Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:39:23 +0800 From: Bear <jilingshu@gmail.com> To: "Rafal Jaworowski" <raj@semihalf.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: Can FreeBSD run on FreeScale MPC8533E PowerQUICC III Processor? Message-ID: <201009160939203528698@Gmail.com> References: <201009151327415983625@Gmail.com>, <F7558DF0-D76D-41A3-B6DA-26F65D8728F1@semihalf.com>, <201009152049359935144@Gmail.com>
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hi, I dont have so much knowledge on embedded system. So I hope I can find something detailed about the installation guide ;) This device is designed by my friends and me. Now its only on planning stage. We would use FreeScale MPC8533E or some similiar chipset as its processor. I havnt chose a bootloader yet. Could you recommand me some bootloaders? There is no experience for me to run FreeBSD on embedded systems. I have only run Linux on it with some bootloaders such as vivi and redboot and I also have some experience running FreeBSD on x86 systems. :( ------------------ Bear 2010-09-16 ------------------------------------------------------------- From:Rafal Jaworowski Send Date:2010-09-15 23:06:43 To:Bear CC:Zied Fakhfakh; freebsd-ppc Subject:Re: Can FreeBSD run on FreeScale MPC8533E PowerQUICC III Processor? 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? > > > On 2010-09-15, at 07:27, Bear wrote: > >> 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! > > 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? > > Rafal >
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