From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 13 15:23:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53A8106566C for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:23:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@bestunion.com.sg) Received: from netsmtp-a.singnet.com.sg (netsmtp-a.singnet.com.sg [165.21.1.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A02C8FC1B for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:23:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ovscan55.singnet.com.sg (ovscan55.singnet.com.sg [165.21.101.72]) by netsmtp-a.singnet.com.sg (8.14.2/8.13.5) with ESMTP id o0DFNGnV024555 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:23:22 +0800 Received: from netsmtp-a.singnet.com.sg (netsmtp-a.singnet.com.sg [165.21.1.25]) by ovscan55.singnet.com.sg (8.14.3/8.13.6) with ESMTP id o0DFNG0f004842 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:23:16 +0800 Received: from singnet.com.sg (bizw22.singnet.com.sg [165.21.111.36]) by netsmtp-a.singnet.com.sg (8.14.2/8.13.5) with SMTP id o0DFNGPd024548 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:23:16 +0800 X-Lasthop: 218.186.67.41 Received: from unknown (helo jondesktop)(unknown@218.186.67.41) by bizwmail with SMTP; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:23:16 +0000 Message-ID: From: "Jon BONG" To: "Rafal Jaworowski" , "Justin Hibbits" References: <5157BA5A65744930AAAB37F288A73C6D@jondesktop> In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:23:03 +0800 Organization: Best Union Pte Ltd MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8089.726 X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/powerpc on MPC5121 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jon BONG List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:23:24 -0000 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" Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:59 PM To: "Justin Hibbits" Cc: "Jon BONG" ; 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 > >