From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 21 19:14:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4EDD16A403 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:14:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (gate.funkthat.com [69.17.45.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 061D613C4D9 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:14:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (668vayhy1eni2f73@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m1LJ08iI014954; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:00:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3/Submit) id m1LJ08Cq014953; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:00:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:00:08 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Patrick Collins Message-ID: <20080221190008.GE96595@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Patrick Collins , freebsd-arm@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 i386 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (hydrogen.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:00:08 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TS-7200 and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:14:31 -0000 Patrick Collins wrote this message on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:22 +1000: > I am designing a marine navigation and monitoring system and am > considering using the Technologic TS-7200 with FreeBSD. I would like > to use FreeBSD because I am very familiar with it but support for the > TS-7200 seems to be limited. Would I be better off using NetBSD or > Linux. I would appreciate your honest opinion on this. > > Does anyone have a kernel configuration file for the TS-7200. As long as you don't need ethernet (reliably) and possibly willing to write any additional device drivers you might need, it works, though a bit slowly. The ethernet works enough to mount root over nfs, but in some cases, a ping packet will not be able to be transmitted. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."