From owner-freebsd-ppc Mon Jun 18 8:14: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FBB237B405 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 08:14:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from midserver@worldnet.att.net) Received: from tim ([12.88.172.51]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010618151355.CYPW1777.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@tim> for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:13:55 +0000 Message-ID: <001701c0f809$5c0c06a0$cbfcfea9@tim> From: "Timothy Prickett Morgan" To: Subject: Will FreeBSD work on an RS/6000 or AS/400 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 09:43:20 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C0F7DB.1BDF6E60" X-Priority: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C0F7DB.1BDF6E60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A question IBM's RS/6000 and AS/400 processors are 64-bit PowerPC chips with a = 32-bit mode that supports Linux 2.4. Linux is supported on some RS/6000 = models directly, and on some AS/400s within logical partitions. My = question is whether FreeBSD will work on either RS/6000s or AS/400s = wherever Linux works? Or will it require special drivers for disk, I/O, = graphics, etc? Will the same drivers that work with Linux work with = FreeBSD (I suspect not, but it doesn't hurt to ask.) Thanks for your help Timothy Prickett Morgan Editor Monday Morning AS/400 Update www.midrangecomputing.com/mmu 212 942 5818 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C0F7DB.1BDF6E60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
A question
 
IBM's RS/6000 and AS/400 processors are 64-bit = PowerPC chips=20 with a 32-bit mode that supports Linux 2.4. Linux is supported on some = RS/6000=20 models directly, and on some AS/400s within logical partitions. My = question is=20 whether FreeBSD will work on either RS/6000s or AS/400s wherever Linux = works? Or=20 will it require special drivers for disk, I/O, graphics, etc? Will the = same=20 drivers that work with Linux work with FreeBSD (I suspect not, but it = doesn't=20 hurt to ask.)
 
Thanks for your help
 
Timothy Prickett Morgan
Editor
Monday Morning AS/400 Update
www.midrangecomputing.com/m= mu
212 942 5818
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