: eischen@sea.ntplx.net To: Bob Pickles In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS and Clam AntiVirus (mail.ntplx.net) Cc: Juergen.Dankoweit@T-Online.de, phk@phk.freebsd.dk, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD on embedded systems X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Eischen List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:33:33 -0000 On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Bob Pickles wrote: > Hi > > For you interest, I have implemented a PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card) > driver for one of our products for a French company over 1 year > ago. FreeBSD is a nice stable platform, to develop with. > > There are many Intel based VME and cPCI system Single Board Computers > in the market place. It would be nice if FreeBSD were also compatible > with Power PC, then more military suppliers might look at this as an > option. Yes, one thing we lack is a VME bus driver for the Tundra I/II chipset. VME is still popular in military and industrial control applications. -- DE