Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:49:34 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: ajs@labs.mot.com Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CompactPCI PPC platforms Message-ID: <3DDC2D9E.53693962@freebsd.org> References: <3DDC2762.4050400@labs.mot.com>
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Hi Aaron, > I'm guessing that one would need kernel support for > the PCI bridge chips used on the various host and peripheral boards and > support, if not already available, for the onboard disks and various > other peripheral interfaces which may use a particular chipset not > common on desktops or notebooks. That's right, and also boot loader work to support the ROMs on your boards (PPCBUG ?). > How far does the current FreeBSD-PPC implementation have to go until it > would be ready for this type of work? A reasonable amount. The initial goal is to have a stable system on Apple hardware, and then to start supporting embedded platforms. > How much, if any, of the NetBSD PPC implementation is being integrated > into the FreeBSD implementation? NetBSD was the starting point, although it's diverging quite a bit due to the differences in kernel internals (e.g. 5.0 interrupt threads). > I may have some PICMG 2.16 equipment including G4 equipped boards > available next year. They would not be available for full-time > development, but if I can manage to get some additional disks for the > boards, I'm hoping to be able to swap them for the "production boards" > when I'm not using the chassis for my normal work. Sounds like a fun project :-) later, Peter. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message
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