From owner-freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 16 02:37:00 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 BA323106566B for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:37:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andras.lipoth@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 928768FC17 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:37:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andras.lipoth@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 27so2738597wfd.7 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:37:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=79hhHs8eiV4xz1UDosRq+7qh3uMKV8uMSXklpYqfwT8=; b=qJ8gTwXMKjC+CQa0IqzPyxD7jLBM6vji8VCDjDmeQWn3TJtJZKSQjP9aXmPZuSooB3 bsZ6WgtXFs5sPyIdicKD3rOvCeTmcLfhQOtxGWQJI+VPE745hyWVJoarIcCrwVLSG8AK i7xLyE2PbXiSF83VUkJd7G7LEnzhN0SX8EGBY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=JQWZuWJWEG9bJdqSAtwD3dRIlaKgB3dTe2rXuHflVd/Iki2NZeAatWAb7iySx2o/fl niPOtKeJ744hcltpAhXxAe8aXbVTlfdk4RGyfCtIp0HYAC47OoYuXjPmsrtm+O6VOCCO /DiEcum9hcje5HpbzS3TB8C/bBYXrSLUTDBWc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.147.15 with SMTP id u15mr1843496wfd.47.1237169277692; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:07:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:07:57 +1300 Message-ID: From: Andras Lipoth To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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, 16 Mar 2009 02:37:01 -0000 >>> Are there any plans to revive support for this platform?? >> >> I was hoping to work on it and started reading up. =A0Unfortunately, >> 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. =A0Whilst 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=3Darticle&sid=3D20090201164147&mode=3Dexpa= nded > Would it be a major effort to port the vnet and vdsk drivers to FreeBSD? Andras