Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:23:03 +0800 From: "Jon BONG" <jon@bestunion.com.sg> To: "Rafal Jaworowski" <raj@semihalf.com>, "Justin Hibbits" <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/powerpc on MPC5121 Message-ID: <FA4F7F1B64D94BCDBA641B6C90276649@jondesktop> In-Reply-To: <D03E6065-402E-4B5B-89B7-B8282F64BCC1@semihalf.com> References: <5157BA5A65744930AAAB37F288A73C6D@jondesktop> <fd9cd3451001121015r889327ao8662783026c1e8d0@mail.gmail.com> <D03E6065-402E-4B5B-89B7-B8282F64BCC1@semihalf.com>
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Thank you guys for your help. I am a novice in bsd and linux, but I would love to try and learn more about it. I have a z9 and I would love to convert it to freebsd but I guess I have to put it on hold for the time being. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rafal Jaworowski" <raj@semihalf.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:59 PM To: "Justin Hibbits" <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> Cc: "Jon BONG" <jon@bestunion.com.sg>; <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD/powerpc on MPC5121 > > On 2010-01-12, at 19:15, Justin Hibbits wrote: > >> The closest to a live CD for PowerPC is the install CD. If that boots >> and >> works you should be good. > > This will not work. MPC5121 system needs extensions for the CPU (E300) > support code, and specific drivers for peripherals on the SoC, which are > not yet in the powerpc tree. > > Rafal > >
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