Can FreeBSD run on FreeScale MPC8533E PowerQUICC III Processor?

[Rafal Jaworowski]

On 2010-09-15, at 14:49, Bear wrote:

> hi,
> Thx for your answers!
> Could you give me some more information on FreeBSD on MPC8533E? For example, is there any installation guide on FreeBSD document site?
> BTW: I am working on build a powerful router based on this chipset.

There are some old (partial) installation notes at http://wiki.freebsd.org/Eval8540Boot, but they would miss on important details which come into play after around r210053 (switch to FDT convention). We really need to update these guidelines :-)

Is your device a custom design or something commonly available? What is the firmware / 1st stage bootloader?

Rafal


> -------------------------------------------------------------
> From:Rafal Jaworowski
> Send Date:2010-09-15 15:00:33
> To:Bear
> CC:freebsd-ppc
> Subject:Re: Can FreeBSD run on FreeScale MPC8533E PowerQUICC III Processor?
> 
> 
> On 2010-09-15, at 07:27, Bear wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>> I wanna make a network device with MPC8533E chipset. But I was wondering if FreeBSD can run on it? If not, is there any chipset of FreeScale MPC series can run FreeBSD? thx!
> 
> The PQ3 is supported and FreeBSD should run on the MPC8533 chip itself, although there might be some work needed for the particular board / platform (we only support CDS and DS dev systems out of the box). What is the board you're going to use?
> 
> Rafal
>