Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 10:08:48 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrew Heybey <ath@niksun.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compactPCI Message-ID: <199804301708.KAA00477@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Apr 1998 12:50:36 EDT." <199804301650.MAA11357@stiegl.niksun.com>
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> [Hope this is appropriate for -hackers. I thought that compactPCI might be > too esoteric for -questions.] > > Has anyone run FreeBSD on a compactPCI system? I would like to build a box > with many boards in it, and compactPCI systems seem to be available with many > slots. I've heard from people running FreeBSD on CPCI systems. > Are there CPU modules available that look enough like a regular PC that FreeBSD > would run? Is there some way that compactPCI doesn't look to the software like > a "normal" PCI bus? The compactPCI spec says it is electrically compatible > which would imply (to me) that it looks the same to the software as well. The general consensus was that while some CPCI vendors put some weird stuff on their boards, most things work OK. You might want to be a little careful about things like ethernet adapters &c. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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