From owner-freebsd-ppc Thu Jul 4 3: 9:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF4E37B401; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 03:09:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.jeamland.net (rafe.jeamland.net [203.18.243.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0AF743E42; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 03:09:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benno@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ratchet.int.jeamland.net (ratchet.jeamland.net [210.15.217.227]) by mail.jeamland.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3285B7060A; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:09:31 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Freebsd/powerpc page updated From: Benno Rice To: Alexey Zelkin Cc: "Justin C. Sherrill" , freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020704120457.A11221@phantom.cris.net> References: <200207031643.59097.justin@shiningsilence.com> <20020704120457.A11221@phantom.cris.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-gE1c1MJprMFJVgjgCFS4" X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 04 Jul 2002 20:09:29 +1000 Message-Id: <1025777371.376.1.camel@ratchet.jeamland.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-gE1c1MJprMFJVgjgCFS4 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 19:04, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 04:43:59PM -0400, Justin C. Sherrill wrote: > > http://www.shiningsilence.com/freebsd-ppc/ppc.html > >=20 > > Updated with the simulator link, a link to the bootup log (though jeaml= and.net=20 > > was not available just now when I tried it), and s/ppc/powerpc/g;. >=20 > IIRC main direction of FreeBSD/ppc port was a powerpc chips support to > get embedded devices in line. I don't recall actual targeting to > compete with Apple and its MacOS X as desktop/server system for powerpc > based computers. >=20 > Something changed ? Benno ? The idea was to support anything I could get my hot little hands on. =3D) The easiest PowerPC kit to get is Apple, so that's what I'm targetting first. It's not really designed to compete against MacOS X, it's just a nice proof of concept. I have a non-Apple board to target after I've got the Apple stuff working though. --=20 Benno Rice benno@FreeBSD.org --=-gE1c1MJprMFJVgjgCFS4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9JB7ZXjRwWofFmQkRAk96AJ9g1hcQWAKMK+MCyuNindEKJEJHcQCggStq v7LEHnPi4AfbiOus/7/4SJo= =crY6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-gE1c1MJprMFJVgjgCFS4-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message