From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 5 20:33:17 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA22162 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 20:33:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zaphod.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA22153 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 20:33:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@zaphod.softweyr.com) Received: (from wes@localhost) by zaphod.softweyr.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) id VAA06101; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:32:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wes) Message-ID: <19990205213254.D6050@softweyr.com> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:32:54 -0700 From: Wes Peters To: Terry Lambert Cc: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com, ckempf@enigami.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB drivers References: <19990204230058.A4902@softweyr.com> <199902060121.SAA22918@usr02.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199902060121.SAA22918@usr02.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 01:21:33AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 01:21:33AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Wanna bet? Motorola had/has it running on their StarMax series. They > > have a full-time engineer support Linux on their embedded and server > > PowerPC CPU boards now, too. Too bad we don't engender this > > kind of support. > > Maybe if FreeBSD had something Linux didn't that Motorola really, > really wanted. > > Like maybe hard RT with first-deadline-first scheduling. Motorola didn't want Linux, Northern Telecom did. The reason it's getting full-time attention is because NT was pretty vocal, and because they had one brilliant engineer who had already done half the work on his own time because that's what he wanted to do. If we'd managed to convince him to port FreeBSD to the PowerPC, NT would have probably ended up with that instead. This case is so close to what happened with Sun last year it almost sickens me. Three guesses who that engineer is. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message