From owner-freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 2 10:16:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E91106566C for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:16:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from venture37@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12228FC0C for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:16:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from venture37@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so775506fgb.35 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:16:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=G9OOl4N84pOW+v2EArVQTXq/Yzr3w+10YSu91uAr4Q4=; b=Etf/UkIsYfGk6g451CXGAPQ9GQlN0fgWxu3Bnay093J3ZFbUjbPpIYatxXe6guTCgo e+an5x5rkYDZSoEjWz4aDNCD+FvA7WOjQP+QeWvDHAt6fG/66dncgIPbaKeX4Cx2js2O ymDVmK7YJdiKD+AxeP3ZbYc0uZ68j9UG2hL00= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jpYJpO76MCA5eKBcLdidDXBK6cj+TurMF8yEY7X8FgQWmOn3c6fFwhJjN+5IjFKPKu sOvbPq7GZYWJn/c6jw6abHqLKuscNmJbOV5mJJjR/gtdBTexxksxMTxOS2WBWFCe/xVT 8sGoM3mwe5yEjwNbji/Drc5PYhnOC22vMlgUM= Received: by 10.86.83.1 with SMTP id g1mr5733105fgb.20.1235987460630; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:51:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from sevans-mac-pro.local (newbie.thingamajig-systems.co.uk [93.97.185.103]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g12sm8960656nfb.1.2009.03.02.01.50.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:51:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49ABAC03.30700@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:50:59 +0000 From: Sevan / Venture37 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Project Status X-BeenThere: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the sun4v List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:16:38 -0000 Hi Guys Are there any plans to revive support for this platform?? Sevan / Venture37 From owner-freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 2 15:12:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DAB210656D2 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:12:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from dhcp-172-16-22-174.lon.corp.google.com (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC758FC21; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:12:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <49ABF750.7030300@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:12:16 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sevan / Venture37 References: <49ABAC03.30700@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49ABAC03.30700@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Status X-BeenThere: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the sun4v List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:12:31 -0000 Sevan / Venture37 wrote: > Hi Guys > Are there any plans to revive support for this platform?? I don't know of any developers working on it. Kris From owner-freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 2 22:34:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE3211065674 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from venture37@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f164.google.com (mail-bw0-f164.google.com [209.85.218.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D6E8FC1E for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:33:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from venture37@gmail.com) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so2126066bwz.43 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:33:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:references:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:cc; bh=vUNkFyS8eoqK76VqGqKrkJtWhMrr5fk4NXH5x47SKNw=; b=R+Q0b3y8+NDdZXJ4hfn82H4RZyBjQ8DyeG4fGnVv3XI+E+Onkei/LQ46vI7BCy0hh1 JVD07qLLDv6fGXsbSkMGEhLB+XkW1bZVv6pVVNo5YLXkCRM/hyErvzOVUWk13oNnJYL6 d6sorts863cUh0Fp9FIlz7BYkKvCZrmyVJLpo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date:cc; b=RCPKptgpNxMK91FdgVyXsRmubU6T8xr8FMEe8XlTKrMCxe5lZsOvBnqQ377h5U85qC 7XJdoNuJLNVge0cZ5heMN9atMGNl0WxtFnPejmSDOe8Atq07/JcIVvvtM/LsdaPY0cry QOtuNBqJbR9ecNVGmloCI9EousF729eMLqHDg= Received: by 10.223.110.4 with SMTP id l4mr6441254fap.47.1236033239072; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:33:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.38.129.137? ([82.132.136.201]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c14sm10412161nfi.76.2009.03.02.14.33.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:33:58 -0800 (PST) References: <49ABAC03.30700@gmail.com> <49ABF750.7030300@FreeBSD.org> Message-Id: <8030FA34-00B3-43B0-94ED-523B67BF1500@gmail.com> From: Sevan / Venture37 To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <49ABF750.7030300@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5H11) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5H11) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:33:48 +0000 Cc: "freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Project Status X-BeenThere: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the sun4v List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:34:01 -0000 On 2 Mar 2009, at 15:12, Kris Kennaway wrote: > I don't know of any developers working on it. > > Kris Shame :( From owner-freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 2 23:12:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 591D81065670 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:12:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from venture37@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f164.google.com (mail-bw0-f164.google.com [209.85.218.