Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:31:10 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Claudio Jeker <cjeker@diehard.n-r-g.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendation for a Big Endian System for NIC Driver Development Message-ID: <47AB789E.3000908@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20080207211718.GA22042@diehard.n-r-g.com> References: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD903072CEB06@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> <20080207211718.GA22042@diehard.n-r-g.com>
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Claudio Jeker wrote: > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 01:05:51PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: >> I'm looking for a recommendation for a big endian CPU system that >> works well with FreeBSD. It would be best if it didn't use a 4KB >> page size but that's a secondary issue. The system should support >> PCI Express with at least two x8 slots and PCI-X would be a plus. >> A half-height or full-height rack style chassis would be best, >> though a tower configuration would also be suitable. >> >> I want to do some wider testing on non-Intel based systems with >> current and new Broadcom drivers. Feel free to email me directly >> if you have a suggestion. >> > > sparc64 but only the newer and bigger boxes have PCIe ports. > Btw. sparc64 is not only big-endian, it has 8k pages (at least I think > FreeBSD uses the 8k ones like the other BSDs) is strict aligned and uses > an IOMMU for DMA. If it works on sparc64 it has good chances to work on > most other boxes as well. > oops I didn't notice the PCI-e requirement.. I guess that lets out the mac G4 machines.
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