From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 22:29:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A12616A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp3.server.rpi.edu (smtp3.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF6AA43D58 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp3.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0LMT95x002619; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:29:10 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:29:08 -0500 To: Joaquin Menchaca , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:13 -0000 At 1:15 PM -0800 1/21/05, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: >What do people thinking about the Mac mini >(http://www.modyourmac.com/minipics/) and FreeBSD? This little >computer is just so so tempting. :-) > >Think there should be any issues? In a reply to one of my recent messages, Peter said: I'd say there's a very good chance [that FreeBSD/PPC will work on the Mac-mini]. My guess is that it's Powerbook-style internals, i.e. the Intrepid ASIC: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G4/15inchPowerBookG4/index.html And there shouldn't be any issues with that. I can use a Mac-mini for other purposes if it does not work out with FreeBSD/PPC, so I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow to see if I can get to the local Apple Store early enough to pick one up. If I succeed at that, I'll let people on this list know how well I make out with FreeBSD/PPC on it. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu