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Date:      Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:09:31 -0700
From:      "Bob Pickles" <BPickles@sbs.com>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, <scottl@samsco.org>
Cc:        phk@phk.freebsd.dk, Juergen.Dankoweit@T-Online.de, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD on embedded systems
Message-ID:  <F890B0AE5F09C946992683ACA774893DB1E330@CORPMAIL.sbscorp.sbs.com>

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Hi

For=20you=20interest,=20I=20have=20implemented=20a=20PMC=20(PCI=20Mezzanin=
e=20Card)
driver=20for=20one=20of=20our=20products=20for=20a=20French=20company=20ov=
er=201=20year
ago.=20FreeBSD=20is=20a=20nice=20stable=20platform,=20to=20develop=20with.=


There=20are=20many=20Intel=20based=20VME=20and=20cPCI=20system=20Single=20=
Board=20Computers
in=20the=20market=20place.=20It=20would=20be=20nice=20if=20FreeBSD=20were=20=
also=20compatible
with=20Power=20PC,=20then=20more=20military=20suppliers=20might=20look=20a=
t=20this=20as=20an
option.

Regards

Bob=20Pickles


-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org]=20On=20Behalf=20Of=20M.=20Warner=20=
Losh
Sent:=2014=20November=202005=2004:28
To:=20scottl@samsco.org
Cc:=20phk@phk.freebsd.dk;=20Juergen.Dankoweit@T-Online.de;
freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:=20Re:=20FreeBSD=20on=20embedded=20systems

In=20message:=20<43762910.3080305@samsco.org>
=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20Scott=20Long=20<scottl@samsco.org>=20w=
rites:
:=20Poul-Henning=20Kamp=20wrote:
:=20>=20In=20message
<1131786743.2050.7.camel@primergy470.juergendankoweit.net>,=20Juergen=20
:=20>=20Dankoweit=20writes:
:=20>=20
:=20>=20
:=20>>My=20question=20is=20now:=20is=20there=20an=20overview=20on=20which=20=
embedded=20systems
:=20>>FreeBSD=20runs?
:=20>=20
:=20>=20
:=20>=20Typically=20in=20this=20space,=20people=20select=20hardware=20base=
d=20on=20I/O
:=20>=20requirements=20and=20there=20is=20plenty=20to=20pick=20at.
:=20>=20
:=20>=20FreeBSD=20runs=20on=20pretty=20much=20anything=20with=20an=20i386=20=
compatible=20CPU,
:=20>=20and=20the=20soekris=20is=20merely=20the=20hackers=20favourite.
:=20>=20
:=20>=20Maintaining=20a=20comprehensive=20list=20would=20be=20a=20bit=20of=
=20work,=20but=20not
:=20>=20a=20lot=20of=20work,=20so=20if=20somebody=20volunteers=20for=20it,=
=20I'm=20sure=20we=20can
:=20>=20find=20a=20spot=20for=20it=20on=20our=20web-pages.
:=20>=20
:=20
:=20FreeBSD=20is=20also=20being=20made=20to=20run=20on=20a=20variety=20of=20=
smaller=20ARM
platforms
:=20right=20now=20like=20the=20ARM920T.=20=20It=20might=20also=20be=20poss=
ible=20to=20get=20a=20PPC
:=20platform=20like=20the=20405G/440G=20working=20without=20a=20whole=20lo=
t=20of=20work.

The=20StrongArm=20stuff=20also=20is=20in=20decent=20shape.=20=20The=20ARM9=
20T=20core=20needs
glue=20for=20the=20different=20types=20of=20ARM=20processors=20by=20differ=
ent=20OEMs.
There's=20some=20work=20on=20the=20ep9301=20in=20the=20p4=20repo=20right=20=
now=20which=20gets=20at
least=20one=20eval=20board=20working=20(see=20http://www.embeddedarm.com/=20=
for=20the
TS7200=20and=20TS7250).=20=20Other=20cores=20are=20also=20in=20the=20pipel=
ine.

Warner
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