Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:52:31 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: send-pr categories & FreeBSD/powerpc or -ppc Message-ID: <20020318185231.B18154@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <p0510150ab8bc390d3aa0@[128.113.24.47]>; from drosih@rpi.edu on Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 08:06:55PM -0500 References: <200203182356.g2INu4r80682@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020319000224.GA22582@electricjellyfish.net> <xzplmcpjtmw.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <p0510150ab8bc390d3aa0@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 08:06:55PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > However, to follow up, it seems that NetBSD has a few > different 'ppc' platforms, with 'macppc' looking like > it is the busiest. OpenBSD also has a 'macppc' port. > I guess that brings up the question of how we see our > port. Is it specific to "mac powerPC" machines? Or > are we expecting the same port to work for other > powerPC/POWER machines? (How about those POWER-4 > machines that IBM talks about? :-) I thought this has been hashed out several times before. This platform, for now, is envisioned as a TOOLBOX of bits for those wanting to use FreeBSD in embedded PowerPC applications. We are not "port to the toaster" NetBSD. We cannot sustain FreeBSD on every popular piece of PowerPC hardware. The Mac was picked as the reference platform. There are others that have goals beyond this; but the goal I stated is the one that has the support of the Core team I have talked to. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the messagehelp
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