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Date:      Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:05:46 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Info Request
Message-ID:  <20001215080542.J19572@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <C43321025984D311894E00A0C99D622E4B6E71@ausxmbrh04.aus.amer.dell.com>; from Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:59:01AM -0600
References:  <C43321025984D311894E00A0C99D622E4B6E71@ausxmbrh04.aus.amer.dell.com>

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* Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com <Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com> [001215 08:00] wrote:
> I have a few questions about Free BSD and I would appreciate it if you could
> respond either with the answers or point me to a source where I can find
> answers.
> 
> 1. Is Free BSD Embeddable? If so, what is smallest size of the kernel/
> micro-kernel in order to bring a machine up and then dynamically load kernel
> modules?

You can get it cut down pretty small:
http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/

> 2. Do you support RAID cards? If so, where can I get a list of supported
> cards?

Yes:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.2-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT

> 3. Is Free BSD pre-emptive Multi-tasking?

Yes.

> 4. What kind of Development environments do you have? Do you support Java,
> C, C++? Are the compilers and JVM modules included in your package? If not,
> where and how can I obtain them?

Yes, http://www.freebsd.org/ports/

> 5. Is Free BSD POSIX compliant?

We try to be. :)

> 
> 6. Does Free BSD allow direct access to Hardware, through kernel or other
> means?

Only with the appropriate privledges.

> 7. Is Free BSD PNP independent?

I have no clue what that means.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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