Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:33:01 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd/powerpc page updated Message-ID: <20020706023301.GA13706@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020704120457.A11221@phantom.cris.net> References: <200207031643.59097.justin@shiningsilence.com> <20020704120457.A11221@phantom.cris.net>
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On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 12:04:57PM +0300, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > IIRC main direction of FreeBSD/ppc port was a powerpc chips support to > get embedded devices in line. I don't recall actual targeting to > compete with Apple and its MacOS X as desktop/server system for powerpc > based computers. This is correct. However for the PowerPC bits to be useful for embedded people to use, we need to keep them working. Also building cross-toolchains, etc can be a pain. So is tracking down ever PowerPC embedded board -- WindRiver's VxWorks has seperate board-specific code for probably 15 different boards. This is really more than FreeBSD can do (IMHO). So the idea was to provide a working FreeBSD/PowerPC on a reference platform -- which provides a toolkit for embedded application developers to base on. The most consumer workstation-like PowerPC machine is of course the Mac G3/G4. That is why it is targeted. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message
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