From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 11 14:29:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D599F106564A for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93C218FC14 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KDB00DFJ6SNDUB0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work2.kg4.no ([80.203.109.110]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0KDB00G2M6SNXP40@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:11 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:11 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: IBM POWER6 and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:14 -0000 On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:28:44 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn 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