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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml,v 1.5 2002/08/14 03:40:49 benno Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/ppc Project">
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<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-ppc'>
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<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;]>
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<html>
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&header;
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<p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the
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PowerPC.</p>
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<h3>General Information</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#news">Latest News</a></li>
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<li><a href="#faq">Port FAQs</a></li>
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<li><a href="#list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a></li>
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<li><a href="#doc">Documentation, White Papers, Utilities</a></li>
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<li><a href="#links">Other links of interest</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>3 July, 2002</strong> : This page has been
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significantly updated. FreeBSD/PowerPC currently boots almost to
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the point of reaching single-user mode.</p></li>
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<li><p>An older news list can be found on
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<a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~benno/">Benno's page</a>,
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and you can view the
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<A HREF="http://jeamland.net/~benno/powerpc-boot.txt">bootup log</A>.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<hr noshade>
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<h3><a name="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></h3>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#1">What is the FreeBSD/PowerPC project?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#2">What hardware are you targeting?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#3">What is the current status?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/PowerPC?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#5">Who should I contact?</a></li>
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</ol>
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<h4><a name="1">What is the FreeBSD/PowerPC project?</a></h4>
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<p>FreeBSD/PowerPC is a port of the FreeBSD operating system
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to computers with the PowerPC processor, most notably
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recent Macintosh computers.</p>
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<h4><a name="2">What hardware are you targeting?</a></h4>
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<p>At the moment "New World" (i.e. colourful case)
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Apple Macintoshes. Other platforms, such as older
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PowerMacs and non-Apple computers using Open Firmware,
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are expected to be targeted later on. </p>
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<h4><a name="3">What is the current status?</a></h4>
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<p>FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting
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to single-user mode.</p>
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<h4><a name="4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/PowerPC?</a></h4>
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<p>FreeBSD/PowerPC is mostly in cvs for -CURRENT.</p>
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<h4><a name="5">Who should I contact?</a></h4>
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<p><a href="mailto:benno@FreeBSD.org">Benno Rice</a> is the project lead.
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Contact him if you can contribute code. If you just want
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to know about the status of this project, check this page
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regularly or join the
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<a href="#list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a>.</p>
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<h3><a name="list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a></h3>
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<p>To subscribe to this list, send mail to <tt class="
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EMAIL"><<a href="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>
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and include</p>
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<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
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subscribe <freebsd-ppc> [<optional address>]
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</pre>
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in the body of your message.
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<h3><a name="doc">Documentation, White Papers, Utilities</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPCFPE32B.pdf">
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PowerPC chip documentation</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html">
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"TN1061: Fundamentals of OpenFirmware, Part 1 - The User
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Interface"</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html">
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"TN1062: Fundamentals of OpenFirmware, Part 2 - The Device
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Tree"</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/hardware2.html">
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Apple hardware developer docs</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://sourceware.cygnus.com/psim/">
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psim</A> - A PowerPC simulator, available as a
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FreeBSD port at <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/emulators.html#psim-freebsd-5.2">/usr/ports/emulators/psim-freebsd</A>.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="links">Other Links of Interest</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/macppc/">NetBSD/macppc</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.OpenBSD.org/macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a></li>
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</ul>
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&footer;
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