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Date:      Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:11 +0100
From:      Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
To:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IBM POWER6 and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20090111142911.fdc97fc0.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
In-Reply-To: <4968DACC.1090102@freebsd.org>
References:  <200901101357.22449.dima_bsd@inbox.lv> <4968DACC.1090102@freebsd.org>

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:28:44 -0600
Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote:

> How long do you have this machine for? I'm in the middle of adding 
> support for systems like this in Perforce, but it is still a little
> raw. Depending on whether the machine supports the 64-bit bridge mode 
> facility, the kernel may at least begin to boot now, but I can't
> locate a manual for the POWER6 to check.

Just thinking: it would be nice if IBM donated a POWER6-based machine
to the FreeBSD Project, for development of FreeBSd on this platform.

Unless the project already have such machines already.
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen



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