Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:50:13 -0400 From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, info@freebsdfoundation.org Subject: Re: Power9 Inexpensive Development Testbed Message-ID: <CAD2Ti29pAzag6eGoxRnSw1tSmd-hk2XAxak4huVusi%2BpoMEmFQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti2_kLWPQ4z5uPfc-YmbZYjYaKzqLHMOMaR%2B5Ku7mk1wR%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAD2Ti2_kLWPQ4z5uPfc-YmbZYjYaKzqLHMOMaR%2B5Ku7mk1wR%2Bw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:59 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote: > With Power8 aging and Power9 shipping... Consider picking up a > couple of these to support the development of getting FreeBSD going > on the bare iron without hypervisor. FreeBSD being a member already, > good support for this effort should be available from the OpenPOWER > Foundation / IBM. They seem to want to make Power9 and beyond happen > in a big way. Linux also has support for Power9. > > A barebones selfbuilt machine for the dev cluster would cost about > $3200-$3500, and/or donation could be solicited from OpenPOWER > Foundation. > > https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ > https://raptorcs.com/content/base/faq.html > https://github.com/open-power > https://github.com/openbmc > https://wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9 > https://openpowerfoundation.org/ > > Just an FYI for those unfamiliar, including potential users. > > This thread could be updated to list other Power9 > hardware sources as they become known by > the FreeBSD community. Adding some more "official" links about this CPU and platform for anyone interested. Some of them may refer to Power8, which can be viewed as carrying over plus better to Power9. The Open Power Foundation / IBM full release, marketing, and public availability of Power9 seems to be set for 2018q1. So expect more vendors and so forth at that time. *** Note that this platform apparently does not have any closed source firmware / microcode or BIOS blobs. That means no Intel AMT / ME, no AMD PSP, etc. Programming documentation should be available. And seems to perform competetively on a number of fronts / tasking. *** https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/op_qemu_gl.php https://www.raptorengineering.com/content/base/canary.htm https://secure.raptorcs.com/blog/08212017001.php https://social.raptorengineering.io/main/public https://www.reddit.com/user/madscientist159 https://twitter.com/RaptorEng https://twitter.com/RaptorCompSys https://www.reddit.com/user/stwcx https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Foundation https://www.ibm.com/power/operating-systems/linux https://www.ibm.com/Search/?q=power9 https://twitter.com/ibmpowerlinux http://tyan.com/campaign/OpenPOWER/ http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/only-a-short-time-left-to-pre-order-the-talos-ii-pre-orders-end-september-15th You can search some third party sites for performance, news, and reviews. Search on "openpower" or "power9". https://twitter.com/search?q=power9 https://www.nextplatform.com/?s=power9 https://www.servethehome.com/?s=openpower https://www.anandtech.com/SearchResults?q=openpower http://www.storagereview.com/search/node/openpower https://hn.algolia.com/?query=power9&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story Some articles that have appeared... https://www.nextplatform.com/2016/04/06/inside-future-google-rackspace-power9-system/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/09/19/power9-rollout-begins-summit-sierra/ https://blog.rackspace.com/the-latest-zaius-barreleye-g2-open-compute-openpower-server https://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/07/15/open-sourced-bios-helps-power8-compete-x86/ http://www.theplatform.net/2015/03/23/inside-the-rackspace-openpower-megaserver/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12351319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14956257 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.8-More-POWER9 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Power-Changes-Linux-4.12 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Raptor-Talos-2-Teaser https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Talos-2-POWER9-Pre-Order https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Talos-2-FSF-RYF-Possible FreeBSD status... https://wiki.freebsd.org/POWER8 https://www.freebsdnews.com/2015/03/04/freebsd-power8-its-alive-2/ https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=279189 https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.html#FreeBSD-on-POWER8 https://reviews.freebsd.org/search/query/oIdoWWKTe71p/ Sorry don't know which list is best, perhaps hardware@? Anyway, happy hacking :)
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