Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:35:03 GMT From: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk> To: katinka@magestower.com Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Group for porting to other proccessor families Message-ID: <200101071635.QAA00761@fdy2.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <00c701c078c6$005804c0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan> (katinka@magestower.com)
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"Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com> wrote: >Is their a group of FreeBSD Enthusiasts that are working on porting free to >embedded controllers that are not x86 I am in the process of developing a >security / access / building management system, and am looking at using free >on all my outlying units. I am not interested in using pc104 etc but using >processors like the atmel thumb processor, this is a risc based uC capable >of handling 64Mb of flash ram for program and working ram. why do I want an >OS for an industrial app, simple some units may be standalone and need >dialling into, building units will probably be TCP/IP. I don't think that the Atmel ARM chips have a MMU. The cheapest ARM CPUs that could run *BSD are the Cirrus Logic and Link-Up Systems ones. You might want to take a look at running something like eCos instead. Robert Swindells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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