From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 02:43:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04EED106566B for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:43:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mandrews@bit0.com) Received: from magnum.bit0.com (magnum.bit0.com [207.246.88.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0E898FC18 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:43:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mandrews@bit0.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by magnum.bit0.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29691164D8C; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:28:23 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bit0.com Received: from magnum.bit0.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (magnum.int.bit0.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7KlApvIItPaj; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:28:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from beast.int.bit0.com (beast.int.bit0.com [172.27.0.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by magnum.bit0.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:28:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:28:21 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Andrews X-X-Sender: mandrews@beast.int.bit0.com To: Chris H In-Reply-To: <20090130165453.zny1a1ctq8sk0kk0@webmail.1command.com> Message-ID: References: <20090129015034.7dxisep21w04gksg@webmail.1command.com> <0bca01c98202$a6124350$f236c9f0$@co.uk> <20090129051522.a92df0myf44gsko4@webmail.1command.com> <62b856460901290538x5d857f08ka3b2ffb5a7aa8e7f@mail.gmail.com> <20090129060243.adauuua9eokcsos8@webmail.1command.com> <00fe01c98247$d6872600$83957200$@com> <49822E90.1010306@FreeBSD.org> <20090129181838.l9cr09o0kk400gwc@webmail.1command.com> <4982EB63.50703@FreeBSD.org> <20090130070359.riaj3vq4aock4k0s@webmail.1command.com> <49833266.4020602@mahan.org> <20090130165453.zny1a1ctq8sk0kk0@webmail.1command.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Patrick Mahan Subject: Re: Replace Cisco IOS/CBOS with freebsd - possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:43:47 -0000 On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Chris H wrote: > Please take no offense. But as I look inside, the CPU does, in fact > say Motorola. The documentation for it also confirms that most of > (if not all) of the 800 series also used the Motorola RISC. Cisco's used several CPU architectures in their IOS routers over the years. The very very earliest routers used Motorola m68K processors. Later high-end routers used MIPS processors from various vendors (like Broadcom and IDT, but never Motorola). Most of their models from the last decade, including the entire 800 series, are Motorola/Freescale PowerPC based. You can see that by running "show version" at the Cisco's command prompt; it'll probably say it's got a MPC85x or MPC86x PowerQUICC in it. What are you trying to do that the Cisco can't do, anyway? (reply off-list to that maybe) It might just be a matter of getting a different feature set on the thing... IOS can do a LOT of really weird stuff. :)