Re: FreeBSD on embedded systems

From: Scott Long (scottl_at_samsco.org)
Date: 11/12/05

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To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>

    Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
    > In message <1131786743.2050.7.camel@primergy470.juergendankoweit.net>, Juergen
    > Dankoweit writes:
    >
    >
    >>My question is now: is there an overview on which embedded systems
    >>FreeBSD runs?
    >
    >
    > Typically in this space, people select hardware based on I/O
    > requirements and there is plenty to pick at.
    >
    > FreeBSD runs on pretty much anything with an i386 compatible CPU,
    > and the soekris is merely the hackers favourite.
    >
    > Maintaining a comprehensive list would be a bit of work, but not
    > a lot of work, so if somebody volunteers for it, I'm sure we can
    > find a spot for it on our web-pages.
    >

    FreeBSD is also being made to run on a variety of smaller ARM platforms
    right now like the ARM920T. It might also be possible to get a PPC
    platform like the 405G/440G working without a whole lot of work.

    Scott
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