http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=243157
FreeBSD has ports for gputils/sdcc/gpsim/picp/pikdev.
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/
It is also possible to build Piklab under FreeBSD.
http://piklab.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Compilation_for_FreeBSD
I am able to get PICkit 2 to work under FreeBSD with the help
from the FreeBSD Alternative USB Stack developer.
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-usb/2007-April/003182.html
PS+ works under FreeBSD with picp.
Wisp628 works under FreeBSD with xwisp2.
http://www.robh.nl/picsoft.php
JALv2 works under FreeBSD as well.
http://www.casadeyork.com/jalv2/
http://www.casadeyork.com/jalv2/jalv21src.zip
pikdev and Piklab should support many simple programmers (JDM and Tait type).
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