Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:06:39 +0200 From: Rafal Jaworowski <raj@semihalf.com> To: Bear <jilingshu@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD run on FreeScale MPC8533E PowerQUICC III Processor? Message-ID: <F62B0FF6-6A29-4046-B362-7A4EBDD76497@semihalf.com> In-Reply-To: <201009152049359935144@Gmail.com> References: <201009151327415983625@Gmail.com>, <F7558DF0-D76D-41A3-B6DA-26F65D8728F1@semihalf.com> <201009152049359935144@Gmail.com>
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On 2010-09-15, at 14:49, Bear wrote: > hi, > Thx for your answers! > Could you give me some more information on FreeBSD on MPC8533E? For = example, is there any installation guide on FreeBSD document site? > BTW: I am working on build a powerful router based on this chipset. There are some old (partial) installation notes at = http://wiki.freebsd.org/Eval8540Boot, but they would miss on important = details which come into play after around r210053 (switch to FDT = convention). We really need to update these guidelines :-) Is your device a custom design or something commonly available? What is = the firmware / 1st stage bootloader? Rafal > ------------------------------------------------------------- > From:Rafal Jaworowski > Send Date:2010-09-15 15:00:33 > To:Bear > CC:freebsd-ppc > Subject:Re: Can FreeBSD run on FreeScale MPC8533E PowerQUICC III = Processor? >=20 >=20 > On 2010-09-15, at 07:27, Bear wrote: >=20 >> hi, >> I wanna make a network device with MPC8533E chipset. But I was = wondering if FreeBSD can run on it? If not, is there any chipset of = FreeScale MPC series can run FreeBSD? thx! >=20 > The PQ3 is supported and FreeBSD should run on the MPC8533 chip = itself, although there might be some work needed for the particular = board / platform (we only support CDS and DS dev systems out of the = box). What is the board you're going to use? >=20 > Rafal >=20
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