Bug 40060

Summary:	Web page /project/ppc.html could use small update (text supplied)
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	justin <justin>
Component:	Books & Articles	Assignee:	freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description justin 2002-07-01 04:30:01 UTC

http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html lists only links to the FreeBSD/ppc mailing list, and the other BSD flavors.  There's only a few people working actively on this project, and so they don't have much chance to answer questions on the list, the most common of which is "Where is FreeBSD for the PowerPC and can I use it?"

Fix: 

Here's a paragraph that could be added to the web page:

FreeBSD/ppc has not yet reached single user mode, so it is not possible to run it in any meaningful way for anyone other than a developer working specifically on this project.  The targeted release is FreeBSD 5.0, though it is not currently included in the release calendar for 5.0.
How-To-Repeat: Look at the web page.  Subscribe to the FreeBSD/ppc mailing list, and wait for a question.

Comment 1 justin 2002-07-08 14:35:22 UTC

I got my act together and produced a diff for /en/platforms/ppc/sgml.  I've 
gone over this with Benno, FreeBSD/ppc project lead and the other folks on 
the ppc mailing list, and it has been pronouced safe for human consumption.

--- ppc.sgml.old	Wed Feb  6 07:07:41 2002
+++ ppc.sgml	Mon Jul  8 09:26:57 2002
@@ -11,20 +11,117 @@
   <p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the
     PowerPC.</p>
 
-  <h3>FreeBSD/ppc Specific Links</h3>
+  <h3>General Information</h3>
 
   <ul>
-    <li><a
-      href="mailto:freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD/ppc mailing list</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#news">Latest News</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#faq">Port FAQs</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#doc">Documentation, White Papers, Utilities</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#links">Other links of interest</a></li>
   </ul>
 
-  <h3>Other Links of Interest</h3>
+
+  <h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3>
+
+  <ul>
+    <li><p><strong>3 July, 2002</strong> : This page has been 
+    significantly updated.  FreeBSD/PowerPC currently boots almost to
+    the point of reaching single-user mode.</p></li>
+
+    <li><p>An older news list can be found on
+    <a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~benno/">Benno's page</a>, 
+    and you can view the 
+    <A HREF="http://jeamland.net/~benno/powerpc-boot.txt">bootup log</A>.</p>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+
+  <hr noshade>
+
+  <h3><a name="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></h3>
+
+  <ol>
+    <li><a href="#1">What is the FreeBSD/PowerPC project?</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#2">What hardware are you targetting?</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#3">What is the current status?</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/PowerPC?</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#5">Who should I contact?</a></li>
+  </ol>
+
+  <h4><a name="1">What is the FreeBSD/PowerPC project?</a></h4>
+
+  <p>FreeBSD/PowerPC is a port of the FreeBSD operating system
+    to computers with the PowerPC processor, most notably
+    recent Macintosh computers.</p>
+
+  <h4><a name="2">What hardware are you targetting?</a></h4>
+
+  <p>At the moment "New World" (i.e. colourful case)
+    Apple Macintoshes.  Other platforms, such as older
+    PowerMacs and non-Apple computers using Open Firmware,
+    are expected to be targetted later on.  </p>
+
+  <h4><a name="3">What is the current status?</a></h4>
+
+  <p>FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting
+    to single-user mode.</p>
+
+  <h4><a name="4">How can I acquire FreeBSD/PowerPC?</a></h4>
+
+  <p>FreeBSD/PowerPC is mostly in cvs for -CURRENT.</p>
+
+  <h4><a name="5">Who should I contact?</a></h4>
+
+  <p>Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> is the project lead.
+    Contact him if you can contribute code.  If you just want
+    to know about the status of this project, check this page
+    regularly or join the
+    <a href="#list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a>.</p>
+
+  <h3><a name="list">FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list</a></h3>
+
+  <p>To subscribe to this list, send mail to <tt class="
+    EMAIL">&#60;<a 
href="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62;</tt>
+    and include</p>
+<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
+    subscribe &lt;freebsd-ppc&gt; [&lt;optional address&gt;]
+</pre>
+    in the body of your message.
+
+  <h3><a name="doc">Documentation, White Papers, Utilities</a></h3>
+
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPCFPE32B.pdf">
+      PowerPC chip documentation</a></li>
+
+    <li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html">
+      "TN1061: Fundamentals of OpenFirmware, Part 1 - The User
+      Interface"</a></li>
+
+    <li><a href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html">
+      "TN1062: Fundamentals of OpenFirmware, Part 2 - The Device
+      Tree"</a></li>
+
+    <li><a 
href="http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/hardware2.html">
+      Apple hardware developer docs</a></li>
+    
+    <li><a href="http://sourceware.cygnus.com/psim/">
+      psim</A> - A PowerPC simulator, available as a 
+      FreeBSD port at <A 
HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/emulators.html#psim-freebsd-5.2">/usr/ports/emulators/psim-freebsd</A>.</li>
+
+
+  </ul>
+
+  <h3><a name="links">Other Links of Interest</a></h3>
 
   <ul>
     <li><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/macppc/">NetBSD/macppc</a></li>
-    <li><a
-      href="http://www.OpenBSD.org/macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a></li>
+    <li><a href="http://www.OpenBSD.org/macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a></li>
   </ul>
+
+
+
+
 
   &footer;
 </html>

Comment 2 Alfred Perlstein freebsd_committer

2002-08-14 03:11:01 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Delta committed.