Re: Which port to use?

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%shagadelic.org@localhost>]

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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