Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 06:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@shiningsilence.com> To: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: www/40060:Web page /project/ppc.html could use small update (text supplied) Message-ID: <200207081340.g68De2af016689@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: "Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@shiningsilence.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: www/40060:Web page /project/ppc.html could use small update (text supplied)
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:35:22 -0400
I got my act together and produced a diff for /en/platforms/ppc/sgml. I've
gone over this with Benno, FreeBSD/ppc project lead and the other folks on
the ppc mailing list, and it has been pronouced safe for human consumption.
--- ppc.sgml.old Wed Feb 6 07:07:41 2002
+++ ppc.sgml Mon Jul 8 09:26:57 2002
@@ -11,20 +11,117 @@
<p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the
PowerPC.</p>
- <h3>FreeBSD/ppc Specific Links</h3>
+ <h3>General Information</h3>
<ul>
- <li><a
- href="mailto:freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD/ppc mailing list</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#news">Latest News</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#faq">Port FAQs</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#doc">Documentation, White Papers, Utilities</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#links">Other links of interest</a></li>
</ul>
- <h3>Other Links of Interest</h3>
+
+ <h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><p><strong>3 July, 2002</strong> : This page has been
+ significantly updated. FreeBSD/PowerPC currently boots almost to
+ the point of reaching single-user mode.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>An older news list can be found on
+ <a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~benno/">Benno's page</a>,
+ and you can view the
+ <A HREF="http://jeamland.net/~benno/powerpc-boot.txt">bootup log</A>.</p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <hr noshade>
+
+ <h3><a name="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></h3>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#1">What is the FreeBSD/PowerPC project?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#2">What hardware are you targetting?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#3">What is the current status?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/PowerPC?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#5">Who should I contact?</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <h4><a name="1">What is the FreeBSD/PowerPC project?</a></h4>
+
+ <p>FreeBSD/PowerPC is a port of the FreeBSD operating system
+ to computers with the PowerPC processor, most notably
+ recent Macintosh computers.</p>
+
+ <h4><a name="2">What hardware are you targetting?</a></h4>
+
+ <p>At the moment "New World" (i.e. colourful case)
+ Apple Macintoshes. Other platforms, such as older
+ PowerMacs and non-Apple computers using Open Firmware,
+ are expected to be targetted later on. </p>
+
+ <h4><a name="3">What is the current status?</a></h4>
+
+ <p>FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting
+ to single-user mode.</p>
+
+ <h4><a name="4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/PowerPC?</a></h4>
+
+ <p>FreeBSD/PowerPC is mostly in cvs for -CURRENT.</p>
+
+ <h4><a name="5">Who should I contact?</a></h4>
+
+ <p>Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> is the project lead.
+ Contact him if you can contribute code. If you just want
+ to know about the status of this project, check this page
+ regularly or join the
+ <a href="#list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a></h3>
+
+ <p>To subscribe to this list, send mail to <tt class="
+ EMAIL"><<a
href="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>
+ and include</p>
+<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
+ subscribe <freebsd-ppc> [<optional address>]
+</pre>
+ in the body of your message.
+
+ <h3><a name="doc">Documentation, White Papers, Utilities</a></h3>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPCFPE32B.pdf">;
+ PowerPC chip documentation</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html">;
+ "TN1061: Fundamentals of OpenFirmware, Part 1 - The User
+ Interface"</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html">;
+ "TN1062: Fundamentals of OpenFirmware, Part 2 - The Device
+ Tree"</a></li>
+
+ <li><a
href="http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/hardware2.html">;
+ Apple hardware developer docs</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="http://sourceware.cygnus.com/psim/">;
+ psim</A> - A PowerPC simulator, available as a
+ FreeBSD port at <A
HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/emulators.html#psim-freebsd-5.2">/usr/ports/emulators/psim-freebsd</A>.</li>;
+
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3><a name="links">Other Links of Interest</a></h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/macppc/">NetBSD/macppc</a></li>;
- <li><a
- href="http://www.OpenBSD.org/macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a></li>;
+ <li><a href="http://www.OpenBSD.org/macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a></li>;
</ul>
+
+
+
+
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