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A55C78FC17 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:12:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from venture37@gmail.com) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so2138181bwz.43 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:12:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=a038B8SN5dy8SZfeAklgkUUBKBkXH37zfLHoZfqZtfE=; b=OY2PkEBW0IYscHypLDV4RXjsl9iqSzS7Zpxu4pDwqps7TqfXsAFOwYmvE7zdTx+EGg FXxPQYbQH2KzKTKRH/0MifoKJSjQAwiXIF5s2NqB5uJmAUy9E8VHR1B5KatEnQtiN3ah ufE+eKHTcytbqAJstnAClSMyjHGzvwfcg0MM0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KwXcVkvvIvhb5TGgWTasOInJjUdGH/CvHc3o5zp6rHU/FWJu/8Bo+fDSoQDIaGjo1h YM7e4OQfBU9wEAusSn+C5CJMOSn5biKtHfPA1MOGmixaLRAK9HggPftth6pAAHbbus1M EpbpociCxONLf5JRbBv5HO1MUCsdRrO3AN70M= Received: by 10.223.114.135 with SMTP id e7mr6464295faq.89.1236035559490; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:12:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from sevans-mac-pro.local (newbie.thingamajig-systems.co.uk [93.97.185.103]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h1sm13129523nfh.16.2009.03.02.15.12.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:12:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49AC67E4.2080706@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:12:36 +0000 From: Sevan / Venture37 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Jeremy References: <49ABAC03.30700@gmail.com> <20090302224529.GJ5857@pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com> In-Reply-To: <20090302224529.GJ5857@pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Status X-BeenThere: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the sun4v List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:12:41 -0000 Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2009-Mar-02 09:50:59 +0000, Sevan / Venture37 wrote: >> Are there any plans to revive support for this platform?? > > I was hoping to work on it and started reading up. Unfortunately, > Real Life got in the way and I have made very little progress. > > At this stage, until/unless I get a driver working for at least the > virtual network (and preferably virtual disk as well), I can't make > any further progress. Whilst there are both Linux and OpenSolaris > vnet drivers, both rely on a substantial amount of infrastructure that > doesn't currently exist in FreeBSD (and needs non-trivial effort to > port). > Mark Kettenis has done some awesome work on this already. http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20090201164147&mode=expanded From owner-freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 2 23:35:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695011065691 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:35:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel-lucent.com.au) Received: from ausyds0106.alcatel.com.au (ausyds0106.alcatel.com.au [202.147.43.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD9C8FC1E for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:35:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel-lucent.com.au) Received: from insmb.au.alcatel-lucent.com (insmb.au.alcatel-lucent.com [139.188.42.184]) by ausyds0106.alcatel.com.au (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n22Mht6N002848; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:43:56 +1100 Received: from pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com (pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com [139.188.12.170]) by insmb.au.alcatel-lucent.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id n22MjXnO028288; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:45:33 +1100 (EST) X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n22MjU8S012869; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:45:30 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel-lucent.com.au) Received: (from pjeremy@localhost) by pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n22MjTbS012868; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:45:29 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel-lucent.com.au) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:45:29 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Sevan / Venture37 Message-ID: <20090302224529.GJ5857@pjdesk.au.alcatel-lucent.com> References: <49ABAC03.30700@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="iEWWOZ/QYGWEaBRW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49ABAC03.30700@gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 139.188.119.52 Cc: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Status X-BeenThere: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the sun4v List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:35:32 -0000 --iEWWOZ/QYGWEaBRW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Mar-02 09:50:59 +0000, Sevan / Venture37 wrot= e: >Are there any plans to revive support for this platform?? I was hoping to work on it and started reading up. Unfortunately, Real Life got in the way and I have made very little progress. At this stage, until/unless I get a driver working for at least the virtual network (and preferably virtual disk as well), I can't make any further progress. Whilst there are both Linux and OpenSolaris vnet drivers, both rely on a substantial amount of infrastructure that doesn't currently exist in FreeBSD (and needs non-trivial effort to port). --=20 Peter Jeremy --iEWWOZ/QYGWEaBRW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmsYYkACgkQ/opHv/APuIf32ACgoWYqws2sHlqxJ9Bg8vysVX1k s0UAnjjKJL1EnqTTnuvRqm2MKnR/hUOZ =G/xO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --iEWWOZ/QYGWEaBRW--