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Date:      Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:03:31 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recommendation for a Big Endian System for NIC Driver Development
Message-ID:  <47AB8033.30803@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD903072CEB17@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com>
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David Christensen wrote:
>>> I want to do some wider testing on non-Intel based systems with
>>> current and new Broadcom drivers.  Feel free to email me directly
>>> if you have a suggestion.
>> look at getting a PG powerPC off ebay..
>>
>> (I can help you set it up if you wish..
>> I just did a dozen of them for work).
>>
>> I like that option because then you can help debug why
>> this ppc system can't run reliably with this
>> broadcom phy on the gem driver :-)
> 
> Do you have a specific make and model number you can suggest?
> 
> Dave
> 
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something like:

  http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5_Late_2005.html

but I think G5 support is of an unknown quality right now.
we need it for work so it will happen.. just I don't know
what the current state is right now as I don't have one.




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