Subject: Re: NetBSD on RS/6000 computers
To: None <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/07/2002 11:42:44
On Tuesday,  5 March 2002 at  5:12:37 -0800, Hiten Pandya wrote:
> [ Sorry I am not subscribed to the list, please CC a copy of the list
> mail to me.. thanks ]
>
> --- Andy R <quadreverb@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The current RS/6000s are PCI bus, and haven't been MCA
>> for quite a while now.
>>
>> They have a Motorola PowerPC processor, nothing like
>> the old M68k.
>
> In other words, "native" support for the RS/6000 is a bit shaky, apart
> from the processors.. am I right?  

Not really.  That's vastly understating the case.  There is no support
for RS/6000 (or pSeries), though I'm planning to look at it if I ever
get the time.

Greg
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