Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 22:46:14 -0400 From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>, tinkr@openmailbox.org Subject: Re: What is the status of POWER8 and POWER7 in FreeBSD now, are they ready for production use? Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOsqtdFv-dk=a-GYCgrBhMq%2Bn%2BwqKfSBTMXqau%2BR8Q_z4A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <56F59C51.3020405@freebsd.org> References: <2dd8c5f8f42f7574b3f513ed8608840c@openmailbox.org> <56F59C51.3020405@freebsd.org>
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When will bare metal access be ready? On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > They are ready for production use if you are running under PowerKVM. We > have specifically tested on the Tyan system. I don't know specifically > about that Power7 system, but I have run on other POWER7 without problems > and would expect the same here. > > PowerVM should also work if you use VIOS for storage, but has received > much less tasting. > -Nathan > > On 02/28/16 09:22, Tinker wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> What is the status of IBM POWER8 and POWER7 support in FreeBSD now, are >> they ready for production use? >> >> POWER8 would be Tyan BP012 >> http://www.tyan.com/solutions/tyan_openpower_system.html . >> >> POWER7 would be IBM "P730" Power7 730 Express. >> >> Thanks, >> Tinker >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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