Re: NetBsd on high speed network devices

[David Maxwell <david%fundy.ca@localhost>]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:20:01PM -0700, James Kirk wrote:
> Hi All,
>    Please point me if there is an FAQ for the
>    following questions.

I lots of people are away from the lists on vacation
(or at conferences at the moment) so I'll try to help.

It depends. A lot of PPC hardware support info can be
found on the macppc port page: 
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/

>    I saw the archive that people were talking about
>    PPC 8xx.
> 
>    1. Is there a port available for 750 or 7400?

NetBSD support includes G3 and G4.

>    2. Is there an SMP version of NetBSD for PPC?

Not yet. Progress is being made on SMP NetBSD, but
I believe Intel, Alpha, and Sparc will be the first
to run well. A recent announcement showed some 
stats running code on a second processor, but it's 
still early in development.

>    I am evaluating different RTOS also.
>  
>    3. Should i just go ahead with one of those and
>    concentrate on the application?

What's the app, and what hardware (beyond the CPU)
are you going to use?

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