Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:07:50 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> Cc: ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tivo Series 1 (PowerPC 403GCX) Message-ID: <20030829200750.2AACE2A7EA@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20030828092457.GA96069@chuggalug.clues.com>
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Geoff Buckingham wrote:
>
> I notice there are a lot of 'diskless' series 1 tivos on ebay ATM. They
> even seem to have the correct cables for a serial console...
>
> However I suspect that the IBM PowerPC 403GCX and 'odd' hardware config is
> likely to make them an unrealistic porting target at this point in time. Coul
d
> some one confirm?
>
> Don't know if they have open firmware either?
I know a fair bit about the hardware. The firmware is home-grown. The
cpu has lots of quirks. If you read the sheer volume of hacks that the
tivo folks did to make linux work on it (http://www.tivo.com/linux/) you
might get a little more scared.
Dont get me wrong, it would be a fantastic 'fun' project, but certainly is
going to qualify as a hell of a challenge.
Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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