Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 13:55:34 -0800 From: Devin Butterfield <dbutter@wireless.net> To: Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Group for porting to other proccessor families Message-ID: <3A58E5D6.4A301727@wireless.net> References: <00c701c078c6$005804c0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan>
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Kathy Quinlan wrote: > > Hi all > > 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. Well, there has recently been some expressed interest in porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM processor, but to my knowledge, there hasn't been any real progress made yet. If you really want to use FreeBSD, you're probably stuck with using pc104, etc. There are some really nice and very small boards available (like those available from Advantech) with support for compact flash and ethernet. People have reported good success with these devices. If you need to use an alternative processor and you need something that is working now, I would recommend looking into the possibility of using NetBSD. -- Regards, Devin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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