Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 16:59:49 PST From: "Anand Natarajasundaram" <annatara@hotmail.com> To: scqdaf@globalserve.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port on PowerPC Message-ID: <19981127005949.14746.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi
>>--Anand Natarajasundaram wrote..
>> I have a PowerPC 603e based hardware. I intend to have FreeBSD
running
>> on it. Is there a FreeBSD port on PowerPC ?
>--Dennis wrote <mailto://scqdaf@globalserve.net>
>
> What kind of PowerPC hardware are you using? A PowerMac or a
PReP/CHRP
>machine from someone like FirePower or Motorola?
>
I have a embedded 603e Compact PCI board. It has PCI bus No 0,1
In bus No : 1 7 Compact PCI slots reside. The board has
ethernet, SCSI, IDE, ISA devices plus an onboard 16MB DRAM/EDO SIMM's
and 512K cache,Flash,bootROM.
>--Dennis wrote..
> If its a Mac, you have the option of MkLinux or LinuxPPC, provided
your
>machne is supported (basically, if its a 7200 or newer)
>
> If its a generic PPC-based PC, the only UNIX option I'm aware of is
IBM's
>AIX for PowerPC.
>
I have VxWorks, pSOS ported on it.
Since it is PCI system I have option of MkLinux, LinuxPPC.
I plan to have a BSD kernel on it. It seems NetBSD , OpenBSD have
PPC ports. But I don't know whether they have drivers for the devices
in my board.
bye
anand
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