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Subject: Re: Motorola 8260 PowerQUICC II
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> I am curious if there is a FreeBSD port for this (Motorola 8260 
> PowerQUICC II) ppc-derivative communications' processor?

  Not yet.

> My second question is more general, unrelated to particular 
> architecture: Since development of FreeBSD is tightly organised, is it 
> possible (appropriate, supported by documentation, not frowned upon) for 
> embedded systems' developers out there to write device drivers for their 
> systems?

  Absolutely !

later,

Peter.