From owner-freebsd-ppc Tue Feb 25 14:49: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D96137B401; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:49:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from gt3.OntheNet.com.au (nt.com.au [203.13.70.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9887C43FB1; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:49:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from freebsd.org (CPE-203-45-238-180.qld.bigpond.net.au [203.45.238.180]) by gt3.OntheNet.com.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1PMn6VU081396; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:49:06 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <3E5BF2DC.213FC146@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:49:00 +1000 From: Peter Grehan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-12 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Also interested in testing References: <166439.1045677133482.JavaMail.nobody@fozzie.psp.pas.earthlink.net> <3E5464D3.F3B75FD7@freebsd.org> <20030225173039.GB94451@dragon.nuxi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 > The choice of the Mac was only as a reference > platform and a development platform. IMHO it is easier to target some > PowerPC board when you can do the basic development on a PowerPC machine. Agreed 100%. I'm looking forward to doing all my 8xx/82xx development natively. > Before we support anything other than G3/G4 we need to reflect on how > well we can support more. FreeBSD has traditionally had a high > requirement for polished support -- installable CDROM's, pre-build > packages, etc... Agreed as well. The early G3 Macs are of interest because they are so cheap, which makes them a great choice for an embedded development box. later, Peter. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message