From owner-freebsd-ppc Fri Jul 5 19:33: 3 2002 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 CE43837B400; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:33:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.92.13.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5CA43E31; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:33:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g662X1oi013848; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:33:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g662X1B0013847; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:33:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:33:01 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Alexey Zelkin Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd/powerpc page updated Message-ID: <20020706023301.GA13706@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200207031643.59097.justin@shiningsilence.com> <20020704120457.A11221@phantom.cris.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020704120457.A11221@phantom.cris.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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