Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:36:03 +1000 From: Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> To: Timothy Prickett Morgan <midserver@worldnet.att.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD work on an RS/6000 or AS/400 Message-ID: <20010619103602.A25253@rafe.jeamland.net> In-Reply-To: <001701c0f809$5c0c06a0$cbfcfea9@tim>; from midserver@worldnet.att.net on Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:43:20AM -0400 References: <001701c0f809$5c0c06a0$cbfcfea9@tim>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:43:20AM -0400, Timothy Prickett Morgan wrote: > A question > > IBM's RS/6000 and AS/400 processors are 64-bit PowerPC chips with a 32-bit > mode that supports Linux 2.4. Linux is supported on some RS/6000 models > directly, and on some AS/400s within logical partitions. My question is > whether FreeBSD will work on either RS/6000s or AS/400s wherever Linux > works? I don't have any plans to target IBM's boxes at this point. There are other people who may have plans in this direction however. > Or will it require special drivers for disk, I/O, graphics, etc? Every new platform requires new drivers. =) > Will the same drivers that work with Linux work with FreeBSD (I suspect not, > but it doesn't hurt to ask.) No. Linux has a different driver model to us. We can use their drivers to obtain information about how to write a FreeBSD driver but we can't use the code directly. -- Benno Rice benno@FreeBSD.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjsunnIACgkQbQx7xhW+Eg4H9ACg0q/IXq/nwzS3HoOisbo6hAc7 Z9oAoJOMDCoMBwCO54qtuqILt7eLc872 =xSNL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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