Hardware Support Guide
LynxOS 4.0
PowerPC Platforms

The following sections list the supported hardware for native installations of LynxOS 4.0 for PowerPC platforms. All hardware listed is certified by LynuxWorks.

For installation requirements, please see the LynxOS Installation Guide.

 

Supported Processors

Family Processor
PowerPC 6xx
750
7400
7410
8240
Power QUICC 860
823E
Power QUICC II 8260

BSP Name Part Number Board Supported
cpci_drm MC1 Motorola MCP750, MCPN750
mcpn765 MC3 Motorola MCPN765 (750, 7400)
mpmc8260_vads MV1 Motorola 8260 ADS
mpmc860 MM1 Motorola MPMC860
mvme5100 MP4 Motorola MVME 5100/750, 5101/7400
pc_drm FP1 FORCE 6750
pc680 FP3 FORCE 680 (750, 7400)
pmc600_drm MP6 Motorola PrPMC 600 (8240)
pmc800_drm MP5 Motorola PrPMC 800 (7410 AltiVec)
pp_drm MP2 Motorola MVME 2400
rpxl823 MPX Embedded Planet RPX Lite 823E
sandpoint MS1 Motorola Sandpoint
vpmc CT4 VMPC6c

 

Bus Architectures

Supported Bus Architectures
ISA
VME
PCI
Compact PCI

Supported IDE Bus Controllers
WinBond 553, PPC
Via, PPC

Supported PCI Bridge/Host Bridge Chips BSP
Motorola Harrier ASIC prpmc800
Motorola Falcon/Raven Pair cpci_drm, pc_drm
Motorola Hawk ASIC mcpn765, mvme5101
Motorola MPC 107 pc680
FORCE Sentinel Universal PCI-PCI Bridge pc680
Tundra QSpan� PCI bridge CA91C860 mpmc860

 

Disk Controllers

Bus Type Device Supported
IDE, EIDE All ATAPI Compliant
PCMCIA IDE All PCMCIA Compliant
SCSI Adaptec 1522 (PCMCIA)
Symbios Logic SYM 53C810
Symbios Logic SYM 53C825
Symbios Logic SYM 53C860
Symbios Logic SYM 53C875

 

Network Controllers

Network Card Bus Type BSP
DEC 21140, 21142, 21143 PCI cpci_drm
Intel 82559 series PCI pmc600, pmc800, pc680, mvme5100, cpci_drm
On-Board Network Interface   rpxl823, mpmc860, mpmc8260_vads

 

Graphics Chipsets

Graphics Chipset BSP
Cirrus Logic Video Chipsets (CL-GD 5434, 5436, 5446) cpci_drm

 

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