From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 26 1:52:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (mail.palmerharvey.co.uk [62.172.109.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6385B153A4; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 01:52:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk) Received: from ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk (unverified) by mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.0.1) with ESMTP id ; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:50:38 +0100 Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk (VOODOO [10.100.35.12]) by ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id RH63GR7C; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:50:22 +0100 Received: from dom by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #1) id 11JvFS-000Go8-00; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:51:06 +0100 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:51:06 +0100 To: Joey Garcia Cc: questions@freebsd.org, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and PowerPC (The IBM Motherboard Thing) Message-ID: <19990826095106.A64463@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> References: <3.0.6.32.19990825202015.00799af0@we.mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990825202015.00799af0@we.mediaone.net>; from Joey Garcia on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 08:20:15PM -0700 From: Dominic Mitchell Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 08:20:15PM -0700, Joey Garcia wrote: > I was wondering what stance FreeBSD will have when IBM publishes it's open > motherboard specification for PowerPC based motherboards. Will the FreeBSD > project embrace the PowerPC platform considering it will be open easily > attainable? I should imagine that anyone willing to do the work (and there'll be a lot of it) and remain committed to it would have full support. > At work we have an AS/400 (nice database machine, although way overpriced) > which uses the IBM PowerPC 64 bit chip. That machine cranks out alot of > work using only one CPU -- it does everything from warehouse inventory > control to supporting more than 50 users without breaking a sweat. I can > only imagine the possibilies with FreeBSD ported to the PowerPC platform. You won't be putting FreeBSD on the AS/400 anytime soon. AS/400 has a totally different supporting architecture when compared to things like the Macintosh, which I believe is based on the CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform), the same as the RS/6000's. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Ordinary folks who don't understand computers don't deserve to be mocked. Ordinary people who want to use their computers but refuse to learn anything about them do." -- slashdot comment ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message