Subject: Re: Which port to use?
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 07/12/2005 09:53:43
On Jul 11, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Allen Briggs wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 02:50:17PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
>
>>> I would like to port NetBSD to a new board but it seems there are
>>> several different PowerPC ports and I am not sure which to start
>>> with.
>>>
>>
>> I'd probably start with sandpoint or evbppc (which is where
>> sandpoint is
>> going as soon as I can get to it).
>>
>> not prep? i thought it was good for chrp machines?
>>
>
> prep would probably work, too.
prep would work if the system has the expected prep firmware. I
suspect it doens't.
> I've not used it, myself. The sandpoint
> has a pluggable CPU module, but generally has a 75x or 7xxx CPU with a
> 107 bridge, so it's a pretty close match to what Richard outlined.
>
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>
-- thorpej